Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component⤷
CA-GTF-DCM (Application Component) Data Transfer⤷
BKD (Package) Tools for (external) data transfer
Basic Data
| Data Element | KCD_GEN_FILENAME |
| Short Description | Generic file name |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | TEXT60 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 60 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 60 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Gen. file |
| Medium | 15 | Gen. file name |
| Long | 21 | Generic file name |
| Heading | 0 |
Documentation
Definition
The generic file name is the link between a physical file and the file description.
When you import a PC file, the system looks for a generic file name that matches the physical file name.
You should not enter a path name for a generic file name.
Example
You receive files containing sales figures in a standardized structure from the various companies in your organization. You create the file description "SALES" for these. The names of the files consist of a fixed part, "SALES_" and the company number. For example, a physical file name might be SALES_4711.TXT for company 4711.
By assigning the generic file name SALES_*.TXT to the file description that you use to import the files, you link the file description to the physical files SALES_*.TXT.
Warning
It may happen that you assign generic file names to file descriptions in such a way that more than one file description matches a single physical file name. You cannot influence which file description is actually used to import the data.
For example, you have assigned the generic file name "SALES_*" to the file description "SALES". In addition, you have assigned the generic file name "*4711.TXT" to the file description "WAREHSE". In this case you cannot influence whether the system uses the file description "SALES" or "WAREHSE" to import file "SALES_4711.TXT"
You therefore need to make sure that naming conventions are observed.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in |
