Combining Segments 

Prerequisites

You require development authorizations (authorization object S_IDOCDEFT, for example, in the role SAP_BC_SRV_EDI_DEVELOPER_AG) for new definitions. Development takes place in the customer system.

Procedure

You can:

The following section assumes that you are creating segments without reference, that is, defining new field combinations.

  1. Call the segment editor from the Initial Node of the IDoc Interface by selecting Development ® IDoc segments. Select Utilities ® Requests (Organizer) to create a request. You will assign all development objects to this request later. Return to the segment editor.
  2. Name your segment type and select . See also: Namespace
  3. Describe your segment and enter the field names and data elements from which the field lengths (in bytes) and any fixed values are to be determined via the domains. The documentation for the data element is also copied and displayed by the documentation tools.

You should still enter a specific documentation for your segment type via Goto ® Documentation.
  1. Save the segment definition by selecting . Enter the segment in a transport request.
  2. Exit the screen ( ). The segment definition you have created appears with the version number 000 in the segment editor.

In the example, your segment has the name Z1TEST1 and has the following fields:

Field

Data element

Length

Continent

CHAR20

20

Country

CHAR2

2