SAP ABAP IMG Activity CATS0301 (Create Customer Fields)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ CA-TS (Application Component) Time Sheet
     ⤷ CATS (Package) Cross-application time sheet
IMG Activity
ID CATS0301 Create Customer Fields  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87001238   IMG Activity: CATS0301 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes CATS0301   Create Customer Fields 
Customizing Activity CATS0301   Create customer fields 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name CATS0301    

In this step, you define customer-specific fields. They appear in addition to the standard fields on the screen when maintaining or displaying the time sheet.

You can copy a maximum of 10 fields to the data entry section. You can provide additional fields in a special dialog box and make additional information available to users when displaying or maintaining data.

You can supplement these fields with values and validate them using SAP enhancements.

Standard settings

Customer fields are inserted into the CI_CATSDB structure. This structure is contained in the database table for the Time Sheet (CATSDB).

Activities

  1. Choose Create SAP Enhancements for the Time Sheet.
  2. Create a customer project using the SAP enhancement CATS0005.
  3. On the initial project administration screen, select the Enhancement components field and choose Change.
  4. Select the entry CI_CATSDB and choose Edit -> Components.
  5. Create the structure CI_CATSDB.
  6. Insert the fields you want to add to the Time Sheet database table into the structure.
    Only the data dictionary types NUMC and CHAR are permitted.
  7. Check and save the structure.
  8. Activate the structure.
    You have added customer-specific fields to the database table for the Time Sheet.
    You can include 10 of these fields for display or maintenance in the data entry section. Decide which fields from the CI_CATSDB structure you want to provide as input or output fields in the data entry section.
  9. Choose Make field assignment.
  10. Assign the relevant fields to the view.
    You can include up to 10 additional fields in the data entry section. Assign a number from 1 - 10 and specify the name of the field.
    The number you assign to the additional field corresponds to the number of the customer field in the field selection.

    Example
    NR     Field     Name                     Field name in field selection
    3     ANREX     Form of address text     Additional field 3
  11. Select Add customer fields to field selection.
  12. Check the attributes of the fields you have added in the field selection. If necessary, customize the modifiable customer fields additional fields 1 - 10 to suit your requirements.
    For more information, see Choose Fields.
  13. Define the attributes of the fields with reference to individual data entry profiles.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 3   Nonrequired 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 CATS0301 0 HLB0100231 Time Sheet 
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
TCAFI S - Table (with text table) SM30 1 Make field assignment 
CAC2 T - Individual transaction object CAC2 2 Add customer fields to field selection 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981222 
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