SAP ABAP Data Element UMS_SINGLE (Ind.: Convert line item table)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       GBAS (Package) FI-SL Customizing / integration / Basis
Basic Data
Data Element UMS_SINGLE
Short Description Ind.: Convert line item table  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type XFELD    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Line items 
Medium 20 Convert LI table 
Long 30 Convert line item table 
Heading Conv.LI 
Documentation

Definition

With this function you can convert the transaction data of actual and plan line item tables.

After the summary table and the FI-SL control tables have been converted, the new summary table together with its dependent actual and plan line item table is productive. From this point, postings are no longer made to the 'old' tables.

For this reason, you can convert the line item table(s) belonging to the already converted summary table at a later point in time.

If the line items are converted later, a backup of the respective line item table must also exist before the conversion; this backup can then be used in case something goes wrong during the conversion.

You cannot, of course, access the line items between the conversion of the summary table and the conversion of the line item table(s). Since, however, the summary table is generally always evaluated with reports, this restiction should not cause too many difficulties for a short transition period.

The conversion of the old line item table(s) can also be carried out in the production system because they are no longer updated. However, it is not recommended to do so because this conversion involves an extreme load of the database.

Procedure if error occurs

When converting the line items, the old line item records are deleted from the old table after they have been converted and written to the new table. The advantage of this being that the conversion of the line item table can be restarted without any previous actions if the program terminates processing. In this case, the conversion starts again from where it was cancelled.

Due to the simultaneous deletion during the conversion, however, there is one important difference to the conversion of the summary table:

With the summary table, you can access the old summary records at any time, but you can no longer do so with the line items.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19940827 
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