Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM⤷
CRM-MD-PRO (Application Component) Products⤷
CS (Package) R/3 Application development: PP Bills of Material
Basic Data
| Data Element | CS_E_VWEGX |
| Short Description | Path (Predecessor) |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | DEC4 | |
| Data Type | DEC | Counter or amount field with comma and sign |
| Length | 4 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 5 | |
| 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 | Path(Pred) |
| Medium | 15 | Path(Predecess) |
| Long | 20 | Path (Predecessor) |
| Heading | 3 | PPh |
Documentation
Definition
Direction for exploding a component.
Using the route of predecessor and component, you can reconstruct the exact structure of a bill of material.
The level and/or the route are only relevant for planning using dummy assemblies.
Level and route show you the exact position of a dummy assembly within a bill of material.
Example
A BOM contains the following dummy assemblies (DummyAs) and materials:
Material A
_________________________|__________________
| | |
| | |
DummyAs B DummyAs C Material D
_____|________ _____|______
| | | |
| | | |
DummyAs E Mat. F Mat. G Mat. H
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|
Mat. J
In order to track the position of the assemblies within the BOM structure, the levels and routes are assigned according to the following logic:
- A level number is assigned for each BOM level
- A route number is assigned for each BOM path
In the following BOM, the first number refers to the level, the second number the route. If the material is not a dummy assembly, the number '0' is assigned as level and/or route. If the material is a component of a dummy assembly however, then the component inherits the level and route from the dummy assembly.
Material A
(0/0)
_________________________|__________________
| | |
| | |
DummyAs B DummyAs C Material D
(1/1) (1/2) (0/0)
_____|________ _____|______
| | | |
| | | |
DummyAs E Mat. F Mat. G Mat. H
(2/1) (1/1) (1/2) (1/2)
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Mat. J
(2/1)
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20010607 |
| SAP Release Created in | 46C |
