SAP ABAP Data Element AQ_FMASK (SAP Query: Format template)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-SRV-QUE (Application Component) SAP Query
     ⤷ SQUE (Package) Application Development R/3 SAP Query

Basic Data

Data Element	AQ_FMASK
Short Description	SAP Query: Format template

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	AQS_C50K
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	50
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	50
Value Table

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Format
Medium	20	Format template
Long	40	Format template
Heading	55	Format template

Documentation

Definition

Defines a template for formatting a field.

Supplementary Documentation - AQ_FMASK 0140

Use

When outputting a field, you can use a template to specify a format which differs from the standard format. Within a template, each underscore represents one character of the field value from left to right. The angle brackets which enclose the template are not displayed.

Procedure

Define the output template for the field specified on the left. You see a default value for this, but you can change it by entering any special characters to format the field contents within the angle brackets.

Examples

The field Fiscal year consists of four characters. Without a template, these four characters are output simply as "1992". If you use the template <Fiscal year: ____>, the resulting output is

Fiscal year: 1992 .

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History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20010130
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