Assigning Characteristics to a Class (Example) - SAP Documentation

Assigning Characteristics to a Class (Example)

Class SEATS has the following change statuses:

Change Statuses:

Change no.	Change Master Record	Validity	Maintenance
CHG_01	Effectivity type CUSTOMER Rank 10	Miller, Smith	Assign characteristic COLOR
CHG_DATE	Valid-from dates	01.01.1998	Assign characteristic EXTRAS
CHG_05	Effectivity type CUSTOMER Maint. Value Miller Rank 20	Cohen	Assign characteristic SPECIAL

Selected Change Status

If you display the class with change number CHG_01 on January 1, 1998, you see characteristics COLOR and EXTRAS.

If you display the class with change number CHG_05 on January 1, 1998, you see characteristics COLOR, EXTRAS, and SPECIAL.

If you display the class with change number CHG_DATE, you ONLY see characteristic EXTRAS.

If you display the class with another change number, CHG_06, which has rank 15, characteristic SPECIAL is not displayed, because the rank of CHG_06 is lower than the rank of CHG_05. Only change numbers whose rank is lower than the selected change number are selected.