SAP ABAP Data Element BEN_AREA (Benefit area)
Hierarchy
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SAP_HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRRXX of SAP_HR
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PA-BN (Application Component) Benefits
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PBEN (Package) Benefits
SAP_HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRRXX of SAP_HR⤷
PA-BN (Application Component) Benefits⤷
PBEN (Package) Benefits
Basic Data
| Data Element | BEN_AREA |
| Short Description | Benefit area |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | BEN_AREA | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 2 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 2 | |
| Value Table | T5UB3 |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | BEN | |
| Default Component name | BEN_AREA | |
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | BenArea |
| Medium | 15 | Benefit area |
| Long | 20 | Benefit area |
| Heading | 4 | BAr. |
Documentation
Definition
Specifies the highest-level subdivision of benefits data.
Use
Benefit areas enable different pools of benefit plans to be administered separately, for example, in order to reflect geographical location, departments, or production areas. Employees are sorted dynamically into benefit areas during processing, according to the corresponding feature.
Dependencies
The majority of settings and definitions in Customizing are dependent on the benefit area.
Example
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110809 |
| SAP Release Created in |
