SAP ABAP Data Element ASR_EFFECTIVE_DATE (Effective Date)

Hierarchy

☛ EA-HRGXX (Software Component) Sub component EA-HRGXX of EA-HR
   ⤷ PA-AS (Application Component) HR Administrative Services
     ⤷ PAOC_ASR_CONTROLLER (Package) Controller

Basic Data

Data Element	ASR_EFFECTIVE_DATE
Short Description	Effective Date

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	DATS
Data Type	DATS	Date field (YYYYMMDD) stored as char(8)
Length	8
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	10
Value Table

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Date
Medium	15	Date
Long	20	Effective Date
Heading	20	Effective Date

Documentation

Definition

Determines the key date on which the changes to the form scenario become active.

Use

Dependencies

The effective date must be defined as a form field with the name EFFECTIVE_DATE and data element ASR_EFFECTIVE_DATE. It is passed on as a so-called mandatory field to the backend services used in the form scenario. The backend services execute their operations on the basis of this effective date.

Example

• Date on which an employee is to be hired
• Date on which an employee is to be transferred
• Date of a bonus payment

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20110901
SAP Release Created in	600