SAP ABAP Data Element MD_MAKTX (Material Short Text)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ LO-MD-MM (Application Component) Material Master
     ⤷ MGV (Package) Application Development R/3 Material Master Distribution

Basic Data

Data Element	MD_MAKTX
Short Description	Material Short Text

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	TEXT40
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	40
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	40
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Descriptn.
Medium	15	Description
Long	20	Material Short Text
Heading	40	Material Short Text

Documentation

Definition

Short description of the material that is to be created, changed, or enhanced. The material short text can contain up to 40 characters.

Use

Dependencies

The short text is copied only if you have selected the Basic Data indicator and the target material does not yet exist. If you make no changes to the proposed short text of the reference material when creating a new material, all translations of the short text are also created.

For more information about the special features and dependencies to be observed for the short text, see the documentation for the Copy Material program under the Selection subheading.

Example

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20140121
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