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SOLMAN_SUP_DATEPROFI - Define Date Profile

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Allows you to define a date profile.

The date profile controls which date types, time durations, reference objects, and date rules can be used in a specific transaction type or item category.

Depending on the date profile, you also define the characteristics for date types and durations (for example, time unit, reference object, duration, date rule) in this activity.

Note: If you choose Copy As to copy a date profile, it is recommended that you select copy all when you save changes. Reference objects are display only in the configuration steps. In this case, if you select only copy entry, the reference object in the date profile will be lost in date types and durations.

Characteristics for date types and durations

Reference object

You can use the reference object to control which time zone and which factory calendar the dates and durations refer to. Instead of automatically using the time zone and calendar of the user or of the system, you can set the system to use another time zone when calculating the dates, namely that of the reference object.

You can allow one or several reference objects for one date profile. You must assign one of the allowed reference objects for each date type or duration type. You cannot create any new reference objects.

Example

The end date of the contract with the reference object CUSTOMER conforms to the time zone and factory calendar of the sold-to party, and not to the time zone of the user who has created the contract.

Calculation sequence

You can enter a calculation item for date types. This specifies the sequence in which the system calculates the dates. For example, if you enter a 1 here for the cancellation date, the system calculates the other date types for the date profile outgoing from this date type. Choose the sequence so that dates which appear in other date rules are calculated first. (For example: Contract start date = current date, contract end date = contract start date + 12 months. The contract start date must be known, in order that the end date can calculated).

One-time calculation of dates

You can determine that a date in a document remains the same after the first calculation and is not re-calculated with each change to the document, for example, the date type "Contract Start".

For this, select the Determine Date Only Once field in the group frame Date Rules of date types.

Displaying dates

To define the sequence and editability of date types in the WebClient UI, you need to:

• Select the appropriate screen area and activate or deactivate the Only Display Field indicator, depending on whether you want the date type to be editable or not.

• Specify in what sequence you want the date type to appear in the Display Position field.

You have defined date types, durations and date rules in the activity Define date types, durations and date rules.

1. Enter an ID for a new date profile, and a relevant description.
2. Select the date profile, and double-click to choose the object you wish to assign to it, for example, date types.
3. For date types and durations, select the required object and choose Details to define the characteristics.
4. In each screen, choose the required entries with the input help (F4).
5. Assign the date profile to the required transaction type in the Customizing activity.

Note that the Weekday, Date, Time Zone and Time fields available for selection under Date Types → Display Format are only relevant for the SAP GUI, and not for the WebClient UI.

If you are working with the WebClient UI, you can make these settings in the UI Configuration Tool .

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