SAP IMETH Data Element Type Interest Calculation Method ABAP dictionary fields









IMETH is a standard DATA Element within the SAP ABAP dictionary and is associated with fields that store Purchasing Document information.

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Attributes of SAP Data Element IMETH

Data element (semantic domain): More details...IMETH
Activation Status of a Repository Object: More details...Entry activated or generated in this form
Language Key: More details...E
Version of the entry (not used): More details...
Domain name: More details...PCLO_INT_METHOD
Length (No. of Characters): More details...
Short Description of Repository Objects: More details...Interest Calculation Method
Heading: More details...Method
Get/Set parameter ID: More details...
No parameter ID is assigned to this data element so the ABAP statements GET PARAMETER ID and SET PARAMETER ID can't be used to store and retrieve values from memory
Flag for writing change documents: More details...No
Change document history is not recorded for this FIELD and no entries will be made in tables CDHDR and CDPOS.
Short Field Label: More details...Method
Medium Field Label: More details...IntrstCalcMethd
Maximum length of heading: More details...10
Max. length for short field label: More details...10
Long Field Label: More details...Interest calc. method
Max. length for medium field label: More details...15
Max. length for long field label: More details...25
Activation flag: More details...Start of activation or activation successful
Application class for DD objects (not used): More details...
Activation type: More details...No classification
Original Language in Repository objects: More details...D
SDIC: Reserve for data elements (not used): More details...
Flag for private DD objects (not used): More details...
Name of a Search Help: More details...
Name of a search help parameter: More details...
Default name for components using the data element: More details...
Data Type in ABAP Dictionary: More details...CHAR
Length (No. of Characters): More details...1
Number of Decimal Places: More details...
Output Length: More details...1
Allow lowercase letters or NOT: More details...No
As this is set to No all text stored within a field associated with domain IMETH will be converted to uppercase irrespective of case entered by the user.
Field contains negative values: More details...Yes
Basically saves the first position of the field so that a + or -sign can be displayed when output. Only valid for floating point,Quantity, Decimal and Currency data types
Conversion Routine: More details...
Converts the field value between the display and internally stored format. The 5 char ID (i.e. ) associates this field with the underlying ABAP function modules that perform the conversion.
Domain contains fixed values: More details...Yes
See Domain PCLO_INT_METHOD for full list of values
Value table: More details...
Category of Dictionary Type: More details...D
Type of Object Referenced: More details...
Not relevant as this field is an Elementary Domain Type rather than a reference type.
DD: Is a generated proxy object: More details...
Force write direction to be LTR: More details...
If this flag is set the field content is always displayed using the left to right writing direction, even if the write direction of the screen/user is right to left. Maybe useful for digit based data such as phone numbers which may be un-readable using RTL direction. See OSS note 1291845
DD: No Filtering of BIDI Formatting Characters: More details...
DD: Flag for Deactivating Input History in Screen Field: More details...

SAP tables using Data Element IMETH

Tables with field using data element IMETH

Related Data Elements in SAP

BKK_AIMETH - Method of Interest Penalty Posting
CACSTRIMETH - Triggering Method
CACSTRIMETHTAR - Processing Target of Triggering Method
CACSTRIMETHTXT - Name of Triggering Object
CACSTRIMETHTYP - Triggering Method
CRMT_TRIMETH - Triggering methods
CRMT_TRIMETHTAR - Processing Target of Triggering Method
CRMT_TRIMETHTYP - Triggering Methods
DIMETH_KK - Method for Interval Allocation
GRFN_CCIMETHOD - Web Service Method Name in CCI

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