Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component⤷
CA-FIM-FMA (Application Component) Financial Mathematics⤷
FIMA (Package) Financial mathematics
Basic Data
| Data Element | TFMXFORMEL2 |
| Short Description | Formula |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | TFMXFORMEL2 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 100 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 100 | |
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| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
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Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Formula |
| Medium | 15 | Formula |
| Long | 20 | Formula |
| Heading | 10 | Formula |
Documentation
Definition
Contains the formula as a mathematical expression with multiple variables that are connected by arithmetic operators.
Use
SAP provides the following predefined formulas in table AT30:
- 0001: V1 * V2 + V3
- 0002: V1 * V2 - V3 * V4
- V1 + V3
You can also define customer-specific formulas in table AT30.
Variables
- The variables contained in the formula can have a maximum length of 4 characters.
- You can use a variable more than once in a formula.
- You can use upper and/or lower case letters for variable names.
- The variable
&PREcopies the formula result from the previous period.
Arithmetic Operators
The following table shows the possible arithmetic operators: In the third column, 1 specifies the highest priority and 3 specifies the lowest priority in the calculation sequence. In a set of parentheses, calculations with high-priority operators are executed before calculations with low-priority operators
Operator Calculation Priority
+ Addition of operands 3
- Subtraction of operands 3
* Multiplication of operations 2
/ Division of operands 2
** or ^ Raise operands to a higher power 1
Parentheses
A complete arithmetic expression can be set in parenthesis. You can use an arithmetic expression that is set in parentheses as an operand in another arithmetic expression. In this case, it is calculated first.
Example
1 * 2 + 3 * 4 = 2 + 12 = 14
1 * (2 + 3) * 4 = 1 * 5 * 4 = 20
Rounding
If you want to round up or down or to the next whole number, use ROUND(<arithmetic formula>).
If you want to round up or down but not to a whole number, you the rounding function: ROUND together with the rounding unit R. This generates the following rounding types:
Rounding Type Expression
Rounding ROUND(<arithmetic formula>R)*R
Round down ROUND(<arithmetic formula>R-0.5)*R
Round up ROUND(<arithmetic formula>R+0.4999999999)*R
Numerical functions
The function ABS(arg) supplies the absolute value of the argument arg.
Example
If the reference interest rate REF is between 6.5 and 10.5, the valid interest rate is 8.5. Otherwise, you calculate the interest rate according to the arithmetic expression (8.5+REF)/2-0.125 .
For the example described above, you subtract the reference interest rate REF from the middle of the interval and check whether the absolute value of the difference is greater or less than 2.
IF ABS(8.5-REF)<=2 THEN 8.5 ELSE(8.5+REF)/2-0.125
Logical expressions as components of a conditional formula
You use the following condition to define whether a formula is executed:
IF <logical expression> THEN <arithmetic formula>
You use the following expression, if a condition is not fulfilled and another formula is to be used:
IF <logical expression> THEN <arithmetic formula> ELSE <arithmetic formula>
To define the logical expression, you can use the logical operators and comparison operators. You link the logical operators to the comparison operators.
Comparison Operator Description
= equals
<>, >< does not equal
< less than
> greater than
<=, =< less than or equal to
> greater than
=>, >= greater than or equal to
Logical Operator Description Priority
AND AND link 2
OR OR link 3
NOT Negation 1
Example
To fulfill the condition a+3, you need to define the following if you do not want "a" to be in the interval between 6 and 10:
IF NOT (a>=6 AND a<= 10) THEN a+3
IF (a<6 OR a>10) THEN a+3
Dependencies
You can define customer-specific formulas in table AT30.
Example
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in | 710 |
