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Export Parameter: Measures

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Result: MEASURES

Significance

The Measures export parameter returns MEASURES as a result.

The parameter consists of a table with the following fields:

Name

Description

CAT_NAM

CATALOG name, to which the CUBE belongs

CUBE_NAM

CUBE name

MES_NAM

Name of key figure

BW uses a global InfoObject catalog, in which all InfoObjects are stored with their properties for all data structures. For this reason, an InfoObject name can only be allocated once.

MES_UNAM

Member unique name

MES_CAP

Description (caption)

MES_UID

Unique ID (UUID) in compressed form

MES_AGGREGATOR

MEASURE aggregation behavior (BW InfoObject with type key figure)

DATA_TYPE

Data type in ABAP dictionary

NUM_PREC

Maximum precision

Maximum precision is only specified for numerical data types

NUM_SCALE

Scaling factor (where applicable)

MES_UNITS

Unit (where applicable)

Dollars or Unit

DSCRPTN

Description

You can find additional information about the individual parameter fields in the corresponding data element documentation in the ABAP Dictionary.