SAP Business Workflow (BC-BMT-WFM)

Description of the data type of the value that can be assigned to a variable (for example attribute or container element) at runtime. The data type reference is created during definition and enables the system to perform checks at definition time.

A data type reference may be:

• Via field reference to an ABAP Dictionary table or an ABAP Dictionary structure and field.

A variable defined in this way has the same data type as the specified field of the table, structure or view.

• Via structure reference to an ABAP Dictionary structure or an ABAP Dictionary table.

A variable defined in this way has the same structure as the structure specified or as the header line of the table specified.

• Via reference to an object type.

A variable defined in this way holds a reference to an object of the type specified.