SAP ABAP Data Element SP_GCHGR (Order characteristic group)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PP-FLW-SEQ (Application Component) Sequencing
     ⤷ LASP (Package) Application Development R/3 Logistics Automotive Sequencing

Basic Data

Data Element	SP_GCHGR
Short Description	Order characteristic group

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	SP_GCHGR
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	2
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	2
Value Table

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	6	Group
Medium	14	Char. group
Long	37	Order characteristic group
Heading	14	Char. group

Documentation

Definition

Determines the characteristic group assigned to an order characteristic.
The characteristic group defines the type of order characteristic and, therefore, determines which characteristic values can be assigned to the order characteristic.

Use

Depending on the characteristic group, you can display the following order statuses:

• Constant

  When assigning the order characteristics, you can assign a constant color to an order characteristic of this group. This has the effect that, in the sequence schedule, the graphic element for this order characteristic is displayed in the same color for all orders. You do not have to assign a table field to a characteristic of this group. You only have to assign the color (element type) in which you want to display the orders when assigning the characteristics.

• Depending on situation (planned order)

  You can assign one of the fields from the planned order table PLAF to an order characteristic of this group. If you want to display material availability, you can assign the field 'Material availability (MDPBV) and then you can assign a color to every possibile status. For example, you can assign the color green to the graphic element if the availability status is, 'checked and completetly confirmed'.

• Action control

  You can assign a color to an order characteristic of this group depending on an action (for example, the action BOM explosion). You do not have to make any entries in the column Field/Combination. The sequence schedule always visualizes the action that was last entered. You can also specify customer-specific order statuses.

  Date difference

  You can display date differences with an order characteristic of this group. Here, you can subtract date fields from the planned order table PLAF and from the Sales data tables VBBE and VBAK. If, for example, you want to visualize delivery difficulties, subtract the production finish date from the material staging date or the delivery date.

• User exit
• You can assign a color to an order characteristic of this group using a user exit.
• Characteristic (Configuration)

  With an order characteristic of this group, you can display a characteristic of a configured material in a certain color. To do this, you have to determine the key of the characteristic in the class system and then define this key as a field. If, for example, you configure the color of a product when creating a sales order, you can also assign this color to the order bar in the sequence schedule via the order characteristic.

• Material

  You can assign a color to an order characteristic of this group depending on the material in the planned order. If, for example, you produce two different materials on one production line, you can assign one material the color green and blue to the other material.

• Alternating

  You do not have to assign a field or a color to an order characteristic of this group. The system assigns different colors to the planned orders in the sequence schedule so that you can more easily distinguish between each one.

Then you can assign a color to each of these characteristic values for the display in the sequence schedule using the Characteristic assignment function.

Dependencies

You cannot change the characteristic group of an order characteristic in the sequence schedule.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19971002
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