SAP ABAP Data Element WCAT_PERIOD (Period for selection of cumulative reference data)

Hierarchy

☛ BI_CONT (Software Component) Business Intelligence Content
   ⤷ BW-BCT-ISR-RSL (Application Component) Retail Stock Ledger
     ⤷ RS_WRMA_CAT_RFC (Package) Remote Access to RMA BI data

Basic Data

Data Element	WCAT_PERIOD
Short Description	Period for selection of cumulative reference data

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	WCAT_DO_PERIOD
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	☐
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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Period
Medium	19	Period for ref.data
Long	39	Period for selection of cumulative data
Heading	49	Period for selection of cumulative reference data

Documentation

Definition

This field contains the period that is used to read the reference data out of the specified Info/MultiCube. The period is determined based on the posting date of a source record.

You can choose between:

Blank - Use the current period to select reference data out of the InfoCube

1 - Use the previous period to select the reference data out of the InfoCube

Use

This field influences the period that is used to determine the reference data or cost allocation.

Dependencies

In the case of reading stock data as reference data, this setting is not relevant. For stock data the current period is used to read the reference data.

Example

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20141031
SAP Release Created in	705