SAP ABAP Data Element /SAPAPO/PERKZ (Period Indicator)

Hierarchy

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

Basic Data

Data Element	/SAPAPO/PERKZ
Short Description	Period Indicator

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	/SAPAPO/PERKZ
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID	/SAPAPO/PKZ
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 Ind
Medium	15	Period Ind.
Long	20	Period Indicator
Heading	2	PI

Documentation

Definition

Specifies the time bucket in which the forecast is calculated and the results are displayed.

Procedure

If you are maintaining a master forecast profile, enter a period indicator.

Dependencies

This period indicator must be included in the storage buckets profile on which the planning area is based.

Supplementary Documentation - /SAPAPO/PERKZ0004

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.

Supplementary Documentation - /SAPAPO/PERKZ0005

Procedure

Examples

Dependencies

The periodicity must be contained in the storage buckets profile on which the planning area is based.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130604
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