SAP ABAP Data Element UPARS_Y_SSMFISCPER3 (Posting Period)
Hierarchy
SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   BW-PLA-BPS (Application Component) Business Planning and Simulation
     UPARS (Package) SEM: Slow Seller Management
Basic Data
Data Element UPARS_Y_SSMFISCPER3
Short Description Posting Period  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type     Direct Type Entry
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type      
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 3    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 3    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Period 
Medium 15 Posting periods 
Long 20 Posting Period 
Heading Period 
Documentation

Definition

A posting period is a self-contained part of a fiscal year.

Use

A posting period is assigned to each business transaction. The transaction figures for the different business transactions are cumulated for each posting period.

Examples of period divisions are:

  • per calendar month, that is 12 posting periods
  • every 4 weeks, that is 13 posting periods
  • per week, that is 52 or 53 posting periods.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20141031 
SAP Release Created in 350