Symbol Type: Parameter
Use
Symbols of symbol type
Parameter
reference data that does not belong to the SAP components
specification management
,
phrase management
, and
Recipe Management
.
Note
Symbols for the
Recipe Management
component belong to the symbol type
Specification
for technical reasons.
For more information on the technical implementation of parameter symbols , see Default Parameter Value Determination .
Features
The following expansion types are available for symbols of symbol type
Parameter
:
Mask
You can define a mask for numerical values and thus define, for example, the number of decimal places before and after the period.
Method
You can use your own expansion methods. In this case, you need to specify a function module as a method.
If you have acquired a font for a bar code, you can set up output as a bar code using an appropriate function module (see Bar Code ). For many types of bar code you must perform a code conversion or apply a check-digit algorithm.
See sections A and F in Example: Layout of an Abridged Material Safety Data Sheet .
Activities
You insert symbols of symbol type
Parameter
in the same way as symbols of symbol type
Specification
.
See also: