SAP ABAP Data Element MASS_CELL_INIT_CHARACTER (Character Stating Initialization for Empty Cells)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   ⤷ CA-GTF-MS (Application Component) Cross-Application Mass Maintenance
     ⤷ MASS (Package) Mass Maintenance Tool: Generic Part
Basic Data
Data Element MASS_CELL_INIT_CHARACTER
Short Description Character Stating Initialization for Empty Cells  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type     Direct Type Entry
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type      
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
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Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Init. 
Medium 15 Initialization 
Long 24 Initialization Character 
Heading 14 Initialization 
Documentation

#;Definition

An initialization character is a single character in a spreadsheet's cell that is used during a mass data update. The initialization character resets the contents of the corresponding application database table field.

Use

The system uses a spreadsheet#s contents to override fields in application database tables as follows:

If the cell value is identical to the initialization character, the value of the corresponding field on the database is deleted, and the field then contains no value. If you have not defined an initialization character, then the initialization character is an empty space. In this case, an empty data cell means that the value of the corresponding field on the database is deleted. Otherwise, if a cell is empty, the corresponding field on the database is unchanged.

All other cell values overwrite the current value of the table field on the database.

Caution:

  • Do not use a character from the value range of the fields to be changed. Letters and digits are generally excluded.
  • Do not use the characters "!" and " "- they have a special meaning in screen processing.

Dependencies

Example

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130604 
SAP Release Created in 740