SAP ABAP Data Element MEINS_CHAR (IS-M: Basic Unit of Measure for Time)

Hierarchy

☛ IS-M (Software Component) SAP MEDIA
   ⤷ IS-M (Application Component) SAP Media
     ⤷ JSD (Package) Appl. dev. R/3 Publishing Sales and Distribution System

Basic Data

Data Element	MEINS_CHAR
Short Description	IS-M: Basic Unit of Measure for Time

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	CHAR03
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	3
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	3
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Time
Medium	15	Basic Time UM
Long	28	Basic Unit of Measure: Time
Heading	3	Tm

Documentation

Definition

Unit of measurement used to record stocks of the material. The system converts all quantities entered using different (alternate) units of measure to the basic unit of measurement.

In inventory management, the basic unit of measurement and the stockkeeping unit are of equal importance.

This unit of measurement is required with the indicator for time in IS-M/AM.

Dependencies

Since all data updates are performed in the basic unit of measurement, it is particularly important that you define it for use in converting alternate units of measure. A value in an alternate unit of measure can only be reproduced precisely if it can be displayed with decimal places. To ensure that this is possible, you should pay attention to the following rules if possible:

• The basic unit of measurement is the unit that allows the figure to be displayed as precisely as possible.
• Conversions of alternate units of measure to the basic unit of measurement should result in simple decimal figures (i.e. not 1/3 = 0.333...).

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20050224
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