Symbol Type “Parameter”
Symbols of symbol type Parameter
reference data that does not belong to the SAP components specification management
, phrase management
, and recipe management
.
Note
Symbols for the Recipe Management
component belong for technical reasons to the symbol type Specification
.
For more information on the technical implementation of parameter symbols (see Parameter Symbol), see Default Parameter Value Determination.
Features
The following expansion modes are available for symbols of symbol type Parameter
:
Input template (see Input Template)
You can define an input template for numerical values and thus define, for example, the number of decimal places before and after the period.
Method
You can use your own expansion methods by specifying a function module as a method (see Function Module).
If you have acquired a font for a bar code, you can set up output as a bar code using an appropriate function module (see Use of Bar Codes). For many types of bar code you must perform a code conversion or apply a check-digit algorithm.
Bar code
You can output different bar code types and their parameters. If you select the bar code type from the input help, the system displays the related parameters and any parameter values that are defined. The bar code is created as a graphic when the report is generated and it is then output in place of the symbol.
CautionIn the Customizing activity
Specify Bar Code Types
, define the required bar code types and assign them the relevant bar code parameters.End of the caution.
Caution
A prerequisite for using bar codes is that you have acquired a bar code library and installed it on a WWI generation server (see Use of Bar Codes).
See section B
under Example: Layout of an Abridged Material Safety Data Sheet.
Activities
You insert symbols of symbol type Parameter
in the same way as symbols of symbol type Specification
.