Hierarchy
SAP_GWFND (Software Component) SAP Gateway Foundation⤷
OPU-FND-CS (Application Component) IWF Common Services⤷
/IWFND/MED_SVC_MULTI_LANGU (Package) GW Framework - Metadata - Service Def. - End User Translatio
Basic Data
| Data Element | /IWFND/MED_MDL_OPTIONAL_FLAG |
| Short Description | Optional flag |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | BOOLEAN | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Optional |
| Medium | 15 | Optional |
| Long | 20 | Optional |
| Heading | 13 | Optional flag |
Supplementary Documentation - /IWFND/MED_MDL_OPTIONAL_FLAG0100
Use
If checked, it is optional to pass a value for the Property for modifying operations. If the service consumer provides a value for the Property, it is stored as expected.
If not checked, a value for the the Property must be passed for modifying operations (mandatory). An error message is returned if the Optional box is not checked but no value is provided.
Dependencies
The Property editor fields together control how the Property is represented in the metadata.
Example
The following example shows how the Property editor fields are represented in the metadata, with this field underlined to highlight it (Optional box checked):
<Property Name="telephone" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="true" MaxLength="30" sap:label="Telephone number" sap:creatable="true" sap:updatable="true" sap:filterable="true" sap:semantics="tel" />
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20131122 |
| SAP Release Created in | 200 |
