SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLSDINDEX (Define Condition Index)
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IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CFMENUOLSDINDEX Define Condition Index  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87006245   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUOLSDINDEX 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUOLSDINDEX   Define condition index 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLSDINDEX   Define condition index 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUOLSDINDEX    

In this IMG activity, you specify which fields of the condition records are taken into account when creating the index. The selected fields are displayed as selection criteria in the application menu for selecting condition records. In addition to the possibility of searching for condition records using the condition type (for example, prices, surcharges, discounts) and the organizational data, you can define and use other selection criteria using the condition index.

Example

The standard system contains two indexes with which all condition records can be selected for a certain material (index 001) or a certain customer (index 002) independently of the condition type, for example.

Note

Note that the number of indexes to be updated reduces system performance when posting condition records. Take this into account when creating and activating indexes.

Default settings

Two indexes exist in the standard SAP system:

  • Index 001 takes the material, sales organization and distribution channel into account when creating the index.
  • Index 002 takes the customer, sales organization, distribution channel and division into account when creating the index.

For reasons of performance, the condition types for the condition index are not flagged in the standard system. If a condition type is to be taken into account for condition indexes, it must be activated (condition type detail screen).

Prerequisites

Before using condition indexes (standard and user-specific indexes), you must define overviews for condition maintenance. See the section "Overviews" for further information on the overviews for condition maintenance.

Actions if you use standard indexes

  1. Check whether the condition indexes in the standard system (001 or 002) meet your requirements.
  2. Activate each standard index that you want to use.

    The indexes are inactive at delivery to avoid unused indexes being updated. Enter one of the two requirements for the index update.

    • Requirement 1: all index fields must be filled
    • Requirement 2: the first index field must be filled
  3. In the field "Condition index" on the condition type detail screen, select every condition type to be taken into account when creating the index. The condition types are not flagged in the standard system.
  4. You can change and display standard indices:

    Change

    Display

Actions if you create and use your own indexes

  1. You can create a condition index either by copying an existing index and changing it afterwards or by carrying out the following steps.
  2. Check whether the list of allowed fields meets your requirements. If you need new fields, you can include them in the field catalog for the condition index.
  3. Create a condition index by entering a table between 501 and 999 and choosing the required fields from the list of the allowed fields.

    The selected fields can have a maximum length of 100 characters.

    Define the sequence of the fields so that the first field in the index is the field that is most frequently searched for. In addition, SAP recommends that you include the sales organization and the distribution channel.

    Generate the condition index. Indexes created by you are activated automatically.

  4. In the field "Condition index" on the detail screen of the respective condition type, select the condition types to be taken into account for the condition index.

Actions if you reorganize secondary indexes

You must reorganize condition indexes in the following cases:

  • If you created a new condition index and want to set it up for existing condition records.
  • If you changed an existing condition index and want to set it up with the current condition records.

Proceed as follows:

  1. Enter a condition index or an interval of indexes.
  2. Enter the date and the time as of which the index is to be set up.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
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 SIMG_CFMENUOLSDINDEX 0 HLA0100740 Freight Processing 
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
VVC_VF685_FA C - View cluster SM34 00000100 Change condition types 
IMGDUMMY D - Dummy object T_09 00000001 Maintain condition tables for index 
VV_T681F_VF V - View SM30 00000020 Conditions: Allowed fields 
IMGDUMMY D - Dummy object T_I2 00000001 Condition indices reorg 
V_T681_IND V - View T_I1 00000001 Activation of Condition Index 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981222 
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