SAP ABAP Data Element FLG_COIS_FILTER (Reduced Reading)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PP-SFC (Application Component) Production Orders
     ⤷ COIS (Package) Order Information System
Basic Data
Data Element FLG_COIS_FILTER
Short Description Reduced Reading  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type XFELD    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Red. Read 
Medium 15 Reduced Reading 
Long 20 Reduced Reading 
Heading 17 Reduced Reading 
Documentation

Definition

This indicator determines whether all data in an order is displayed in the output list.

Use

During selection, the system first determines all orders that match the selection conditions. Then, depending on the selected output list, the system reads the dependent objects for these orders.

For example, if the list of goods movements with errors is to be compiled using a work center/resource as a selection criteria, the system behavior is as follows:

  1. The operations belonging to the orders determined are read
  2. The confirmations relating to the operations are read
  3. The goods movements with errors relating to the confirmations are read

If you set Reduced Reading, the system reads only operations belonging to the order header that match the selection criteria on operation level (the work center/resource entered). In this way, the number of operations is reduced, which in turn reduces the amount of related confirmations. The system then only displays the goods movements with errors relating to the remaining confirmations. This reduces the size of the output list and usually leads to a considerable improvement in performance, as not all of the data has to be read.

If you do not set Reduced Reading, the system reads all dependent objects for the output list. This means that even operations (and their related confirmations and goods movements with errors) that do not match the work center/resource entered are read.

Annotations

From a technical point of view, all objects depend on the order header. The dependent objects correspond to the lists that you can select. The dependent objects of an order are read in a particular sequence that corresponds to the structure of the logical database IOC in the transaction SE36.

Dependencies

Because only order data is limited in reduced reading, the data of the displayed lists may differ from the selection criteria. For example, this may be the case if you do not enter the storage location in the order but only when you create the confirmation.

Therefore, reduced reading is not always useful for listing all goods movements for a storage location because a storage location that is different to the storage location in the order can be entered for goods movements. This is also true for confirmations in which a work center can be entered that is different to the work center in the order.

You can display all goods movements for a storage location in the order information system, for example, not by using reduced reading to limit the selection, but by first filtering the goods movements for this storage location in the list.

Example

The following order exists:

Order    Operation    Work center    Status

12345678    10    CENTER1    CNF
    20    CENTER1    REL
    30    CENTER2    REL

To view all operations that still have to be executed at work center CENTER1, choose the following selection criteria:

  • Type of list:    Operations
  • Order:    12345678
  • Work center:    CENTER1
  • Status at operation level: CNF and Exclusive

Result
If Reduced Reading is set, only operation 20 is displayed because you have excluded the status CNF from the selection.
If Reduced Reading is not set, operations 10, 20 and 30 are displayed.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20040116 
SAP Release Created in 500