SAP ABAP Data Element ICL_RULE_REF_DATE (Reference Date for Processing the Rule)
Hierarchy
☛ INSURANCE (Software Component) SAP Insurance
   ⤷ FS-CM (Application Component) Claims Management
     ⤷ ICL_BASIS (Package) FS-CM: General Functionality
Basic Data
Data Element ICL_RULE_REF_DATE
Short Description Reference Date for Processing the Rule  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type BRF_EXPRESSION    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 20    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 20    
Value Table TBRF150    
Further Characteristics
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Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Ref.Date 
Medium 15 Reference Date 
Long 36 Reference Date for Rule Processing 
Heading 36 Reference Date for Rule Processing 
Documentation

Definition

Expression of the Business Rule Framework (BRF) with result type D (standing for Date).

Use

You can use this BRF expression to control dynamically whether a rule really is in the specified validity period (meaning that it should be processed at runtime).

Dependencies

The BRF expression is checked against the following fields:

  • ValidFrDte (Start Date of Validity of Rule)
  • ValidToDte (End Date of Validity of Rule)

Example

In a rule, you have specified January 1, 2004 as the start date and December 31, 2004 as the end date for the validity of the rule.

A BRF expression is defined in the Reference Date field, and this transfers the receipt date of an invoice that needs to be checked.

Examples of the validity or invalidity of the rule:

  • Receipt date of invoice = December 31, 2003; the invoice is checked on January 2, 2004.

    The rule is not applied because the reference date (receipt date of invoice) is outside the validity period of the rule (even through the date of the program flow is within the validity period).

  • Receipt date of invoice = December 31, 2004; the invoice is checked on January 2, 2005.

    The rule is applied, because the reference date (receipt date of invoice) is within the validity period.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20110901 
SAP Release Created in 472