SAP ABAP Data Element FORDIR (Direction of Foreign Key Dependency)

Hierarchy

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Basic Data

Data Element	FORDIR
Short Description	Direction of Foreign Key Dependency

Data Type

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

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID
Default Component name
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No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	0
Medium	0
Long	0
Heading	0

Documentation

Definition

Defines the direction of the foreign key relationship.

Value 'I' means that the foreign key field comprises TABNAME and FORFIELD.

Value 'E' means that the foreign key field comprises FORTABNAME and FORFIELD.

Value 'U' is currently used for special views which result from a union of several tables. In this case FORFIELD contains an identification of the union (currently identical with the table name).

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19950209
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