SAP ABAP Data Element IP_BOMPOS (Field name for the reference field in the BOM item)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PS-MAT (Application Component) Material
     ⤷ CN_MAT (Package) Material for the project
Basic Data
Data Element IP_BOMPOS
Short Description Field name for the reference field in the BOM item  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type CHAR10    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 10    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 10    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
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 BOM field 
Medium 15 BOM field name 
Long 20 BOM field name 
Heading 10 BOM field 
Documentation

Definition

Field in a bill of material that you want to link to a field in a network. The field in the bill of material becomes the reference point

You use the reference point to create a link between a network activity and a bill of material item so that changes in the bill of material automatically effect:

  • Compoments that are assigned to the network activity
  • Purchase requisitions for the component if present

Procedure

If you do not know the name of a field, use the F1 help in the maintenance transaction for the bill of material or network. You will find the field name in Technical info.

You can also use transaction SE12 to display the data structure of the objects

  • STPOX: BOM item
  • AFVGD: Network activity

and consequently to identify fields in both objects that have the same structure (type/length).

It is also possible to use customer enhancements to create your own fields in the network activity and the BOM item. For more information,

refer to Customizing for PS and PP.

Example

Object    Data field        Technical name

BOM item    Sort field        SORTF

Network activity    Third user field        USR02

These fields are both alphnumeric fields with a length of 10 characters.

Notes

These are generally only defined once. They usually do not have to be changed afterwards.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19970910 
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