Data Types

Data Types

• ACCP: Posting period.

1.  The length is set to 6 places for this data type. 
2. The format is YYYYMM. 
3. In input and output, the system inserts a point between the year and month, so the template of this data type has the format ‘____.__’.

• CHAR: Character string.

1.  Fields of type CHAR can have a maximum length of 1333 in tables.
2.  If you want to use longer character fields in tables, you must choose data type LCHR. 
3. There are no restrictions on the length of such fields in structures.

• CLNT: Client. 

1. Client fields always have three places.

• CUKY: Currency key.

1.  Fields of this type are referenced by fields of type CURR. 
2. The length is set to 5 places for this data type.

• CURR: Currency field.

1.  Equivalent to an amount field DEC.
2.  A field of this type must refer to a field of type CUKY (reference field). 
3. The maximum length for this data type is 31 places.

• DATS: Date. 

1. The length is set to 8 places for this data type. 
2. The output template can be defined with the user profile.

• DEC: Counter or amount field with decimal point, sign, and commas separating thousands.

1.  A DEC field has a maximum length of 31 places.

• FLTP: Floating point number. 

1. The length (including decimal places) is set to 16 places for this data type.

• INT1:

1.  1-byte integer between 0 and 255. 
2. The length is set to 3 places for this data type.

• INT2:

1.  2-byte integer between -32767 and 32767.

• NUMC: 

1. Long character field in which only numbers can be entered. 
2. The length of this field is limited to a maximum of 255 places.

• PREC: 

1. Obsolete data type. 
2. The length is set to 2 places for this data type but internally it is treated like INT2. 
3. Dynpro fields of type PREC are restricted to 2 places and must not contain a sign. 

• QUAN: 

1. Quantity. Equivalent to an amount field DEC. 
2. A field of this type must always refer to a units field with UNIT format (reference field).
3. The maximum length for this data type is 31 places.

• STRING: 

1. Character string with variable length This data type can be used only in types (data elements, structures, table types) and domains.

• TIMS: Time. 

1. The length is set to 6 places for this data type. 
2. The format is HHMMSS.

• UNIT: Unit. 

1. Fields of this type are referenced by fields of type QUAN. 
2. The length of this data type is set to 2 or 3 places.

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