SAP ABAP Data Element FPRL_LEVEL_DESCR (Approval Level Description)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN
   ⤷ FI-AP-AP-PT (Application Component) Payment Transactions
     ⤷ FIN_PRL (Package) Payment Release List

Basic Data

Data Element	FPRL_LEVEL_DESCR
Short Description	Approval Level Description

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	TEXT40
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	40
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	40
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Approval
Medium	20	Approval Level
Long	26	Approval Level Descr.
Heading	40	Approval Level Description

Documentation

Definition

Describes an approval level.

Use

This field displays the level that an item has reached in the approval process. Items that are pending approval are always assigned to an approval level.

If an item is assigned to a payment release list, but has not been approved at any level, the Approval Level Description field is blank.

Dependencies

An item can only be paid after it has been approved at a final approval level.

The approval level changes depending on the actions performed. In the SAP standard, the following settings are defined:

• If an approver approves an item with the status Assigned, the item status changes to Pending Approval.
• If an approver approves an item at a final approval level, the item status changes to Released for Payment.
• If an approver refuses an item that is pending approval, the status of the item changes to Refused, and the approval level is set to the initial value.
• If an approver chooses the action for reviewing items, the approval level of the item is reset to the previous approval level.
• If an approver unassigns an item that is pending approval, the approval level does not change.

You can define the descriptions of the approval levels in the IMG activity Define Approval Levels.

Example

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20100310
SAP Release Created in	700