Characteristics for SAP for Mill Products

SAP ships the following characteristics which enable you to map various processes for the mill industry sector.

Abbr.	Characteristic name	Description	Cable industry
200	SAP_MILLCA_FACTOR	Factor
201	SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_SUB	Individual length in base unit of measure “M”
202	SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH	Individual length
203	SAP_MILLCA_QUANTITY	Quantity
204	SAP_MILLCA_TOL_PLUS	Overdelivery tolerance
205	SAP_MILLCA_TOL_MINUS	Underdelivery tolerance
206	SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_MIN	Minimum length in base unit of measure of variant table	X
207	SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_MAX	Maximum length in base unit of measure of variant table	X
210	SAP_MILLCA_PACKAGING_CAT	Packaging material type	X
211	SAP_MILLCA_PACKAGING	Packaging material
212	SAP_MILLCA_PACKAGING_NO	Packaging material number
213	SAP_MILLCA_C_LAGGING	Lagging indicator	X
214	SAP_MILLCA_C_PACKAGING	Packaging indicator	X
220	SAP_MILLCA_MATNR	Material	X
221	SAP_MILLCA_WERKS	Plant	X
222	SAP_MILLCA_USER_REEL	Indicator: reel specified by user	X

Recommendation

We recommend use of the shipped characteristics, particularly in the cable industry. You can, however, define your own characteristics.

Characteristics that are generally used only in the cable industry are marked by an X in the Cable industry column. All other industry sectors can also use the shipped characteristics.

End of the recommendation.

You should copy the shipped characteristics into your own target clients. Information on copying characteristics is provided in Customizing of Logistics - General at Start of the navigation path Basic Settings for SAP for Mill Products Next navigation step Copy Characteristics for SAP for Mill Products from Client 000 End of the navigation path .

Once you have copied the characteristics, you assign them (or your own characteristics) a business meaning in Customizing of Logistics - General at Start of the navigation path Basic Settings for SAP for Mill Products Next navigation step Assign Characteristics for SAP for Mill Products End of the navigation path ; e.g. characteristic SAP_MILLCA_FACTOR with abbreviation 200 contains the factor.

You must assign the characteristics to a corresponding abbreviation because they are queried on the basis of a three-digit abbreviation in the SAP for Mill Products programs. Each abbreviation stands for one characteristic.

Caution Caution

The characteristic assigned to abbreviation 202 may be used only for length-based materials. Otherwise, all length-based checks and functions are also active for materials that are not length-based.

End of the caution.

Namespace

The following namespaces are available for the characteristics shipped by SAP:

Namespace

Characteristics (ATNAM)	Internal characteristic (ATINN)
SAP_MILLCA_...	9999999200-9999999399

Note Note

If you want to develop your own programs, you can also query the ATINN numbers directly.

End of the note.

Characteristics with individual length information

The following two characteristics contain individual lengthinformation:

SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_SUB

This characteristic is defined with the unit of measure LM=M/ST and is therefore suitable as a batch-specific conversion characteristic for single-unit batches with the base unit of measure M . It is used only in the batch class.
SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH

This is the characteristic relevant for SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO); it has no direct reference to the unit of measure. It is used in variant and batch classes.

If the base unit of measure M is used, the same value appears in the batch class in both characteristics.

Classes, characteristics and various base units of measure

If you want to enter different materials with different base units of measure in the system, you must create a new single-unit batch characteristic with reference to the base unit of measure for each base unit of measure. You must define a separate characteristic for each base unit of measure due to the single-unit batch function.

Example Example

A customer-specific characteristic for the individual length is also included in a batch class such as SAP_MILLCA. This is defined as a single-unit batch characteristic with a different single-unit batch unit of measure:

SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_SUB with base unit of measure = M and single-unit batch unit of measure = LM
KUNDENMERKMAL_MILLCA_LENGTH_FT with base unit of measure = FT and single-unit batch unit of measure = LFT

Each of these characteristics has its own unit of measure:

LM = meters per unit – this unit is assigned to the characteristic.
LFT = feet per unit – you must define this unit yourself in Customizing of General Settings .

The unit is assigned to the relevant characteristic.

End of the example.

SAP ships the two characteristics SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH and SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_SUB. If you want to use other units of measure, you must define them yourself.

If you want to create your own characteristics and enter object dependencies for them, the name of the characteristic must not include a hyphen because hyphens cannot be processed in object dependencies.

Characteristic groups

The characteristic group SAP_MILLCA is shipped with the standard system.

Description of the shipped characteristics

SAP_MILLCA_FACTOR

The factor or the number of units is used as an entry aid in sales orders, purchase orders, and production orders The individual length is multiplied by the factor in object dependencies in order to obtain the total quantity. You should not use this characteristic in batch classes because it contains a quantity value.

SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_SUB

This characteristic is used for materials that are defined with base unit of measure M and are to be inventory-managed as single-unit batches. The factor for converting between the base unit of measure ( M ) and the unit of measure for the unit itself ( ST ) is stored in this characteristic. The conversion factor corresponds to the individual length.

SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH

This characteristic contains the individual length but has no direct reference to the unit of measure. It is used in class types 023 and 300 . If you are working with SAP APO, this characteristic is transferred via the interface.

SAP_MILLCA_QUANTITY

This is an auxiliary characteristic which contains the result of multiplying the individual length by the factor. Multiplication is performed by means of object dependencies. You should not use this characteristic in batch classes because it contains a quantity value.

SAP_MILLCA_TOL_PLUS, SAP_MILLCA_TOL_MINUS

These characteristics let you define plus and minus tolerances.

SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_MIN, SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH_MAX

Both characteristics are used exclusively in reel determination .

SAP_MILLCA_PACKAGING_CAT

This characteristic corresponds to the reel categoryand is generally used in the cable industry only.

SAP_MILLCA_PACKAGING

This characteristic is used to enter a packaging material. In the cable industry it corresponds to the reel type.

SAP_MILLCA_PACKAGING_NO

This characteristic lets you enter the batch number of the packaging material.

SAP_MILLCA_C_LAGGING, SAP_MILLCA_C_PACKAGING

The laggingand additional packagingindicators are generally used in the cable industry only and are entered manually in sales orders. They determine the type of lagging and additional packaging.

SAP_MILLCA_MATR, SAP_MILLCA_WERKS, SAP_MILLCA_USER_REEL

These auxiliary characteristics are required for the reel calculationfor technical reasons.