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Object documentation Export Parameter: Measures  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

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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

Note

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)

Example

Dollars or Unit

DSCRPTN

Description

Note

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

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