SAP ABAP Data Element EDI_SDATA (Application data)

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_SDATA
Short Description	Application data

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	EDI_SDATA
Data Type	LCHR	Long character string, requires preceding INT2 field
Length	1000
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1000
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Appl.data
Medium	15	Appl.data
Long	20	Application data
Heading	15	Appl.data

Documentation

General

This field contains the application data of an SAP segment. It is a mandatory field.

Applications

Outbound IDocs:
The application selection module fills this field with the application data for an SAP segment.

Inbound IDocs:
The application update module receives the application data from an SAP segment in this field.

IDoc interface

No action required.

EDI subsystem

Outbound IDocs:
The field SDATA contains the application data which is to be converted to an EDI message. An EDI message consists of several data records, which each contain a field SDATA.

Inbound IDocs:
The EDI subsystem assigns an EDI message to several data records, which each contain a field SDATA.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19970221
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