Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-SRV (Application Component) Basis Services / Communication Interfaces⤷
SCL (Package) Basic Objects for Classification
Basic Data
| Data Element | KLASSENART |
| Short Description | Class Type |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | KLASSENART | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 3 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 3 | |
| Value Table | TCLA |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | KAR | |
| Default Component name | CLASS_TYPE | |
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Class Type |
| Medium | 15 | Class Type |
| Long | 20 | Class Type |
| Heading | 3 | Ty. |
Documentation
Definition
Uniquely identifies the class type.
You maintain class types in Customizing for Classification.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0001
Use
If you enter class types here, the characteristic can only be used in classes with these class types.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0002
Procedure
Enter the class type of the class you want to use as a reference.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0003
Procedure
Enter the class type for which this list is to be produced.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0004
Procedure
Enter the class type for which classes are to be searched for.
If you do not enter a class type, the classes are searched for via all class types.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0005
Procedure
Enter the class type you want to give to the new classes.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0006
Procedure
Enter the class type of the class whose value assignment information you want to retrieve.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0007
Procedure
Enter the class type for which you want to produce statistics for speeding up the class search.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0010
Dependencies
The object linked to the class type influences the choice of resulting item category.
- If the class type is linked to material masters, you can choose one of the following resulting item categories:
- stock item
- non-stock item (with reference to a material master)
- variable-size item
- PM structure element
- If the class is linked to documents, you can choose the resulting item category document item.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0020
Procedure
Please not that the object linked to the class type influences the selection of the resulting item category.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0050
Use
Procedure
Enter the class type of the class used to describe the BOM item (material, document) in more detail by means of selected characteristics.
Examples
You can only select a class type whose object type (for example, material or document) matches the item category.
Item category Object type Class type for ...
Stock item Material Materials
Variable-size item Material Materials
Document item Document Documents
Dependencies
If the classification data of the item is to be used in the configuration process, you must select the Indicator: classification as selection condition.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0051
Use
Procedure
The class type of a class item must support configurable objects, for example, class type:
- 200 - Material (configurable objects)
- 201 - Document (configurable objects)
- 300 - Variants
Examples
Dependencies
If you want to use the classification of an item as a selection condition when you configure an object, you must also set the Classification as selection condition indicator.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0052
Use
The selected class of this class type serves as a place holder for an item.
Usually, several objects (for example, materials) are allocated to this class. When you configure the BOM, the system selects a component on the basis of the values assigned to characteristics of the class.
Procedure
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0055
Use
You can use this class to extend the Basic data screen of this document type by adding fields that are specific to your company.
The characteristics of this class are maintained in a special dataset as additional fields.
Procedure
Examples
Class MA-01 (document quality) has the following characteristics:
- Paper quality
- Width
- Height
These fields can be maintained as additional fields on the Basic data screen.
Dependencies
Please note the following:
- The class type must be defined for object type "document" (database table DRAW).
In the standard SAP System, the standard class type defined for document management is 017. - Characteristics and their values are inherited in a class hierarchy.
This means that characteristics allocated to a superior class in the class hierarchy also appear as additional fields on the Basic data screen.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0080
Procedure
You can maintain the characteristics of the allocated class(es) as additional fields for the Basic data screen.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0101
Use
The characteristics of the allocated class(es) can be maintained as additional fields on the Basic data screen.
Procedure
Examples
Dependencies
The characteristics of the class(es) are maintained as additional fields for all documents of this document type.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0500
Use
Procedure
Examples
Dependencies
When you classify a BOM item, the system determines the class type on the basis of the selected batch level (Batch Management Customizing).
In the SAP standard system, the following class types are provided for the classification of material items:
Batch Level Class Type
Definitely at plant level 022 (batch with plant)
Definitely at material level 023 (batch without plant)
Definitely at client level 023 (batch without plant)
In the SAP standard system, the class types 022 and 023 cannot be used for multiple classification. If you use these class types to classify an item, then you can only create one class.
Supplementary Documentation - KLASSENART0501
Definition
Key that uniquely identifies a class type.
Dependencies
When you define a resource selection condition:
The system always proposes class type 019 (Work center classes). You cannot change this value.
When you classify a BOM item:
The system determines the class type from the batch level selected (Customizing for batch management).
In the standard system, the following class types are defined for classifying material items:
Batch level Class type
For one plant 022 (Batch with plant)
For one material 023 (Batch without plant)
For one client 023 (Batch without plant)
In the standard system, class types 022 and 023 do not support multiple classification. Therefore, if you classify an item using these class types, you can only enter one class.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19971205 |
| SAP Release Created in |
