SAP ABAP Data Element BU_SOURCE (Data Origin Types)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-SRV-BP (Application Component) Business Partner Foundation
     ⤷ S_BUPA_GENERAL (Package) SAP Business Partner: Basic Components

Basic Data

Data Element	BU_SOURCE
Short Description	Data Origin Types

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	BU_SOURCE
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	4
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	4
Value Table	TB005

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID
Default Component name	DATAORIGINTYPE
Change document	☑
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Origin
Medium	15	Data Origin
Long	20	Data Origin
Heading	0

Documentation

Definition

Determines how the business partner data comes into the system.

Use

The origin type is for information purposes only.

You can define the origin types with their names in Customizing.

Examples

• Legacy data transfer
• Purchased address list

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20110908
SAP Release Created in