SAP ABAP Data Element AMOUNTSAP (Amount (Two Decimal Places, Interpretation Acc. To Currency))

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   ⤷ CA-HR (Application Component) Cross-Application Objects in HR
     ⤷ BPCAL (Package) Cross-Application Objects for International Payroll PY

Basic Data

Data Element	AMOUNTSAP
Short Description	Amount (Two Decimal Places, Interpretation Acc. To Currency)

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	BAPICURR
Data Type	DEC	Counter or amount field with comma and sign
Length	23
Decimal Places	4
Output Length	30
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID
Default Component name	AMOUNTSAP
Change document	☐
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Amount
Medium	14	Amount (SAP)
Long	20	Amount (SAP)
Heading	16	Amount (SAP)

Documentation

Definition

Use

The amount can only be interpreted with a currency. AMOUNTSAP has exactly two valid decimal places, so the third and fourth decimal places must be filled with zeros.

If no currency has been specified, the system assumes a currency with two decimal places.

Dependencies

Example

The following table illustrates how the amount of 123.4500 from the external application and in different currencies is interpreted in the SAP System depending on the number of decimal places (DecP):

DecP     Currency     Amount     Interpretation   

two     DEM     123.4500    123,45 DEM   

zero     ITL     123.4500    12345 ITL   

three     KWD     123.4500    12,345 KWD   

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20020827
SAP Release Created in	50A