SAP ABAP Data Element STARTCYCLE (Indicator: Maintenance Plan Start in Cycle)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PM (Application Component) Plant Maintenance
     ⤷ IBIP (Package) Application Development R/3 Batch Input for PM

Basic Data

Data Element	STARTCYCLE
Short Description	Indicator: Maintenance Plan Start in Cycle

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	X
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	St. cycle
Medium	15	Start in cycle
Long	20	Start in cycle
Heading	1	C

Documentation

Definition

Indicator with which you start scheduling for your maintenance plan in the current cycle.

Use

Procedure

Examples

The maintenance strategy that you have assigned to your maintenance plan has, for example, three packages:

• monthly
• every 4 months
• every 6 months

Instead of beginning scheduling with the monthly package, specify that the scheduling should begin with the 6-monthly package.

Dependencies

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19961008
SAP Release Created in