Hierarchy
MDG_FND (Software Component) MDG Foundation⤷
CA-MDG-AF (Application Component) Application Framework⤷
MDG_MDF0 (Package) Master Data
Basic Data
| Data Element | MDG_MDF_GEN_TYPE |
| Short Description | Generic Type |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | CHAR30 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 30 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 30 | |
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Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Type |
| Medium | 15 | Type |
| Long | 20 | Type |
| Heading | 24 | Type |
Documentation
Definition
Generic type for master data in SAP Business Suite Foundation. You register generic master data types in the view V_MDG_MDF9000, which you can access in the area menu Master Data: Settings (transaction MDG_MDF01) under Define Generic Types. You can create concrete runtime structures using the method CREATE_DATA_REFERENCE of interface IF_MDG_MDF_CHAR.
Use
The system expands fields of the generic master data types if their names start with INCLUDE. The type of this field must be one of the predefined, generic types.
The names of the predefined, generic types begin with MDG_MDF_S_GEN_. The predefined, generic types are also registered in the view V_MDG_MDF9000.
If you specify the role * in view V_MDG_MDF9000, the system generates the type for all roles. Otherwise, the type is only available for characteristics with the specified role.
At runtime, the system replaces the predefined, generic types with the respective fields of the desired characteristic.
Dependencies
Example
The generic type Z_KEY_UNAME consists of the following fields:
Field Type
INCLUDE1 MDG_MDF_S_GEN_KEY (predefined)
UNAME UNAME
At runtime, the system would derive the following structure for characteristic /SMD/CS_ITEM with the key fields /SMD/CS_CHART and /SMD/CS_ITEM:
Field Type
/SMD/CS_CHART /SMD/MD__123456
/SMD/CS_ITEM /SMD/MD__123457
UNAME UNAME
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20130604 |
| SAP Release Created in | 702 |
