Description of all characteristics that can be used in BW to determine the country and the region.

There are different characteristics used to determine the country or zone:

In some cases the characteristics are not consistent. For instance a company in Mexico can be in North America or Latin America depending on the characteristic used:

The aim of this page is to explain where does each characteristic comes from

Company code Country [C_COMPCDE__0COUNTRY]

The country is assigned to a legal entity. I can be displayed in PF1_50 in the table Table ZZF_T001_MGT_V - Company codes in the field "Ctr"

  • The company code 5720 & 5726 are both assigned to the country MX = MEXICO in the table ZZF_T001_MGT_V

It corresponds to the characteristic C_COMPCDE__0COUNTRY Company code Country in BW

In some cases there is another country entered in the field "Cty BFC". In this example: 

  • There is nothing in the field "Cty BFC" for the entity 5720
  • But there is the country US in the field "Cty BFC" for the entity 5726

Obviously a company can only be in one country and the company 5726 is in Mexico and not in US. The field "Cty BFC" should not be used as it is but it will be used for the determination of the region "BFC Gestion Area" as explained below.  



Geography / Zone [C_COMPCDE__C_ZONE] or BFC Gestion Area [C_COMPCDE__C_MNGAREA]

A country is assigned to an Administrative Zone with the table ZWFAT114 - MAGNITUDE - COUNTRIES

  • The country MX - MEXICO is assigned to the Administrative Zone AMSU - Latin America
  • The country US - UNITED-STATES is assigned to the Administrative Zone AMNC - North America



The characteristic Geography / Zone [C_COMPCDE__C_ZONE] corresponds to the Administrative zone assigned to the country entered in the field "Ctr" in the Table ZZF_T001_MGT_V - Company codes (corresponding field in BFC = Admin Zone)

The characteristic BFC Gestion Area [C_COMPCDE__C_MNGAREA] corresponds to the Administrative zone assigned to the country entered in the field "Cty BFC" in the Table ZZF_T001_MGT_V - Company codes when it exists otherwise it is the same as the the characteristic Geography / Zone [C_COMPCDE__C_ZONE] (corresponding field in BFC = ZAGESTION)

The country entered in the field "Cty BFC" is a dummy country that is only used to assign a company code to a different "Administrative zone". It is used when a country can belong to two regions (Russia, Mexico, Turkey)