This parameter controls the writing of relationships with irrelevant target determination values to the object tables. If the parameter is not set at path level, the parameter STORE_TARGET_VALUES_NOT_RELV at package level is used instead.
The following control options are available:
Records with irrelevant target determination values are saved
Advantage: If the system does not find a target determination value for a source determination value in the object table, it is clear that there is no assignment, which means that the determination has failed.
Disadvantage: The system must manage larger volumes of data.
Records with irrelevant target determination values are not saved
Advantage: The volumes of data the system has to manage are smaller. This means that less storage space is required and processing is faster.
Disadvantage: If the system does not find a target determination value for a source determination value in the object table, this may have two reasons:
The determination has failed: the source determination value is not covered by the determination path, or it does not have a target determination value assigned.
The source determination value has an irrelevant target determination value assigned.
The system assumes that the latter is the case. Consequently, path determination is always successful, and no message is output. For multiple paths, no more alternative paths are processed. In this case, the result of the determination is either 'relevant' or 'not relevant'; the system cannot determine the status 'partially relevant'.
The system decides if records with irrelevant target determination values should be saved or not.
Records with irrelevant target determination values are saved so that alternative paths can be executed and errors during the determination can be found. Paths with the source determination objects OBJNR and OBJNRD are an exception. For these, records with irrelevant target determination objects are not saved, because this helps to minimize the amount of data that needs to be managed.
Notes
If the path parameter 'Warning for missing TDetValue' is set, messages for the source determination values for which the determination fails can be output while the object tables are being loaded. This is particularly useful for determination paths that do not save irrelevant target determination values.
If you want to store relationships with irrelevant source determination values in the object tables, you need to specify this at package level by setting the package parameter STORE_SOURCE_VALUES_NOT_RELV accordingly.