SAP ABAP Data Element LIPS00005 (Documentation for key figure LIPS 00005 age structure)
Hierarchy
SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   CA-GTF (Application Component) General Application Functions
     BAM (Package) Technical Application Analysis
Basic Data
Data Element LIPS00005
Short Description Documentation for key figure LIPS 00005 age structure  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type CHAR1    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
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 
Medium 15 
Long 20 
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Documentation

Description

These key figures should give the observer an overview of the age structures of saved information.

Use of the key figure for analysis purposes

Load cycles as well as archiving potential or cleanup potential can be recognized with their help.

Structure and use of detail displays

The detail displays here essentially represent the frequency with which documents appear in an age category.

The back calculation begins in the last stage of the selected sample.

Example:

Selected analysis period (sample size):

from 1 April 1996 to 13 November 1996

Interpretation:

20,000 objects, that are one week old,

30,000 objects, that are two weeks old,

34,000 objects, that are between 15 and 20 weeks old,

98,500 objects, that are more than 6 months old,

calculated accordingly in the past beginning on the 13.11.1996.

Note for optimization

When there are large volumes of historical data which is no longer used very often, this can lead to increased running times for important operating functions such as evaluations or transactions. Data which is no longer used in day-to-day operations should be deleted, because of its negative effects on the installations.

However in order that we still have important information from the historical data available in a summarized version, you can use SAPs Information Warehouse or the Logistics Information System to save the data. Original documents should be conserved exclusively using archiving procedures and the applicable mass memory.

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History
Last changed by/on SAP  19990223 
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