SAP ABAP Data Element /BOBF/OBM_ASSOC_CAT (Association Category)
Hierarchy
SAP_BS_FND (Software Component) SAP Business Suite Foundation
   AP-RC-BOF-CFN (Application Component) Business Object Processing Framework Configuration
     /BOBF/CONFIGURATION (Package) Business Object Processing Configuration
Basic Data
Data Element /BOBF/OBM_ASSOC_CAT
Short Description Association Category  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type /BOBF/OBM_ASSOC_CAT    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Basic direction is set to LTR    
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Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Category 
Medium 15 AssociationCat. 
Long 20 Association Category 
Heading  
Documentation

Definition

An association category defined the category of an association

Use

The business object processing framework distinguishes between different categories of association to control the internal program flow and behavior to find the related nodes.

Dependencies

Example

Association categories are, for example:

  • Association to a parent node
  • Association to a lock node
  • Association to a property node
  • Association to a status node
  • Specialization

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130604 
SAP Release Created in 702