SAP ABAP Data Element AIND_OFLD (Handling of data object offset)
Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   BC-CCM-ADK-AS (Application Component) Archive Information System
     SARCIS (Package) Archive Information System
Basic Data
Data Element AIND_OFLD
Short Description Handling of data object offset  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type AIND_OFLD    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Basic direction is set to LTR    
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Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Offset hd. 
Medium 15 Offset handling 
Long 25 Offset handling 
Heading 25 Offset handling 
Documentation

Definition

This field defines whether the offset of data objects in the database table is incorporated in the archive information structure.

Usage

The field catalog defines how the offset is handled in the info structure. This property is incorporated in the info structure.

The offset of a data object is the position of this data object within the archive file. The system can use this offset to access data objects directly.

When you activate an info structure, the system generates a transparent database table which incorporates the data from the info structure. To enable the Archive Information System to execute direct access to individual data objects, the data objects' offset must be used, at least as a data field. You can also incoporate the offset as a key field if the entries in the archive info structure are not otherwise unique. On the other hand, you can also leave the offset out of the archive info structure, if direct access is not required. You can save disk space by omitting the offset.

Note that the offset should only be in the key if the name of the archive file is also in the key.

Value range

'D' - The offset is incorporated as a data field in the archive information structure.
'K' - The offset is incorporated as a key field in the archive information structure.
' ' - The offset is not incorporated in the archive information structure.

Note

If the offset is to be incorporated in the key, then you may receive a warning message from the data dictionary table activator when you activate an info structure. The warning is, that the system cannot buffer the generated table because the field ARCHIVEOFS has a type which is not usually allocated to it. You can ignore this warning as it does not make sense anyway to buffer tables which are used by the Archive Information System.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19990505 
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