Field Types of the Transfer Format (SAP Library - Transfer of Legacy Assets to the SAP System)

Field Types of the Transfer Format

The fields of the transfer record are all of the type CHAR or DATS.

CHAR (Character)

These fields are filled with the same contents as in online entry. All value fields of CHAR type have 16 places, so that you can transfer 10000 as 10000 or 10,000 or 10,000.00 . In the same way, a useful life of 3 years can be transferred as 3 , 03 or 003 .

When you use direct data import, the fields that use alpha conversion (such as cost center) have to be provided with leading zeros, if the strings being transferred are numerical only (refer to Direct Data Import).

DATS (Date)

All date fields are type DATS. They must be completed according to the format yyyymmdd , that is, not according to the format for online entries. The system rejects entries that are in the normal online format.

Note

If you process the input file using the editor in the Data Transfer Workbench, then dates appear in the normal online format ( MM/DD/YYYY for USA). Enter changes in the same way.