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

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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.

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Example

History

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