SAP ABAP Data Element OPGROUP (Operand group)
Hierarchy
IS-UT (Software Component) SAP Utilities/Telecommunication
   IS-U-BI (Application Component) Contract Billing
     EE20 (Package) IS-U: Billing
Basic Data
Data Element OPGROUP
Short Description Operand group  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type OPGROUP    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 10    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 10    
Value Table EOPGROUP    
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name OPGROUP    
Search Help: Parameters OPGROUP   
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 Oper. grp 
Medium 15 Operand group 
Long 20 Operand group 
Heading 10 Op. grp 
Documentation

Definition

Operand groups enable you to have a structured display of facts.
You can use operand groups to structure facts in up to three hierarchy levels. To do so, specify the level on which the operand group is to be displayed in the hierarchy.

When you allocate the operand group to an operand, you define that the operand is always to be displayed with reference to this operand group in the facts hierarchy.

Example:

The hierarchy display of the installation facts contains several operands that refer to the demand measured for the installation.

Installation
|
+- DEMPREIOFF Demand price: off-peak rate
+- DEMPREION Demand price: on-peak rate
+- LIGHTING Lighting unit
+- LIGHTPREIS Price for lighting unit
+- MEASDEMOFF Measured demand: off-peak rate
+- MEASDEMON Measured demand: on-peak rate
+- ORDEDEMOFF Ordered demand: off-peak rate
+- ORDEDEMON Ordered demand: on-peak rate

Using the operand groups, you can structure the display of the installation facts as follows:

Installation
|
+- DEMAND
+---- DEMANDOFF
+------- DEMPREIOFF Demand price: off-peak rate
+------- MEASDEMOFF Measured demand: off-peak rate
+------- ORDEDEMOFF Ordered demand: off-peak rate
+---- DEMANDON
+------- DEMPREION Demand price: on-peak rate
+------- MEASDEMON Measured demand: on-peak rate
+------- ORDEDEMON Ordered demand: on-peak rate
+- LIGHTING Lighting unit
+- LIGHTPREIS Price for lighting unit

To structure the display in this way, create the operand groups DEMAND, DEMANDON and DEMANDOFF. Allocate the operand group DEMAND to level 0, and the operand groups DEMANDON and DEMANDOFF to level 1. Define the operand groups DEMANDON and DEMANDOFF with reference to operand group DEMAND.

Operand group Level Upper-level group

DEMAND 0 --

DEMANDON 1 DEMAND

DEMANDOFF 1 DEMAND

You then allocate the operands to the operand groups. For example, allocate operand MEASDEMOFF to operand group DEMANDOFF and operand MEASDEMON to operand group DEMANDON.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050224 
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