SAP ABAP Data Element ATBIL (Balance characteristic)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   ⤷ CA-CL-CHR (Application Component) Characteristics
     ⤷ CT (Package) Characteristics

Basic Data

Data Element	ATBIL
Short Description	Balance characteristic

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	XFELD
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Bal. char.
Medium	15	Balance char
Long	20	Balance char
Heading	12	Balance char

Documentation

Definition

A balance characteristic can be used in Variant Configuration to check that the configuration is complete. You can only use this function for the Sales Configuration Engine (SCE).

Internally, a balance characteristic has a debit side and a credit side, for settling quotations or requirements for specific resources in the configuration (for example, electricity consumption against electricity supply).

The values of a balance characteristic can only be calculated and inferred by object dependencies (rule nets). In the SCE, the values in the debit and credit sides are automatically used to check the completeness of the configuration. If debit is greater than credit, an incompleteness message is generated.

Note:

• Balance characteristics must be numeric.
• Allowed values, default values, and the Entry required indicator are irrelevant.
• Do not assign values to balance characteristics in classification.
• If you do not define dependencies to aggregate the amounts to be balanced, both sides have the value 0.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20020827
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