SAP ABAP Data Element AUTHAREA (Authorization Area for Business Processes)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN
   ⤷ CO-OM-ABC (Application Component) Activity-Based Costing
     ⤷ KABC (Package) Cost Accounting: Activity-Based Costing

Basic Data

Data Element	AUTHAREA
Short Description	Authorization Area for Business Processes

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	AUTHAREA
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	40
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	40
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Auth. Area
Medium	15	Authoriz. Area
Long	20	Authorization Area
Heading	2	AA

Documentation

Definition

The authorization area serves to directly assign the grouping concept to be given, which is also security protected.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19970812
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