SAP ABAP Data Element EBELN (Purchasing Document Number)
Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   CA-GTF-TS (Application Component) Technical Application Support
     BM (Package) MM Cross-Application Objects
Basic Data
Data Element EBELN
Short Description Purchasing Document Number  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type EBELN    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 10    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 10    
Value Table EKKO    
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name MEKK_C    
Search Help: Parameters EBELN   
Parameter ID BES  
Default Component name PO_NUMBER   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Purch.doc. 
Medium 15 Purchasing doc. 
Long 20 Purchasing document 
Heading 10 Purch.doc. 
Documentation

Definition

Alphanumeric key uniquely identifying the document.

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 0001

Use

This number identifies the last purchase order or scheduling agreement to be included in the info record.

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 0002

Procedure

Enter the purchase order to which the delivery costs relate.

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 0003

Procedure

Enter the number of the purchasing document whose output (messages) you wish to display.

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 0004

Use

Procedure

You have the following options for entering your selection criteria for this field:

  • Enter an individual value in this field.
  • Enter an interval of values (from - to) in this and the adjacent field.
  • Click on the arrow next to the field to enter several intervals or individual values.

All documents that satisfy your selection criteria will be displayed. (Copied from TX,SELECT_CRITERIA)

Examples

Dependencies

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 0005

Use

This purchasing document is the last one to have been created for this material/vendor.

If no master conditions exist in the info record when a purchase order is created, the conditions from this purchasing document will be adopted in the PO. This means that the net price from the purchasing document will be suggested in the purchase order.

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 0006

Use

If you enter a reference number, certain data from the reference document appears in the form of default input values during your current processing.

Procedure

Enter the number of the reference document that you want to refer to.

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 0012

Use

Here you can enter the number of contract against which services may be performed up to a specified value limit.

When services are entered with regard to this item, the system checks whether the limit you set for this contract and the overall limit have been adhered to.

You can set several contract limits for an item.

By setting limits on certain contracts, you can ensure that it is not possible to enter any services at any prices even in the case of unplanned service procurement. It is only possible to enter services against existing contracts at the prices specified therein.

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 0017

Use

Here you can enter the document from which you wish to adopt services (e.g. a purchase order, a contract, an RFQ, or a quotation).

Supplementary Documentation - EBELN 1217

Definition

Identifies a purchasing document, in this particular case an outline agreement that the purchase order or purchase requisition refers to.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20030330 
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