SAP SHTYP Data Element Type Shipment type ABAP dictionary fields









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

Below is the list of data element attribute values including length, data type, description, domain, search help etc... also check the Contribute section for any additional notes that have been added You could also view this information on your SAP system if you enter the data element SHTYP into the relevant SAP transaction such as SE11 or SE80.


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Attributes of SAP Data Element SHTYP

Data element (semantic domain): More details...SHTYP
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...SHTYP
Short Description of Repository Objects: More details...Shipment type
Length (No. of Characters): More details...
Heading: More details...ShTy
Get/Set parameter ID: More details...TSH
Whenever this data element is referenced by a a screen field the value entered is stored in memory, under this parameter ID.

This means it can be retrieved at any point using the GET PARAMETER ID 'TSH' FIELD MEMORYID. You can also update this value within your ABAP code using the SET PARAMETER ID 'TSH' FIELD SHTYP
Short Field Label: More details...ShipmntTyp
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.
Medium Field Label: More details...Shipment type
Maximum length of heading: More details...4
Max. length for short field label: More details...10
Long Field Label: More details...Shipment type
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...
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...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 SHTYP 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...TVTK
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 SHTYP

Tables with field using data element SHTYP

Related Data Elements in SAP

/DSD/SL_TG_SHTYP_SEARCH - Specific Shipment Type Seach for Tolerance Grp Determination
/VSO/M_VSO_SHTYP - Shipment Type (Vehicle Space Optimization)
CHGDOC_SHTYP - Indicator: Change document shipment for shipment type
JBRSHTYP - Control indicator for shift adjustment
OIJ_SHTYP - EDI Shipment Type
OIJ_SHTYPD - EDI Shipment description type
SHTYP - Shipment type
SHTYPE - Type of parameter field assignment for search help attachm.
SHTYP_ARCH - Shipment type
SHTYP_TXT - Description of shipment type

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