SAP ABAP Data Element SHTYP (Shipment type)
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CRM-BF (Application Component) Basic Functions
     ⤷ VTR (Package) SD R/3 transport processing
Basic Data
Data Element SHTYP
Short Description Shipment type  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type SHTYP    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 4    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 4    
Value Table TVTK    
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID TSH  
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 ShipmntTyp 
Medium 15 Shipment type 
Long 20 Shipment type 
Heading 4 ShTy 
Documentation

Definition

Specifies what type of transportation processing is to be performed.

Use

The shipment type has various control features for transportation processing. These include:

  • number range from which the shipment document number is assigned
  • specifications such as the transportation processing type and processing control indicator
  • control elements such as the output determination procedure, text determination procedure, etc.
  • default values such as the shipping type, service level, leg indicator

Procedure

When you create a shipment, you must specify a shipment type.

Examples

Shipment by road:

  • In the case of a stop-off shipment, the shipment legs are determined by the system using specific rules.
  • An individual shipment could be a preliminary leg for a shipment by sea

Shipment by sea

  • Specific output is required for processing.

Shipment by rail:

  • Specific texts are required so that the rail consignment note can be filled in completely.

Dependencies

A shipment document is assigned to one particular shipment document type.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981111 
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