Hierarchy
IS-OIL (Software Component) IS-OIL⤷
IS-OIL-DS-BDR (Application Component) Bulk Distribution Requirements Planning⤷
OII (Package) BDRP Bulk Distribution Requirement Planning
Basic Data
| Data Element | OII_NRDEC |
| Short Description | SOC: No. of decimal places in linear value of LVCC set |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | OII_NRDEC | |
| Data Type | NUMC | Character string with only digits |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
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Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | DecPlaces |
| Medium | 15 | Nr.dec.places |
| Long | 20 | Nr.decimal places |
| Heading | 1 | D |
Documentation
Definition
The number of decimal places set by the system in the entry field of the linear component of a linear/volumetric conversion constant.
For technical reasons the system stores the linear component of an LVCC constant internally as a whole number (because the linear component is used as a key field in the LVCC table). A conversion is therefore required between database table and the screen output, data transmission and tank strapping calculations which reference the LVCC set. The conversion is carried out according to the setting of this field, the 'number of decimal places' field, which is stored in the LVCC set header and applies to all LVCC items in the set.
You can change the value of this field using a special function available to you in the LVCC maintenance screen (via Edit -> Decimal places). Notice that if you change the number of decimal points after data has already been entered in the table, this will transpose existing linear entries with respect to the decimal point. The actual value of each linear entry will therefore change by a factor of 10, 100 or 1000 depending on the magnitude of the change. The system works in this way in order to preserve data. If the system compensated for changes in the number of decimal places by multiplying or dividing the internal whole number, then there would be a danger of higher or lower order truncation. The best approach is to determine the number of decimal places required for the linear component of the LVC constants before loading data.
Note that the number of decimal places for the volumetric component of each LVC constant is fixed at 3.
Procedure
If you can, always determine the number of decimal places to be used in the linear component of the LVC constant before entering LVCC data.
Examples
A company calculates the amount of liquid stock in a particular tank by taking a reading from a tank dipping rod and converting this linear reading to a volumetric quantity. The tank dipping rod is graduated in millimetres but the unit of measure specified in the LVCC set is metres. By setting the number of decimal places for the LVCC set to 3, users of the system can enter millimetre graduations for LVC constants.
Dependencies
The following table shows how input data masking is dependent on each of the permissible settings of the number of decimal places field.
Nr. of decimal places Input mask for linear value
0 999,999,999
1 99,999,999.9
2 9,999,999.99
3 999,999.999
Changing the number of decimal places field after linear values have been input will effect all dependent processes which reference the LVCC set.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20050224 |
| SAP Release Created in |
