Changes in Aspect Data Structures, Aspect Environm (SAP Library

Changes in Aspect Data Structures, Aspect Environment and Field Catalog

Aspect data structure

For characteristics with time-dependent values (master data) such as cost center, activity type, the time dependence is suppressed in EIS, since it does make any sense from the point of view of the information system (in EIS, reporting is carried out summarily across periods and no individual amount is posted to a cost center, that is, the check for validity already occurred in the previous application). Technically this means that no characteristic DATBI (valid to) appears in the compound characteristic Cost Center although it would be necessary due to the structure of the cost center table. The time dependence of the characteristic Cost Center is recorded in the attribute: Time logic.

A fixed value (constant) can be assigned to a characteristic. The characteristic thus exists in the database (for example, for validations of data entry) but is no longer report-relevant (no aggregation/drilldown for this characteristic).

The conversion routine ALPHA can be assigned to a characteristic of the category CHAR. For a characteristic with length 4, the value ' 01 ' is represented by '0001' in this case.

Aspect environment

On the maintenance screen for the aspect, modules can be generated for the master data of the characteristics. This affects

view maintenance modules for the standardized maintenance of the characteristic values

Aspect tables

There is a function for reorganizing the aspect tables. This way precisely those aspects will be in the control tables for which there is an ABAP/4 Dictionary table.

Field catalog: Delete fields

Fields which are no longer referenced by an aspect can be deleted from the field catalog with this function. All objects belonging to the field like generated ABAP/4 Dictionary objects, characteristic values and texts, comments are deleted.