Dimension Value Conversion (SAP Library

Dimension Value Conversion

Use

Dimension value conversion enables you to display the grid values determined in the system differently. Depending on the vendor, customer or user, dimension values in documents and reports are displayed in different languages or country-dependent standard sizes, for example. Dimension value conversion changes how the grid values are displayed in AFS.

In the AFS entry screens, you can display data on the current document conversion type by selecting Document Conversion Type. The system defaults the conversion type that then converts the grid values based on a user/vendor or customer/vendor combination. All Conversion Types is used to run dimension conversion based on a different conversion type. If you have not defined conversion values in Customizing for some dimension values, you cannot process any entries for these dimension values in AFS documents.

Definition of Customer, Vendor and User IDs

Customer/Vendor ID
You can define a customer/vendor ID in Customizing: Logistics General ® AFS Material Grids ® Conversion ® Define dimension value conversion. Assign the ID to a customer/vendor master if you want to use a specific conversion type for this customer or vendor.

User ID
You can define a user ID by selecting System ® User profiles ® Own Data. On the Parameter tabstrip, enter J31 in the Parameter column and a user ID consisting of up to three characters in the Value column.

User Parameters	Description
J31	Defines a user ID
J35	Enables the system to print converted dimension values.
/AFS/No_size_conv	Completely deactivates dimension value conversion

Assignment of Conversion Types

When determining valid conversion types in AFS, the system checks the assignment table in Customizing (Logistics - General ® AFS Material Grids ® Conversion ® Control Conversion Type Determination ® Assign Conversion Types). In this screen, you can define which conversion type is used in which conditions. This is done by linking customer, vendor or user IDs to conversion types. By doing this, you can determine that dimension values are converted in a certain way in documents containing a specific combination of customer/vendor and user. Note that the customer ID has higher priority than the user ID.

The system uses the following logic to determine the valid conversion type:

Customer/vendor ID	User ID	Sequence
l	l	1
l		2
	l	3
		4

Base Values

If the system cannot determine any conversion types defined by you, it uses conversion type SY Base Values. The grid values are then displayed exactly as they were created in the system. You can also select conversion type SY Base Values manually to enter grid values for which conversion into a different conversion type has not been fully maintained.

Caution

If you create and process new material grids, always use the base values and do not work with converted values.

Selection Screen: Document Conversion Type

In every AFS program with dimension conversion you can display a list containing all relevant conversion types by selecting Base Values and All Conversion Types. You can then choose a different conversion type from the default conversion type.

For example, if you use user ID 01 to process a document for customer C1, the system only displays the conversion types to which:

User ID 01 or Blank is assigned

Customer ID C1 or Blank is assigned

The system highlights the conversion types assigned user ID 01 and customer ID C1.

Prerequisites

To be able to use dimension value conversion, you must:

Activate conversion in the material grid:

Select Logistics ® AFS Central Functions ® Grids ® Material Grid ® Change.

Enter the material grid number and the validity date and confirm your entries by choosing Continue.

Select the Grid Value Conversion indicator and save your changes.

In Customizing, define and update the user, customer/vendor or material IDs (only for item-specific conversion).

Define the conversion types in Customizing.

Make a clear assignment of base values to conversion values for each conversion type. You can also make these assignments using a special function in Customizing. To do this, select Check Conversion.

Features

Current Grid Value Display

To see how a specific grid value has been converted, what the base value is, and which criteria have been used to determine the conversion type, select a grid value in the line display for the LMW detail screen, then choose Document Conversion Type. The system documents the conversion type and the grid value at the time at which it was first created, meaning that the user can always check the conversion type used in a specific conversion and how the grid value was originally created.

Note

If you change a document with converted grid values, the system determines the conversion type again and does not automatically display the original conversion type. If you can select a grid value and choose Document Conversion Type, you can display the conversion type used when the document or item was created.

Checking Converted Entries

If you have activated conversion in AFS, the system checks if all dimension values have been successfully converted. If you have not entered conversion values for particular dimension values in Customizing, grid values made up of these dimension values are not ready for input. In the grid entry screen, red traffic lights identify grid values with dimension values that cannot be converted.