What are domains and data element?
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Answer / paramjeet
Domains:Domain is the central object for describing the
technical characteristics of an attribute of an business
objects. It describes the value range of the field.
Data Element: It is used to describe the semantic definition
of the table fields like description the field. Data element
describes how a field can be displayed to end-user.
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Domain :
Repository object in the ABAP Dictionary that describes
properties of data elements, such as data type, value
range, and so on. A domain can be linked with an arbitrary
number of data elements.
data element
Repository object in the ABAP Dictionary that defines an
elementary data type in the In addition to the technical
attributes, it also describes the semantic meaning of a (
database) field (for example, heading for tabular displays
or documentation text). The attributes such as data type,
length, and so on, are either defined directly in the data
element or copied from a domain.
Thank's and Regards,
Shreeshail Diggi
SAP Technical Consultant IBM Pune
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Answer / kumaragurubaran
Domains:
Domains are nothing but the technical attributes of the feild.
Data element:
It maintains some of the meaning full information about the
particular fields.
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