Hierarchy
SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN⤷
CO (Application Component) Controlling⤷
KKHI (Package) Group Maintenance
Basic Data
| Data Element | GRPNAME |
| Short Description | Group Name |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | GRPNAME | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 15 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 15 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | HNA | |
| Default Component name | GROUPNAME | |
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Group Name |
| Medium | 15 | Group Name |
| Long | 20 | Group Name |
| Heading | 11 | Group Name |
Documentation
Definition
Summarizes objects created with master data maintenance.
This term is also the name of a node in hierarchically structured groups.
The group name must be unique in a class and contains a specified Maximum_length.
Use
The groups are used to make work easier. Group names let you edit togeth er objects of the same type within Controlling.
Supplementary Documentation - GRPNAME 0001
Use
You can create standard hierarchies for cost centers, profit centers, and business processes. All other groups are alternatives, and are known as alternative hierarchies. These are often created to make past or future versions of the standard hierarchy available in the system, without changing the current standard hierarchy.
The enterprise organization contains tools that can be used to generate standard and alternative hierarchies automatically (-> Details).
Dependencies
Example
Supplementary Documentation - GRPNAME 0010
Use
The business process group summarizes the business processes that are to be used for the periodic settlement of setup or clean-out orders within the production campaign.
Procedure
Enter the business process group you require or change it (choose Environment -> Change business process group). If no suitable business process groups exist, you can create a business process group.
Dependencies
For settlement using business processes, you must have specified this in the planning recipe of a setup or clean-out order.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19990310 |
| SAP Release Created in |
