Hierarchy
ECC-DIMP (Software Component) DIMP⤷
IS-A-VMS (Application Component) Vehicle Management System⤷
ISAUTO_VLC (Package) Vehicle Management System (VMS)
Basic Data
| Data Element | VLC_CATEGORY |
| Short Description | Category for Vehicle Search |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | BOOL_ID | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 11 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 11 | |
| Value Table | GB90 |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| 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 | Category |
| Medium | 15 | Category |
| Long | 25 | Category |
| Heading | 12 | Category |
Documentation
Definition
Group of vehicles whose common attributes are determined by certain rules. To define these rules you fill specific table fields (referring to the vehicle or person looking for the vehicle) with values and link these to mathematical expressions using boolean operators.
The system uses these rules for its vehicle search. For every vehicle matching the search criteria, the system checks the defined rules (depending on the vehicle search area and VMS role), and evaluates them in the specified sequence. As soon as the system finds a rule that is "true", the corresponding vehicle is regarded as "found". If it does not find a "true" rule, the vehicle is excluded.
A vehicle can belong to multiple categories.
Note
It is only possible to include fields from the vehicle table (and not configuration characteristics).
Use
Dependencies
Example
For a dealer who belongs to VMS role "dealer Smith" and to vehicle search area "Great Britain", the categories and their sequence could be as follows:
- Category 1: only right-hand drive vehicles and only vehicles that are actually in the dealer's own yard.
Rule: steering wheel = right & customer = dealer Smith - Category 2: only right-hand drive vehicles and only vehicles that are at the importer in the vehicle pool and are therefore available to all dealers.
Rule: steering wheel = right & visibility = yes - Category 3: only right-hand drive vehicles and only vehicles that are with neighboring dealers and are switched to visible.
Rule: steering wheel = right & visibility = yes & customer = dealer Brown or dealer Jones or dealer White.
If the dealer now searches for vehicles that fulfil certain criteria, the system finds a number of vehicles and checks through the categories for every vehicle in sequence. If the vehicle belongs to category 1, then the dealer will find it in the hit list, likewise if it does not belong to category 1 but to category 2. If the vehicle does not belong to any category, it will not appear in the hit list.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20050301 |
| SAP Release Created in | 46C |
