SAP ABAP Data Element IMA_AMATKL (Requesting material group)
Hierarchy
SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN
   IM-FA-IA (Application Component) Appropriation Requests
     AIR (Package) IM appropr.reqs.(master data, planning, preinvestment anal.)
Basic Data
Data Element IMA_AMATKL
Short Description Requesting material group  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type MATKL    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 9    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 9    
Value Table T023    
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID MKL  
Default Component name REQNG_MATL_GROUP   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Matl group 
Medium 15 Material Group 
Long 20 Material Group 
Heading 11 Mat. group 
Documentation

Definition

Key that you can use to group together several
materials or services that have similar characteristics and assign them to a material group.

Use

Using material groups you can

  • make limitations for reporting
  • search for material master records using matchcode

Procedure

You can specify the material group, for which the appropriation request was requested.
You can assign several material groups, each with a percentage rate.

Examples

Dependencies

You define material groups in Customizing for the material master record.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19991209 
SAP Release Created in