SAP ABAP Data Element OPTYP (Type of value parameter)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRRXX of SAP_HR
   ⤷ PY-XX (Application Component) Payroll: General Parts
     ⤷ PCAL (Package) SAP HR Payroll Application Development
Basic Data
Data Element OPTYP
Short Description Type of value parameter  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type CHAR7    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 7    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 7    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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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 7 Type 
Medium 7 Val.ty. 
Long 20 Type of value para. 
Heading 8 Val.type 
Documentation

Definition

Please enter the type of value (dependent parameters). The types available are as follows:

Type Permitted values
MASK 0...9 A...Z #
WGTYP Wage type entered in table T512T
TWGTYP Wage type entered in table T512T, or
the special characters 0/0*/1/1*/2/2*/*E/*Z
TIMTYP Time type entered in T555A
DAYPRG Daily work schedule variant entered in T550A
HRS Parameters for Time Management operation HRS
are checked using separate types
NUMERIC 0...9
ALPHA 0...9 A...Z
ALL All characters that can be printed and displayed
SWITCH X space
COMPARE < = >
PLUSMIN + -
YESNO Y (=yes) N (=no)
RELEVAN R (=relevant) I (=not relevant)
CYCLE Enter a personnel calculation rule; for rule type Z
or P only
PAYTP Enter an employee subgroup grouping for personnel
calculation rules; for rule type Z only

Special types:

  • If the first character of the type is $, only the characters following it are interpreted as valid.
  • If the first character of the type is %, the characters and space following it are interpreted as valid.
  • If the 4th character of the type is $, the type is NUMERIC and a set of values must be indicated.
    For example: 001$020 Numbers 1 to 20 are valid.
  • If the 4th character of the type is "§", the type is ALL and a set of values must be indicated.
    For example: A §Z Letters A to Z are valid.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19950403 
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