ABAP datatype with 8 or 9 decimals

[Former Member]

Hello,

I need to add a field in an IDOC segment which should have a type of 8-9 decimals.

Please help me in case anybody is aware of any SAP standard data element.

Thanks,

Abhijit

[former_member226519]

DEC_16_09_S for one

[Former Member]

Thank You very much Volker Binder. It solved the issue.

[Former Member]

In an IDOC segment there should only CHAR-fields be used (as far as I know)

[Former Member]

Yes correct. To be more specific. I think you are referring to the structure of the segment which is always char.

But still thanks for replying.

[Sandra_Rossi]

Yes correct, as per the SAP Library Design Guidelines and Formatting Rules for Creating New Segments :

• "The segment fields may only contain alphanumeric data. You can make sure that this is the case by using data elements which contain characters in the segment fields."
• i.e. a number should be represented using characters, with no thousands separator, dot as decimal separator, negative sign at the right (for instance : "2097152.64-" )

However, it's possible to choose a "P" data element for defining a segment type, but the actual type is converted into type C. A data element with 21 digits included 7 after the radix point, will be converted into a 23 characters field.

The only interest I see of using a numeric data element, is avoiding creating a useless character-type data element with corresponding length and with same description.