SAP ABAP Data Element MBDAT (Material Staging/Availability Date)

Hierarchy

☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     ⤷ CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       ⤷ VL (Package) WS-SHP: General Processing for Shipping

Basic Data

Data Element	MBDAT
Short Description	Material Staging/Availability Date

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	DATUM
Data Type	DATS	Date field (YYYYMMDD) stored as char(8)
Length	8
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	10
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID
Default Component name	MS_DATE
Change document	☑
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Mat.Av.Dt.
Medium	15	Mat.Avail.Date
Long	20	Material Avail. Date
Heading	10	Mat.Av.Dt.

Documentation

Definition

The date by which sufficient quantities of the item must be available for picking to begin.

Use

The system uses the material availability date to generate automatic production and purchasing requirements. The system calculates the material availability date by working backwards from the customer's requested delivery date, taking into account how much time is needed for delivery-related procedures, such as picking, packing, loading, and transportation.

Procedure

The system proposes the material availability date. You can change the date manually in the sales document.

Dependencies

The picking date is the same as the material availability date.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19991102
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