SAP ABAP Data Element DMC_RTYPE (Rule Category)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-SRV-DMC (Application Component) Data Conversion
     ⤷ S_DMCM (Package) Data Mapping and Conversion: Maintenance

Basic Data

Data Element	DMC_RTYPE
Short Description	Rule Category

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	DMC_RTYPE
Data Type	NUMC	Character string with only digits
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	8	Rule Cat
Medium	8	Rule Cat
Long	8	Rule Cat
Heading	8	Rule Cat

Documentation

Definition

Transfer rules can be developed for field mapping, for example the MOVE rule, for transformation of whole recipient structures, (MOVE CORRESPONDING rule), or for events, such as BEGIN-OF-RECORD. A flag is set to help the user when defining the field mapping:

Event-related rules are rules used specifically for processing events.

Structure-related rules are used for transforming a whole
recipient record.

Processing-related or field-related rules are set for mapping one or more sender fields to exactly one recipient field.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20010216
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