SAP INFOTYP Data Element Type Infotype ABAP dictionary fields









INFOTYP 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 INFOTYP

Data element (semantic domain): More details...INFOTYP
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...INFOTYP
Length (No. of Characters): More details...
Short Description of Repository Objects: More details...Infotype
Heading: More details...IT
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...Infoty.
Medium Field Label: More details...Infotype
Maximum length of heading: More details...4
Long Field Label: More details...Infotype
Max. length for short field label: More details...7
Max. length for medium field label: More details...15
Max. length for long field label: More details...20
Activation flag: More details...Start of activation or activation successful
Application class for DD objects (not used): More details...PP
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...HRBAS00INFTY
Name of a search help parameter: More details...INFTY
Default name for components using the data element: More details...INFOTYPE
Data Type in ABAP Dictionary: More details...CHAR
Length (No. of Characters): More details...4
Number of Decimal Places: More details...
Output Length: More details...4
Allow lowercase letters or NOT: More details...No
As this is set to No all text stored within a field associated with domain INFOTYP 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...No
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 INFOTYP

Tables with field using data element INFOTYP

Related Data Elements in SAP

/AIN/BWEX_INFOTYPE - Information type
/MRSS/T_HCM_INFOTYPE - HR Infotype
/NAKISA/INFOTYPE - InfoType
ALXMBINFOTYPE - Information Type for Monitoring Data
CACS_DESC_FINFOTYP_SH - Short Description for Filter Information Type
CACS_FINFOTYP - Filter Information Type for Commission Interface Dispatcher
CCIHE_EPINFOTYPE - Additional information type
CRMT_IC_BUPA_CONTACTINFOTYPE - Contact Information Type
EHFND_PARTY_INFOTYPE_SUBTYPE - Subtype of Party Infotype
EHHSS_ABS_INFOTYP_SAME_VAL_IND - Absence Infotype Record with Same Key Value

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