SAP ABAP Data Element EDI_HLEVEL (Hierarchy level)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-MID-ALE (Application Component) ALE Integration Technology
     ⤷ SED (Package) IDoc Interface (Processing, Administration, Definition)

Basic Data

Data Element	EDI_HLEVEL
Short Description	Hierarchy level

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	EDI_HLEVEL
Data Type	NUMC	Character string with only digits
Length	2
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	2
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Hier.level
Medium	15	Hier.level
Long	20	Hierarchy level
Heading	10	Hier.level

Documentation

General

Describes which hierarchy level an SAP segment is assigned to. An SAP segment can only be used once for each IDoc type. It can occur on the highest level, on the segment group level, or in nested segment groups. The highest hierarchy level is '1', the lowest is '99'. HLEVEL is considered mandatory.

The hierarchy level is determined as follows:

1. Segments which do not have a parent segment have either hierarchy level 1 (if they cannot be repeated) or hierarchy level 2 (if they can be repeated). It is irrelevant for the hierarchy level whether the current segment is the head segment of the group.
2. Segments which have a parent segment have a hierarchy level which is one higher than that of their parent segment.

Applications

Outbound IDocs:
HLEVEL is filled by the application selection program.

Inbound IDocs:
No action required.

IDoc interface

The parent segment number is determined via HLEVEL.

EDI subsystem

Outbound IDocs:
No action required.

Inbound IDocs:
HLEVEL is filled by the EDI subsystem.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19970221
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