SAP ABAP IMG Activity _ISUISST_000010 (Define Field Catalogs)
Hierarchy
☛ IS-UT (Software Component) SAP Utilities/Telecommunication
   ⤷ IS-U (Application Component) SAP Utilities
     ⤷ EE80 (Package) IS-U: Customizing
IMG Activity
ID _ISUISST_000010 Define Field Catalogs  
Transaction Code S_KK4_74001018   IMG Activity: _ISUISST_000010 
Created on 19990816    
Customizing Attributes _ISUISST_000010   Define Field Catalogs 
Customizing Activity _ISUISST_000010   Define Field Catalogs 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name _ISUISST_000010    

In this IMG activity, you can create, change, delete and display field catalogs.

Standard settings

SAP provides some sample field catalogs for UIS.

You cannot change these field catalogs, however you can extend them by adding your own field catalogs.

Activities

  1. Specify a name as well as a description for the field catalog you want to create in the field "Field catalog".
  2. Assign the field catalog to the application utilities.
  3. Define the catalog category.
  4. Press ENTER.

    You branch to the maintenance screen of the individual fields of the catalogs.

  5. Depending on the catalog category you have chosen, select Edit -> Characteristics or Key figures or Date.

    Two dialog boxes are displayed for selecting the fields.

    One dialog box lists the fields you have already selected. Choose "Selection list" to select further fields.

    If you have not yet selected any fields, the second dialog box is displayed at the same time.

    The second dialog box is divided into two columns. The right side of the window lists all source tables from which you can select fields for the field catalogs. In this case, only the tables valid for the selected application are displayed.

  6. If you want to display the fields of a certain source table, you can select this by double-clicking on it.

    The left side of the window lists the fields of the selected source table.

  7. If you want to copy a field from the list into your field catalog, position the cursor on the corresponding field name and choose "Copy".

    The selected field is marked and copied into the list of the already selected fields.

    Note

    When you select the MCVU_ESTA source table and fields, the respective descriptions are displayed.

    You can use the "Switch display" function to display the technical names (table and field names from the Data Dictionary).

  8. Press ENTER to branch to the list of the selected fields.

    You can now also edit this list, i.e. you can change the sequence in which the fields appear, delete fields from the list or add new fields from the source tables.

  9. Press ENTER again to copy the selected fields into your field catalog.
  10. Save the field catalog.

Additional information

When you copy fields, two different types of information are proposed:

  • Source table / source field

    This information is primarily required to update statistical data.

    When you define the update rules, this information is proposed as source fields.

    Note

    It is not absolutely essential that you specify a source field.

    If you are using fields in the field catalogs that are to be derived from a formula during the update, then you are not recommended to specify a source field, as it does not make sense. The same applies if you want to include counters (for example, the number of order items) in the field catalog.

    Please refer to the chapter Updating Definition for more information on how to use formulas and counters.

  • Reference table / reference field

    The reference field specifies the technical attributes of a field. When information structures are generated, the reference field is used as a template for the technical attributes of the new Data Dictionary field.

    Source field and reference field are usually identical.

    Note

    A different reference field is always required if the field in an information structure must have different technical attributes to those of the source field.

    This is often the case for key figures, for example. The aggregation of many pieces of information from documents to one piece of cumulated information in the information structure means that a larger field is required to contain longer numbers. In this case, the technical attributes of the field to be generated in the information structure must be different to those of the source field from document processing.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 207   Establish Reporting 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG _ISUISST_000010 0 I110004884 Sales Statistics 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
MC_FIELDCA T - Individual transaction object EI19 ISU0000001 Change Field Catalogs 
MC_FIELDCA T - Individual transaction object EI20 ISU0000002 Display Field Catalogs 
MC_FIELDCA T - Individual transaction object EI18 ISU0000000 Create Field Catalogs 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19990816 
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