SAP ABAP Data Element UPFLV (Update indicator for sales document document flow)

Hierarchy

☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CRM-BTX-BF-IF (Application Component) R/3 Interface for Business Transactions
     ⤷ VA (Package) Application development R/3 Sales

Basic Data

Data Element	UPFLV
Short Description	Update indicator for sales document document flow

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	UPFLV
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
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	UpdateFlow
Medium	15	Update doc.flow
Long	20	Update document flow
Heading	1	U

Documentation

Definition

Specifies whether the system creates document flow records when you create a sales document item with reference, or an item in a subsequent document.
The system copies the indicator from copying control for the sales docuement item (Customizing for Sales) to the target document item.

Use

A document flow record contains information about the quantities and values that have been copied from the source document to the target document. The system uses the document flow to determine the status of the source document.

You can choose one of the following values for the indicator:

• ' ': Do not create document flow records
  
• 'X': Create document flow records
  The system creates document flow records from the target sales document item to the source sales document item and, if necessary, to the document items from the preceding documents (document items referenced by the source document item). It can also create document flow records from the subsequent document items (document items with reference to target document items) to the source document item and its preceding document items.
  
  Example:
  Source document: customer quotation, Target document: sales order
  The sales order creates a document flow record for the quotation. The delivery, goods issue and billing document for the sales order don't just create a document flow record for the order itself, but also for the quotation.
  
• '2': Create document flow records except for delivery/goods issue/billing documents
  The system creates document flow records from the target sales document item to the source document item and, if necessary, to its preceding document items. It also creates document flow records from a subsequent document item to the source document item and its preceding document items, if the subsequent document is a sales document.
  The system does not create any document flow records from a subsequent document item to source document item and its preceding document items, if the subsequent document is a delivery, goods issue or a billing document.
  
  Example:
  Source document: customer contract, target document: sales order:
  The sales order creates a document flow record for the customer contract. The delivery, goods issue and billing document for the sales order only create document flow records for the sales order itself but not for the contract. This means that the document flow does not refer from the delivery to the contract directly but in two steps: Delivery -> Order -> Contract.
  
  Update indicator '2' is particularly useful for improving system performance when the source document is a contract and the target document is a release order if the contract has several release orders. This indicator reduces the document flow by 25% compared to that for the document flow with update indicator 'X'.
  The functions in the SAP standard system are not affected by changing the indicator from 'X' to '2', including those for determining the status of documents and displaying the document flow.
  If you change the update indicator (for example, for contract release orders) in a system that is running from 'X' to '2', you can use program SDVBFA21 to change the now redundant document flow records for deliveries, goods issue and billing documents. These were created for previous contract release orders by the system.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19991102
SAP Release Created in