SAP ABAP Data Element MD_SBUFF (BOM Buffering in Shared Buffer)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PP-MRP-BD (Application Component) Master Data
     ⤷ MD0C (Package) Customizing R/3 Material Requirements Planning

Basic Data

Data Element	MD_SBUFF
Short Description	BOM Buffering in Shared Buffer

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	XFELD
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Buffering
Medium	15	Buffering
Long	26	Buffering in Shared Buffer
Heading	26	Buffering in Shared Buffer

Documentation

Definition

You can use this indicator to activate cross-transactional buffering of processed BOMs.

This means that BOMs, which are accessed frequently, no longer have to be read from the database each time, but can be drawn from the shared buffer instead.

In doing so, you can, in certain cases, significantly improve performance during BOM explosions.

We recommend activating cross-transactional buffering of BOMs for the following applications:

• Sales order planning
• Assembly orders
• Frequent planning within a day
• Frequent creation of planned orders for the same BOM
• Access to BOMs from external systems like APO or via BAPI

Note that you should not switch off this indicator and then switch it on again a short time later, because then the BOM time stamps are no longer current. In this case, the wrong BOMs could be used. However, you can delete the buffered BOMs in the shared buffer using the report RMMDBOM1.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20011120
SAP Release Created in	470