SAP ABAP Data Element LIDO_VFDAT (Expiration Date or Best-Before Date (IDoc))
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ BC-SRV-EDI (Application Component) IDoc interface
     ⤷ BED2 (Package) IDoc interface (Logistics segment definitions)
Basic Data
Data Element LIDO_VFDAT
Short Description Expiration Date or Best-Before Date (IDoc)  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type CHAR8    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 8    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 8    
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 Expiration 
Medium 15 Expiration Date 
Long 20 Expiration Date 
Heading 10 Expiration 
Documentation

Definition

Depending on the use, either an expiration date or best-before date is specified here.

Use

Procedure

Examples

Dependencies

The date is set by the system upon goods receipt:

  • You can either enter it directly upon goods receipt; or
  • you can enter a date of production upon goods receipt and the system then calculates the expiration date/best-before date from the date of production plus shelf life in days (from the material master).

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981111 
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