SAP ABAP Data Element KVPOPER (Period from Selection Screen)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       KV (Package) Variance analysis RK-S/RK-K
Basic Data
Data Element KVPOPER
Short Description Period from Selection Screen  
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
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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 Period 
Medium 17 Period 
Long 25 Period 
Heading Period 
Documentation

Definition

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

Use

Each business transaction is assigned to a particular posting period. The transaction figures of the business transactions are cumulated by posting period.

The fiscal year can be divided into posting periods in different ways:

  • Posting period = 1 calendar month (12 posting periods per fiscal year)
  • Posting period = 4 weeks (13 posting periods)
  • Posting period = 1 week (52 or 53 posting periods)

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19970812 
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