SAP ABAP Data Element FC_ALPHB (ALPHA conversion of FS items)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN
   ⤷ EC-CS (Application Component) Consolidation
     ⤷ FC00_UC (Package) Cons: General consolidation (cannot be assign.to FC01-FC09)

Basic Data

Data Element	FC_ALPHB
Short Description	ALPHA conversion of FS items

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	X
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	ALPHA
Medium	15	ALPHA conv.
Long	20	ALPHA conversion
Heading	10	Item conv.

Documentation

Definition

Converts the user-defined IDs of financial statement items into an internal format of the system.

Use

During an alpha-conversion from the external format to the internal format, the system checks if the ID is entirely numeric, that is, only contains numbers, with or without trailing spaces. If so, for internal purposes the string of numbers is shifted to the right and left-padded with leading zeroes (0). In all other cases, the string of characters is right-padded with spaces.
The conversion from the internal format to the external format works in a similar fashion, but is inverted.

If you do NOT activate the alpha-conversion, the ID is stored exactly as entered.

Procedure

SAP recommends that you activate the alpha-conversion.

The only time you shouldn't activate the conversion is when your IDs are not suitable for it. This might be the case when it does not matter how many leading zeroes the IDs contain.

Examples

Conversions from the external to the internal format:

• '1234 ' -> '00001234'
• 'ABCD ' -> 'ABCD '
• ' 1234 ' -> ' 1234 '

Dependencies

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19981110
SAP Release Created in