What is the difference between master and transaction table?

What is the difference between master data and transaction data?

Transactional data relates to the transactions of the organization and includes data that is captured, for example, when a product is sold or purchased. Master data is referred to in different transactions, and examples are customer, product, or supplier data.

What is difference between master table and transaction table in ABAP?

master data table is not changes frequently but transactional data table will change frequently. master data records will be less compared to transactional data records. customer table ie KNA1 is Master data table and VBAK ie sales order header table is transactional data table.

What is master and transaction data in SAP?

master data :data which is seldomly changed. example is data which is there in address like name ,address and telephone number. transaction data : this data will change frequently .example is goods in ware house data which change after every purchase order.

What is master table with example?

The tables that hold the records containing general information about the participants or objects of transactions within a module. In General Ledger the master table contains the account names, numbers, and balances.