SAP ABAP Data Element GRFN_BI_OU_REGION (Region (State, Province, County))

Hierarchy

☛ GRCFND_A (Software Component) GRC Foundation ABAP
   ⤷ GRC (Application Component) Governance, Risk and Compliance
     ⤷ GRFN_EXTRACTION (Package) PC-RM BI Extraction

Basic Data

Data Element	GRFN_BI_OU_REGION
Short Description	Region (State, Province, County)

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	REGIO
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	3
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	3
Value Table	T005S

Further Characteristics

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

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Region
Medium	14	Region
Long	20	Region
Heading	15	Region

Documentation

Definition

Part of the postal address in certain countries. The actual meaning varies from country to country.

When addresses are created automatically for the USA, Canada, Italy, Brazil or Australia, the regional code is displayed as a key value in the address. When addresses are created for Great Britain, the actual county name is displayed.

Examples are available in the documentation for Formatting routine key for printing addresses

Examples

Below are the meanings of the regional code in certain countries:

• USA -> State
• Italy -> Province
• Canada -> Province
• Great Britain -> County
• Brazil -> Federal State
• Australia -> Province
• Germany -> Federal State
• Switzerland -> Canton
• Japan -> Prefecture

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20141106
SAP Release Created in	300