What's a text type?

[former_member606450]

Hello everyone.

Here's the definition I found on text type at help.sap.com:

"Text types represent different structuring options for texts used in purchase requisitions and external purchasing documents."

I'm afraid it isn't very clear.

From what I've understood, you create a text type for a sales document depending on which part of the document you want the text to appear. You may create a text type for the ordering party level and another type for the procurement level.

The same goes for a customer master record: you can create a text type for the address level and another text type for the contact person level.

Am I correct?

Also, could you give a clearer definition of text type?

[Lakshmipathi · Accepted solution]

Yes your understanding is correct. With the text type, you can differentiate the Business process requirement in such a way

• whether it can be stored in master data and copied to transaction data
• whether the text can be at header level or item level
• whether the text is optional or mandatory
• whether it is obligatory when copying from one source document to target document

[former_member606450 · Accepted solution]

Thank you very much for your answer.