SAP ABAP Data Element ATEI6 (Unit of Measure, Language-Dependent)
Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   CA-CL-CHR (Application Component) Characteristics
     CT (Package) Characteristics
Basic Data
Data Element ATEI6
Short Description Unit of Measure, Language-Dependent  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type MSEH6    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 6    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 6    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Unit 
Medium 15 Unit 
Long 20 Unit of Measure 
Heading Unit 
Documentation

Definition

Unit in which a numeric characteristic value is entered. When you assign a value to the characteristic, you can enter a different unit if it can be converted to the unit entered in characteristics maintenance. The dimension (such as length or volume) determines which units can be converted to which.

Units of measure are defined in Customizing for Global Settings by choosing Units of Measurement.

You can only change the unit of measure defined for a characteristic if:

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020827 
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