SAP ABAP Data Element PREQ_COVER_TYPE (Period Factor for Determining Availability Date/Time)
Hierarchy
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SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
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CA (Application Component) Cross-Application Components
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PDS_MAINTAIN (Package) Maintenance of Additional Data for Production Data Structure
SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting⤷
CA (Application Component) Cross-Application Components⤷
PDS_MAINTAIN (Package) Maintenance of Additional Data for Production Data Structure
Basic Data
| Data Element | PREQ_COVER_TYPE |
| Short Description | Period Factor for Determining Availability Date/Time |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | PREQ_COVER_TYPE | |
| Data Type | DEC | Counter or amount field with comma and sign |
| Length | 4 | |
| Decimal Places | 3 | |
| Output Length | 5 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Per.Factor |
| Medium | 15 | Period Factor |
| Long | 20 | Period Factor |
| Heading | 55 | Period Factor for Determining Availability Date/Time |
Documentation
Definition
Factor used by the system to calculate the availability date/time of a receipt element within a time period (bucket).
Use
The system determines the exact availability date/time of the receipt elements within a period, by adding a time interval (that it gets by multiplying the period factor with the period length) to the start time of the period. You can enter a factor between 0 and 1, where 0 is the start of the period, 0.5 the middle, and 1 the end of the period. When calculating the availability date/time, the system takes into consideration all weekdays, meaning that it does not take into consideration any days that have been defined as non-workdays in the calendars.
The following applications can take the period factor into account:
- Heuristic in Supply Network Planning (SNP). The SNP optimizer does not consider any period factors.
- Period lot-sizing procedure in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS).
Dependencies
Example
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20050109 |
| SAP Release Created in | 600 |
