SAP ABAP Data Element MRPELEMENTCATEGORY (MRP Element Category)
Hierarchy
SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   PP-MRP (Application Component) Material Requirements Planning
     PPH_GENERAL (Package) PP on HANA: General Functions
Basic Data
Data Element MRPELEMENTCATEGORY
Short Description MRP Element Category  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type MRPELEMENTCATEGORY    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 2    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 2    
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 MRP Elem. 
Medium 15 MRP Element 
Long 20 MRP Element 
Heading 20 MRP Element 
Documentation

Definition

Specifies the category of an MRP element. The possible entries available for this field depend on whether you are maintaining the supply profile or the demand profile.

Use

If you are maintaining the supply profile, you can select MRP element categories for supplies and assign them to appropriate supply groups such as stock, execution supplies, ordered supplies, or planned supplies.

If you are maintaining the demand profile, you can select MRP element categories for demands and assign them to appropriate demand groups such as execution demands, ordered demands, planned demands, or forecast demands, for example. You can also specify the importance of the MRP element categories for demands.

Dependencies

Example

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20140121 
SAP Release Created in 618