SAP ABAP Data Element VH_BUFAC (Bulkiness Factor)
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ LE-TRA-FC (Application Component) Freight Processing
     ⤷ VFSC (Package) Scales
Basic Data
Data Element VH_BUFAC
Short Description Bulkiness Factor  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type VH_BUFAC    
Data Type DEC   Counter or amount field with comma and sign 
Length 8    
Decimal Places 4    
Output Length 10    
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 BulkFactor 
Medium 15 Bulk. factor 
Long 20 Bulkiness Factor 
Heading 11 Bulk.factor 
Documentation

Definition

A relation between two different scale bases (weight and volume, for example) can be established using the bulkiness factor.

Examples

You have made the following agreement with your forwarding agent:

  • Freight calculation will be made on the basis of the weight to be transported. Prices depend on the corresponding scaling.
  • For goods measured by volume, the following measures are taken:
    • Volume (in liters) is divided by 6.
    • The resulting number is then compared with weight and the larger of the two is then used as the new weight.
    • The calculation is based on this new weight.

The scale basis 'D2' (using base value calculation formula 110) results in the following:

  • The scaling is based on the gross weight
  • In the base value calculation formula,
    • gross weight is converted to unit of measure 1
    • volume is converted to unit of measure 2
    • volume is multiplied by the given bulkiness factor
    • the larger of the two numbers (gross weight and the new volume figure) is now used as the gross weight
    • the new gross weight is converted back to the original unit of measure.

Dependencies

The bulkiness factor is found depending which

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19980525 
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