SAP ABAP Data Element DATE_RELATIVE (All data relative to current date)

Hierarchy

☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CRM-BF (Application Component) Basic Functions
     ⤷ VTR (Package) SD R/3 transport processing

Basic Data

Data Element	DATE_RELATIVE
Short Description	All data relative to current date

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	XFELD
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Change document	☐
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Relative
Medium	20	Relative to curr. dt
Long	22	Relative to curr. date
Heading	22	Relative to curr. date

Documentation

When you select this option, all date entries are converted if this profile is used or displayed on another date.

Example:
Today (July 15, 1998), you maintained this profile with the following values for the delivery date:
Group 1: before July 15, 1998
Group 2: between July 15, 1998 and July 16, 1998
(x) Ignore all other values
In other words:
All deliveries that are already late are loaded into one truck, since they should be delivered as soon as possible. All deliveries for today and tomorrow are loaded into another truck and are delivered normally. No other deliveries are included in this planning run.
If you had chosen the option "Convert date specificat.", the groupings would appear as follows in 3 days (on July 18, 1998):
Group 1: before July 18, 1998
Group 2: between July 17, 1998 and July 19, 1998
(x) Ignore all other values
and in 10 days (on July 25, 1998):
Group 1: before July 25, 1998
Group 2: between July 25, 1998 and July 26, 1998
(x) Ignore all other values
The following is also valid:
The deliveries that are late are loaded into one truck and all deliveries for today and tomorrow are loaded into another truck.
If you have not chosen the option Convert date specificat., the values remain unchanged even if you use this profile 3 or 10 days later.
Technically, the system makes a note of the day you created or changed these groupings and converts the dates only if you have chosen the option mentioned above. The converted value is then always displayed in the dialog box.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19980331
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