SAP ABAP Data Element SCHALIAS (Characteristic Name Alias)

Hierarchy

☛ EA-FINSERV (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension Financial Services
   ⤷ IS-B-SA-ALM (Application Component) Asset/Liability Management
     ⤷ JBA_US (Package) Analytical Banking US

Basic Data

Data Element	SCHALIAS
Short Description	Characteristic Name Alias

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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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Char Alias
Medium	15	Char Alias
Long	20	Char. Name Alias
Heading	30	Characteristic Name Alias

Documentation

Definition

Characteristic Name Alias

Use

In Analysis Structures, Characteristics can have names which are larger than 7 characters. Because we wish to use the Characteristic Name as part of BW datasources ( generated in the OLTP system ), there is a potential problem with Characteristic names which go beyond 7 characters. Namely, that as part of a Datasource name, the length of the name may become longer than the current limit of 30 characters.

In order to solve this problem, a Characteristic Name Alias is provided as part of Datasource generation. When Characteristic Names go beyond 7 characters, the Generation program will look for an "Alias" name to use which is limited in size. If it can not find one, the program will terminate.

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History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20040819
SAP Release Created in	200