SAP ABAP Data Element /SAPAPO/PERAN (Number of Historical Periods)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   ⤷ SCM-BAS (Application Component) SCM Basis
     ⤷ /SAPAPO/SCMB_FORECAST (Package) Forecast

Basic Data

Data Element	/SAPAPO/PERAN
Short Description	Number of Historical Periods

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	/SAPAPO/PERAN
Data Type	DEC	Counter or amount field with comma and sign
Length	5
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	6
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	Hist. Pds
Medium	15	Hist. Periods
Long	22	Historical Periods
Heading	3	HPe

Documentation

Definition

Use

Here you specify the historical analysis period that the system uses asa basis for forecast creation.

Dependencies

Example

Supplementary Documentation - /SAPAPO/PERAN0001

Procedure

Examples

Dependencies

Supplementary Documentation - /SAPAPO/PERAN0003

Procedure

The fields Start date, End date, Number of periods and For period, and the button Proposal in the phase-in/phase-out profile are interdependent. You must make entries in all of the fields. This is what you do:

1. Enter a start date.
2. Enter an end date.
3. If necessary, overwrite the value in the field For period. The default is the period indicator from the master forecast profile.
4. Click the button Proposal.
5. The system calculates the number of periods in the phase-in/phase-out horizon and enters that number in the field No. of periods.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130604
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