SAP ABAP Data Element PUFFERUNG (Buffering type indicator)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DWB-DIC-AC (Application Component) Activation Program, Conversion Program, DB Utility, MC, SPDD
     ⤷ SDIC (Package) ABAP Dictionary

Basic Data

Data Element	PUFFERUNG
Short Description	Buffering type indicator

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	PUFFERUNG
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	BuffType
Medium	15	Buffering type
Long	20	Buffering type
Heading	1	B

Documentation

Definition

The buffering type determines whether and how the table should be buffered.

The following buffering types exist:

• full buffering
• single-record buffering
• generic buffering

For generic buffering you need to specify a number of key fields between 1 and the key field number -1.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19970321
SAP Release Created in