Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component⤷
CA-HR (Application Component) Cross-Application Objects in HR⤷
BPCAL (Package) Cross-Application Objects for International Payroll PY
Basic Data
| Data Element | BAPIAMOUNT |
| Short Description | Amount (Decimal Places Acc. To Currency) |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | BAPICURR | |
| Data Type | DEC | Counter or amount field with comma and sign |
| Length | 23 | |
| Decimal Places | 4 | |
| Output Length | 30 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | AMOUNT | |
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Amount |
| Medium | 14 | Amount |
| Long | 20 | Amount |
| Heading | 10 | Amount |
Documentation
Definition
Use
The amount can only be interpreted with a currency. Every currency has a certain number of valid decimal places. Additional decimal places in excess of this number must be filled with zeros for BAPIAMOUNT.
A currency's decimal places are stored in the CURRDEC field of table TCURX (Decimal Places in Currencies).
If no currency is specified, the system assumes that the amount was entered in a currency with two decimal places.
The amount is converted to an SAP-internal format with exactly two valid decimal places. You must ensure that you do not use more than 21 places for your amount. These 21 places are calculated by adding the number of decimal places that are valid in your currency to the number of predecimal places.
Dependencies
Example
The following table illustrates how amounts from the external application and in different currencies are interpreted depending on the number of decimal places (DecP) and then displayed in the SAP System:
DecP Curr. Amount Interpretation Int. SAP display
two DEM 123.4500 123,45 DEM 123.4500
zero ITL 123.0000 123 ITL 1.2300
three KWD 123.4560 123,456 KWD 1234.5600
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20020827 |
| SAP Release Created in | 50A |
