Hierarchy
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Basic Data
| Data Element | CATPAVAL |
| Short Description | CATT - Parameter value |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | TEXT132 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 132 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 132 | |
| Value Table |
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 | Par. value |
| Medium | 15 | Parameter value |
| Long | 20 | Parameter contents |
| Heading | 32 | Parameter contents |
Supplementary Documentation - CATPAVAL 0000
Use
Parameter variants can be entered in this list.
When the variants are saved, only those values are created which differ from the default value.
'Maintenance via screens' can be called from this list to maintain the variants. The screens of the transactions in the test case run consecutively in this simulation mode. You can enter parameter value variants in the screen fields.
Variant maintenance in simulation mode
When you go to the simulation mode from the variant maintenance, a list of parameters with transfer values is passed. The transfer values are derived from the current variant values and the default values.
Parameterized fields are ready for input in simulation mode. The transfer values are output and can be overwritten by user entries. The changed values are returned from the simulation mode.
Character fields:
X stands for any string which does not contain only apostrophe and SPACE.
Note: If X starts and ends with an apostrophe, e.g. 'y', the value is passed without apostrophes as field contents at runtime.
Passed -> Output -> Entry -> Return -> Runtime field contents
SPACE SPACE SPACE SPACE (unchanged) no value
SPACE SPACE X X X
' SPACE SPACE ' (unchanged) no value
' SPACE X X X
' ' SPACE SPACE ' ' (unchanged) delete
' ' SPACE X X X
' ' SPACE ' ' no value
X X SPACE ' ' delete
X X X X (unchanged) X
X X ' ' no value
Numeric fields:
n stands for any numerical value which does not contain only zeros and SPACEs. SPACE is the same as 0.
Passed -> Output -> Entry -> Return -> Runtime field contents
SPACE SPACE SPACE SPACE (unchanged) no value
SPACE SPACE n n n
' SPACE SPACE ' (unchanged) no value
' SPACE n n n
' ' SPACE SPACE ' ' (unchanged) delete
' ' SPACE n n n
0 SPACE SPACE 0 (unchanged) delete
0 SPACE n n n
n n SPACE 0 delete
n n n n (unchanged) n
The user can not tell from this handling whether a field with the value SPACE in simulation mode is unchanged or deleted at runtime. This is only visible in the variant value list before and after simulation mode.
Supplementary Documentation - CATPAVAL 0001
Use
Parameter variants can be entered in this parameter list.
When you save variants, only those parameter values are created which differ from the default values.
You can call 'Maintenance in screens' from this list to maintain the variants. In this simulation mode, the screens in the test case transactions run consecutively. You can enter the variant values in the parameters defined in the screen fields.
Variant maintenance in simulation mode
When you choose simulation mode from the variant maintenance, a list of parameters with values is passed. The values are derived from the current variable values and the default values.
The parameterized fields are ready for input in simulation mode. The values to be passed are output and can be overwritten by user entries. This changes the values passed which the simulation mode returns.
Character fields:
X is any string which does not contain only apostrophe and SPACE.
Note: if X has an apostrophe at the beginning and end, e.g. 'y', so the value is passed without apostrophe in the procedure.
Pass -> Output -> Input -> Return -> Proced.: field contents
SPACE SPACE SPACE SPACE (unchanged) none
SPACE SPACE X X X
' SPACE SPACE ' (unchanged) none
' SPACE X X X
' ' SPACE SPACE ' ' (unchanged) delete
' ' SPACE X X X
' ' SPACE ' ' none
X X SPACE ' ' delete
X X X X (unchanged) X X X ' ' none
Numerical fields:
n is any numerical value which contains not only zeros
and SPACE. SPACE means 0.
Pass -> Output -> Input -> Return -> Proced.: field contents
SPACE SPACE SPACE SPACE (unchanged) none
SPACE SPACE n n n
' SPACE SPACE ' (unchanged) none
' SPACE n n n
' ' SPACE SPACE ' ' (unchanged) delete
' ' SPACE n n n
0 SPACE SPACE 0 (unchanged) delete
0 SPACE n n n
n n SPACE 0 delete
n n n n (unchanged) n
You can not easily tell whether a value SPACE in simulation mode means that the field value is not passed in the procedure, or it has been deleted. This is only clear in the variant values list before and after simulation mode.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in |
