SAP ABAP Data Element ATUDF (Data Type)
Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   CA-CL-CHR (Application Component) Characteristics
     CT (Package) Characteristics
Basic Data
Data Element ATUDF
Short Description Data Type  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type CHAR18    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 18    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 18    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name DATA_TYPE   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Data Type 
Medium 15 Data Type 
Long 20 Data Type 
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Documentation

Definition

The data type categorizes a characteristic and shows the format for entering characteristic values.

You can use the possible entries to select one of the following predefined data types (the abbreviations used in Customizing are shown in parentheses):

  • Character format (CHAR): for characteristic values that consist of a character string
  • Numeric format (NUM): for numeric characteristic values
  • Date format (DATE): for characteristic values that represent a date
  • Time format (TIME): for characteristic values that represent a time
  • Currency format (CURR): for characteristic values that are entered in a currency
  • User-defined data types: you can define these in characteristics management by choosing Extras -> More functions -> User-defined data type.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020827 
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