SAP ABAP Data Element /SRMERP/MAT_GROUP_DESCR (Material Group Description)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ MM-PUR-SSP (Application Component) Self-Service Procurement
     ⤷ /SRMERP/OL_COMMON (Package) Object Layer: common entities
Basic Data
Data Element /SRMERP/MAT_GROUP_DESCR
Short Description Material Group Description  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type TEXT20    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 20    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 20    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
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 Mat. Group 
Medium 20 Material Group 
Long 40 Material Group 
Heading 20 Material Group 
Documentation

Definition

Any grouping of materials, for example, by merchandise categories.

Use

For example, you can use material groups as a means to:

  • Restricting the scope of analyses
  • Specifically search for material master records

Dependencies

Example

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130529 
SAP Release Created in 606