SAP ABAP Data Element T313DAIVLL (Number of places in AI for variable length specification)
Hierarchy
SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   LE-MOB (Application Component) Mobile data entry
     LMOB (Package) Mobile Computing in warehouse logistics
Basic Data
Data Element T313DAIVLL
Short Description Number of places in AI for variable length specification  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type NUMC1    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
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 Var.length 
Medium 15 Variable length 
Long 20 Places for var.lngth 
Heading VarLgth 
Documentation

Definition

If the length of the data that is to be encoded is not predefined (by a standard, for instance), or if it is limited by a delimiter, the length can also be defined as a component of the Application Identifier (AI). In such a case, the value determines how many characters will be added to the AI.

To specify the actual length of the encoded data, this value is first multiplied with the AI length-specification multiplication factor and then added to the AI length-specification addition factor.

Example

he AI lot number, which is defined in the EAN128 standard, is 23 and is increased by one character for length specification.

The bar code (233) 1233426 indicates that the length of the encoded data is 7 when the multiplication factor is 2 and the addition factor is 1 (3 * 2 + 1= 7). In other words, this means that 7 characters must follow the AI (233), and these 7 characters make up the lot number.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20011120 
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