SAP ABAP Data Element LAND1_VS (Country Key)
Hierarchy
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   CRM-BF (Application Component) Basic Functions
     VSCORE (Package) B2R: BAPI Structures
Basic Data
Data Element LAND1_VS
Short Description Country Key  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type LAND1    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 3    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 3    
Value Table T005    
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name VS_T005    
Search Help: Parameters LAND1   
Parameter ID LND  
Default Component name COUNTRY   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Country 
Medium 12 Country 
Long 20 Country Key 
Heading Cty 
Documentation

Definition

Country key that specifies the criteria for checking entries such as length of postal/zip code or length of bank account number.

The two-character ISO code based on ISO 3166 is generally used and is delivered by SAP as the default.

Other options are the country key for vehicles or a country-specific key, such as the key for the Federal Statistical Office in Germany.

The country keys are defined as part of the global settings when the system is installed.

When you define country keys in the SAP system, they do not necessarily have to match those of political or national bodies.

Since the country key does not have to match the ISO code in all installations, programs that differentiate between specific values of the country key should query the ISO code T005-INTCA rather than the country key T005-LAND1.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20110901 
SAP Release Created in 605