SAP ABAP Data Element L_VSTEL (Location: Shipping point)
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CRM-BF (Application Component) Basic Functions
     ⤷ VTR (Package) SD R/3 transport processing
Basic Data
Data Element L_VSTEL
Short Description Location: Shipping point  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type VSTEL    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 4    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 4    
Value Table TVST    
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID VST  
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Ship.point 
Medium 15 Shipping point 
Long 20 Shipping point 
Heading 4 ShPt 
Documentation

Definition

Location defined by a shipping point.

The shipping point is a location where deliveries are processed. The shipping point may either be a physical location (for example, a warehouse or a group of loading ramps) or a logical grouping (for example, a group of persons responsible for shipping activities).

Use

You can define shipping points in advance in the system.

Rules for the definition of a location in stage processing of the shipment document

Locations can, for example, emerge as shipping point or destination in the stage of a shipment document.

These shipping points and destinations can be defined with a reference to an existing object in the SAP system or as completely free addresses. Here are the rules governing this

  • The location definition must be unique. I.e., from the fields
    • GFT Connection point
    • Shipping point
    • Customer
    • Plant
    • Vendor
      only one may be filled.
  • An exception exists if the GFT connection point itself references a shipping point, a customer, a plant, a vendor, etc. In this case, the connection point and e.g., shipping point can be filled. Up to the connection point itself, all other fields are not ready for input but are only displayed.
  • Some fields are optional and do not have to be maintained. They may be maintained under certain circumstances:
    • Loading point: Shipping point must be maintained
    • Storage location: Plant must be maintained
    • Unloading point: Custmer must be maintained
    • Warehouse: Shipping point or plant must be maintained
    • Door: Warehouse must be maintained
    • Additional info: Can always be maintained
  • The addresses can always be maintained:
    • As completely newly defined, stand-alone address, without another field being filled. Example: Inbound delivery to a construction site
    • As an alternate address for one object, e.g., an alternate address for the customer.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19970812 
SAP Release Created in