SAP ABAP Data Element PPFDOPTRULT (PPF: Optimization Rule)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-SRV-GBT-PPF (Application Component) Post Processing Framework
     ⤷ SPPF_DET (Package) PPF: Determination and Merge Technologies

Basic Data

Data Element	PPFDOPTRULT
Short Description	PPF: Optimization Rule

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	TIMERUTEXT
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	50
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	50
Value Table

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Date Rule
Medium	20	Optimization Rule
Long	0
Heading	0

Documentation

Definition

Optimization rule for evaluating start conditions.

Use

Start conditions are periodically evaluated by way of a job that is regularly scheduled. When using date rules in the start conditions, it may happen that an action only becomes relevant at a much later time (for example, at the end of the quarter, or 2 weeks before the contract end date). In such cases, the periodical processing job would evaluate the start condition daily, for no reason. By using the optimization rule, a date rule used in the start condition can be used for optimization.

Dependencies

Example

The date rule 'end of quarter' is entered. In this case, the end of quarter is calculated and the start condition of the action is not evaluated again until the date arrives.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20040312
SAP Release Created in	640