SAP ABAP Data Element DE_IMPLICIT_EXCLASS (Implicit Enhancement Category)
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Basic Data
Data Element DE_IMPLICIT_EXCLASS
Short Description Implicit Enhancement Category  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type DDRANKING    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Impl.Cat. 
Medium 20 Implicit Category 
Long 40 Implicit Enhancement Category 
Heading 2 IC 
Documentation

Definition

The enhancement category is derived from the structure and from the classification of the used types.

Rules for determining the implicit enhancement category are:

  • If the object contains at least one numeric type or a substructure or a component (field has structure/table/view as type) that can be enhanced numerically, the object itself can no longer be enhanced character-type, but can, at most, be enhanced character-type or numerically.
  • If the object contains a deep component (string, reference, or table type) or a substructure or component that is marked as can be enhanced in any way, the object itself is also marked can be enhanced in any way.
  • If the object does not contain any substructure or component that is marked can be enhanced, you can choose cannot be enhanced.

Data inconsistencies can arise, however, after an upgrade, after a transport, or after a change in the classification of structures.

  • The setup of a structure no longer matches the predefined classification (for example, after an enhancement by a customer or after an upgrade).
  • A structure's setup matches the predefined classification, but it uses (for includes or substructures) other Dictionary structures for which a more general enhancement category was specified.

Common to both cases is the fact the the implicitly derived classification category is larger (more general) than the one specified explicitly. Inconsistencies of this type must be corrected.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020827 
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