Hierarchy
SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting⤷
SCM-BAS (Application Component) SCM Basis⤷
CIF (Package) Core Interface
Basic Data
| Data Element | CIFSTKREAD |
| Short Description | Indicator Whether Stock Values Should be Read Again |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | CIFSTKREAD | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
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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 | Read Stock |
| Medium | 15 | Read Stock |
| Long | 20 | Re-Read Stock |
| Heading | 0 |
Documentation
Definition
For the transfer of stock values, this field controls whether the values from the ERP transaction are sent directly to SAP APO or whether the values should first be selected again from the database.
Use
This may be necessary because sometimes users make stock postings without using exclusive locks (for performance and parallelization reasons). This may mean that two transactions simultaneously change stock values for the same material or that one transaction has to wait until the other has finished writing its data. As a result, the update in the ERP database takes place incrementally; that is, only one increase or decrease is recorded in the database, not the absolute value. This may lead to situations in which a transaction reads the absolute value and stores this in its memory although the database has changed in the meantime. If this obsolete absolute value is transferred to SAP APO, this can lead to inconsistencies between SAP APO and the ERP system that are only corrected with the next stock posting.
If this indicator is set, the value in the database is read again immediately before the transfer of stock values to SAP APO. This guarantees consistency, although it does hinder performance. If there are no parallel processes in a customer scenario for stock posting or if temporary discrepancies between SAP APO and the ERP system can be taken into account, you can remove this indicator and improve the performance of stock transfers.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20030602 |
| SAP Release Created in |
