SAP ABAP Data Element LEN_EAN (Length of an EAN with leading zeros)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       MGA (Package) Application development R/3 material master from 3.0
Basic Data
Data Element LEN_EAN
Short Description Length of an EAN with leading zeros  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type NUMC2    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 2    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 2    
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 EAN length 
Medium 15 EAN length 
Long 20 EAN length w/ zeros 
Heading LE 
Documentation

Definition

Specifies the length with which an International Article Number (EAN) is displayed with leading zeros.

Use

If, without leading zeros, the EAN contains fewer figures than the number of figures specified here, it is padded with leading zeros up to the number of figures specified. The EAN is otherwise left unchanged. You can specify any required length up to the maximum length for the EAN.

Procedure

Example

Dependencies

Although the EAN is always stored in the database without leading zeros, it is displayed at all points in the system according to the setting you have made here.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19980414 
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