Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component⤷
FS-BP (Application Component) Business Partner⤷
FSBP_BAPI2 (Package) SAP BP FS: BAPIs
Basic Data
| Data Element | BAPI_BP_DATA_TYPE |
| Short Description | Information Type |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | BP_DATA_TYPE | |
| Data Type | NUMC | Character string with only digits |
| Length | 2 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 2 | |
| Value Table | TP19 |
Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | InfoTyp |
| Medium | 20 | Information Type |
| Long | 30 | Information Type |
| Heading | 30 | Information Type |
Documentation
Definition
An attribute that can be specified by the customer which can be used to summarize various additional information about a customer.
Additional information includes customizable fields, text fields, checkboxes, amount fields, currency fields, and date fields that have been defined according to the user's requirements.
Use
Information types are part of the business partner's additional information and are used to store various customer-specific attributes.
Information types are categorized using information categories.
Dependencies
You can create information types in Customizing for the SAP Business Partner for Financial Services by choosing Settings for Financial Services-> General Settings-> Enhancement Options-> Additional Information-> Set Information Category.
Example
You have created the information category 01 leisure and divided this into the information types 01 sport, 02 hobby, and 03 travel.
You enter the customizeable field type of sport with the values C1 horse riding, C2 swimming, and C3 dancing for the information category 01 sport. If the customer actively participates in the type of sport, then set the indicator in the checkbox active. You can specify additional information about a business partner's sporting activities in a text field. You can enter how much money the business partner spends on this sport in the amount field costs, when the business partner does this sport and when you found out about this sporting activity in the date fields.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in | 20 |
