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SAP Transaction Codes Every Business User Should Know
⏱ 2 min readUpdated 27 September 2026
Transaction codes (T-codes) are shortcuts that take you straight to an SAP screen. Knowing a handful by heart makes you much faster than clicking through the menu. These are the ones business users ask me about most.
💡 Turn on “Display technical names” in the menu (Extras → Settings) and SAP shows the T-code next to every menu item — the fastest way to learn them.
Sales (SD)
T-code
Purpose
VA01 / VA02 / VA03
Create / change / display sales order
VA05
List of sales orders
VL01N / VL03N
Create / display outbound delivery
VF01 / VF03
Create / display billing document
Purchasing & inventory (MM)
T-code
Purpose
ME21N / ME22N / ME23N
Create / change / display purchase order
ME2N
Purchase orders by PO number (list)
MIGO
Goods movements (receipt, issue, transfer)
MM03
Display material master
MMBE
Stock overview
Finance (FI/CO)
T-code
Purpose
FB03
Display accounting document
FBL1N / FBL3N / FBL5N
Vendor / G/L / customer line items
F-02
General posting
KSB1
Cost centre actual line items
Reporting & troubleshooting
T-code
Purpose
SE16N
Browse table data (if authorised)
SQVI
QuickViewer — simple queries without coding
SM37
Background job overview
SU53
Show the last failed authorisation check — send this screenshot to your security team
SU3
Your own user settings (date format, decimal notation, defaults)
⚠️ Availability depends on your system (ECC or S/4HANA), configuration and authorisations. In S/4HANA many tasks also have Fiori apps; the classic T-codes still work in most cases.
