AUFK

Transparent table · masterOrder masterType & status

The order master — one record per internal order. An internal order is a short-lived cost collector: a campaign, an event, a maintenance job, a small capital project. AUFK holds its type, its status, the company code and controlling area, and who is responsible. The actual costs land on ACDOCA (field AUFNR).

Primary key: MANDT · AUFNR (client · order number). Unlike cost centers and profit centers, internal orders are not time-dependent — one row per order, no validity periods. The short description is a field on the table itself (KTEXT); there is no separate text table.

◆Key fields (AUFK)

Field	Key	In reports	Description
AUFNR	PK	●	Order number — the code itself (matches AUFNR in ACDOCA).
AUART		●	Order type — groups orders and drives the number range and settlement profile.
AUTYP		●	Order category — the technical class (internal order = 01).
KTEXT		●	Short description of the order.
BUKRS		●	Company code the order belongs to.
KOKRS		●	Controlling area.
KOSTV		●	Responsible cost center — the cost center that owns the order.
OBJNR		○	Object number — links the order to its system & user status.
ASTKZ		○	Statistical order indicator — a statistical order carries a parallel, informational posting.
USER0 / USER1		○	Responsible person and applicant.
LOEKZ		○	Deletion flag.

◆How AUFK relates to the rest of the model

AUFK is the master; the actual costs, the status, and the responsible cost center sit in other objects and share the order key.

Object	Holds	Joined on
ACDOCA	The actual costs posted to the order	AUFNR
JEST	The order's system & user status (created, released, closed)	OBJNR
CSKS	Responsible cost center master	KOSTV = KOSTL

In ACDOCA the order is field AUFNR; it matches the key here — and it is populated on the journal line even when the classic BSEG field is blank, which is why order reporting reads the Universal Journal. At period end the order's cost settles to a receiver (a cost center, an asset, or a G/L account) per its settlement rule.

◆Order type & status — what controls postings

Two things govern an internal order: its type (how it behaves) and its status (what you are allowed to post to it right now).

Status	Code	What it allows
Created	CRTD	Master exists; no postings allowed yet.
Released	REL	Postings and commitments allowed — the order is live.
Technically complete	TECO	Work done; only settlement and adjustments, no new commitments.
Closed	CLSD	Fully settled; no further postings.

A statistical order (ASTKZ set) is informational — its costs are also carried on a real cost center, so do not double-count statistical orders against the cost center in the same total. The order type (AUART) decides the number range, the settlement profile, and which fields are required.

◆S/4HANA status

AUFK is not replaced — it is a live transparent table and still the internal order master. Order actuals are in ACDOCA (field AUFNR); read the master from AUFK and the actuals from the released journal views.

Internal orders are part of Controlling, which in S/4HANA is merged into the Universal Journal. The master stays here in AUFK; the postings are in ACDOCA. Read AUFK directly or through a released CO master view — never via ODP-RFC.

◆Where this surfaces — how to read it

AUFK joined to ACDOCA on AUFNR — the order with its actual costs, the dimension behind the order report
AUFK joined to JEST on OBJNR — the order with its live status, to filter to released or open orders
AUFK alone — the master attributes: type, responsible cost center, who owns it

◆Reports that use it

Internal Order report — budget vs actual by order
Order settlement — actuals settled to cost centers, assets, or G/L at period end
Project-like cost tracking — campaigns, events, jobs, small capital builds
Any analysis that needs cost by a short-lived collector rather than a standing department

How the data gets out: a SAP-compliant extract of AUFK joined to ACDOCA on AUFNR via SLT or Table / Table-CDC — never ODP-RFC (SAP Note 3255746). See the extraction pattern →

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Terms on this page

AUFK: The order master — one row per internal order.
Internal order (AUFNR): A short-lived cost collector — a campaign, event, job, or project.
Order type (AUART): Groups orders and drives the number range and settlement profile.
Order category (AUTYP): The technical class of order; an internal order is category 01.
Status: Created, released, technically complete, or closed — controls what you can post.
Settlement: Moving an order's cost to its receiver (a cost center, asset, or G/L) at period end.
Statistical order: An informational order whose cost is also carried on a real cost center.
Responsible cost center (KOSTV): The cost center that owns the order.
OBJNR: The object number that links the order to its status record.
ACDOCA: The Universal Journal — the order's actual costs; order is field AUFNR.