SAP ABAP Data Element /MAP/DE_SSMPPER (Posting Period)
Hierarchy
BI_CONT (Software Component) Business Intelligence Content
   BW-BCT-PLA-RSM (Application Component) Retail Slow Seller Management
     /MAP/P03 (Package) BW: Content Slow Seller Management
Basic Data
Data Element /MAP/DE_SSMPPER
Short Description Posting Period  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type /MAP/DO_SSMPPER    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 3    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 3    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Period 
Medium 15 Posting Period 
Long 20 Posting Period 
Heading Per 
Documentation

Definition

A posting period is a self-contained part of a fiscal year.

Use

Every business transaction is assigned to a posting period. The transaction figures for the different business transactions are accumulated for each posting period.

Dependencies

Example

Examples of divisions into periods:

  • per calendar month, making 12 posting periods
  • every four weeks, making 13 posting periods
  • per week, making either 52 or 53 posting periods

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20141031 
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