SAP ABAP Data Element ISH_POPER (IS-H: Posting period)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       NPAS (Package) Application development patient accounting system
Basic Data
Data Element ISH_POPER
Short Description IS-H: Posting period  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type POPER    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 3    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 3    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name FISCAL_PERIOD   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Period 
Medium 14 Posting per. 
Long 20 Posting period 
Heading Per 
Documentation

Definition

A posting period is a self-contained part of a fiscal year.

Use

Every business transaction is assigned to a posting period. The monthly debits and credits of the different business transactions are accumulated for each posting period.

Examples of period classifications:

  • for each calendar month, resulting in 12 posting periods
  • every 4 weeks, resulting in 13 posting periods
  • weekly, resulting in 52 or 53 posting periods

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050224 
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