SAP ABAP Data Element DCFL_EBELN (Purchase Order Number (Source System))
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN
   ⤷ AC-INT (Application Component) Accounting Interface
     ⤷ FIN_DCFL_APPL_BASIS_DDIC (Package) Dictionary objects for FIN_DCFL_APPL_BASIS
Basic Data
Data Element DCFL_EBELN
Short Description Purchase Order Number (Source System)  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type DCFL_REFID    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 35    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 35    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
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Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 PO Source 
Medium 20 Purch. Ordr (Source) 
Long 35 Purchase Order (Source System) 
Heading 37 Purchase Order (Source System) 
Documentation

Original purchase order number from the external logistics system

Use

In a distributed system landscape consisting of multiple logistics systems and one central financials system, the central financials system contains purchase order numbers from different external logistics systems. Since the logistics systems issue purchase order numbers independently of one another, the purchase order numbers are not always unique. For the accounting-relevant data that comes from the external logistics system and is needed for follow-on processes in the central financials system, the central financials system creates for each purchase order an accounting view of purchase order. This accounting view of purchase order contains a new, unique number as well as the original document number and the original system.

Dependencies

Example

In logistics system A, a purchase order is created with purchase order number 4711. By coincidence, a purchase order with the same purchase order number is created in logistics system B.

The central financials system creates a separate accounting view of each of the purchase orders. These accounting views receive the following purchase order numbers:

System    Original Purchase Order Number    Purchase Order Number

A    4711    _000ABCDEF

B    4711    _000ABCDEG

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20110901 
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