SAP ABAP Data Element IB_VALTYP (IB: Validity type for the installed base)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_AP (Software Component) SAP Application Platform
   ⤷ AP-MD-IBA (Application Component) Installed Base
     ⤷ IB00 (Package) Application Development CS: Installed Base
Basic Data
Data Element IB_VALTYP
Short Description IB: Validity type for the installed base  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type IB_VALTYP    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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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 Validity 
Medium 15 Validity type 
Long 20 Validity type 
Heading 0   
Documentation

Definition

The value 2 (= temporal validity) is currently set for all installed bases.

Meaning:
The installed base is formed from several tables. The following tables each have a time interval (from-to) during which they are valid:

  • The component (database table IBIN)
  • Additional component data (database table IBSP)
  • The structure (database table IBST)

Each time you make a change to the above-mentioned tables, the existing data record is temporally restricted and a new record is created.

Example

Element    From    To    Value

Component 1    01. January 2000    31.December 9999    Quantity = 4

Structure    01. January 2000    31.December 9999   

Change of quantity from 4 to 5 on 12. January 2001

Element    From    To    Value

Component 1    01. January 2000    12. January 2001    Quantity = 4

Component 1    12. January 2001    31.December 9999    Quantity = 5

Structure    01. January 2000    31.December 9999   

Note:

  • The fields From (VALFR), To (VALTO), Created on (CRTIM) and Changed on (UPTIM) are all created as times with year, month, day, hour, minute and second. To normalize the different time zones, the reference time is taken in relation to UTC/GMT (Universal Time Coordinated/ Greenwich Mean Time).
  • Two additional tables of time slots are generated for changes for variant configuration.
    • Characteristic value assignments (database table IBINVALUES)
    • Structure references (database table IBSTREF)
  • There is a slightly different logic for the installed base for variant configuration. Here, a new time slot is only created if someone is specifically interested in the current status for the installed base. This ensures that the current status can be reconstructed even after changes are made.

    This is necessary if follow-up actions, such as a production, was started and the configuration data was subsequently changed. The production can use this concept to define how individual parts or process steps were selected.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050131 
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