SAP ABAP Data Element RSCHATP (Characteristc Type Based on Master Data Access)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   ⤷ BW-WHM-MTD (Application Component) Metadata (Repository)
     ⤷ RSD (Package) BW: Data Basis InfoObjects and Core Services

Basic Data

Data Element	RSCHATP
Short Description	Characteristc Type Based on Master Data Access

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	RSCHATP
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	3
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	3
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	MD Access
Medium	20	Master Data Access
Long	40	Master Data Access
Heading	40	Master Data Access

Documentation

Definition

You have three options for accessing master data at query runtime:

1. Default
   The values from the master data table for the characteristic are displayed.
2. Own Implementation
   You can implement access to master data yourself by determining a ABAP class. This ABAP class has to inherit from class CL_RSMD_RS_BW_SPEC.
3. Remote
   If the characteristic is flagged as an InfoProvider and as an InfoSource with direct update you can access data in a source system remotely. If this option is set, the master data InfoSource has to be connected to the required DataSource.

Use

SAP recommends that you use the default setting. If you have particular requirements with regard to reading master data, you can use the second option to address this. You need knowledge of ABAP OO to use this option.

In performance-critical scenarios, using remote master data is to be avoided.

Dependencies

Example

One example of a characteristic with its own master data read class is time characteristic 0FISCYEAR.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130604
SAP Release Created in	400