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D/C

Debit/Credit

Damage

Code for the damage from a catalog of damages or the number of times a damage occurred and was recorded.

Damage code

Code for the damage to the equipment part.

Damage text

Brief description of the damage.

Data carrier

A medium on which documents and other data are recorded in coded form and stored for access at a later date.

Data source

Data sources regulate the data flow from the extraction source structure in the source system to the communication structure in SAP, which then provides the data. Data source can provide both transactional data and master data.

Data targets

Data targets are the physical objects that are relevant when modeling a data model and loading data.

Data type

Data types describe the technical attributes of data objects.

Data view

Each planning book can contain multiple data views where we can store key figures for detailed analyses and planning tasks.

DATE

Transaction date or planning date.

Date (No start after)

The date after which an operation can not start.

Date (Schedule start)

The date an operation is scheduled to start.

Date (Scheduled start)

The date an operation is scheduled to start.

Date (XX/XXXX)

Time stated in terms of the month and year.

Date entry when dispatching

Indicator used to specify that, for automatic dispatching, you must enter the date when dispatching is to take place, and the work center to which operations are to be dispatched.

Date of production

Date that a material or product was manufactured or produced.

Days in arrears

Number of days a customer's account is past due.

Days sales outstanding (DSO)

The number of days a business takes to collect on its accounts receivable, on average.

Days' supply

Current stock level divided by the average daily consumption.

Dead stock

One of the key figures in Inventory Controlling, the purpose of which is to identify materials with inefficient stock levels, eliminate surplus stocks, and check control parameters such as safety stock.

Dead stock value

Value of dead stock.

Deadlines

The dates on which periods (for example, notice periods) or a validity periods expire.

Debit

Total of the debit postings for the month.

Decimal places

Indicates the number of decimal places to show in the data.

Defect class

A classification based on a qualitative defect valuation according to impact.

Define Buckets in Resource

Specifies how the bucket capacity of a mixed resource is defined. It can either be a deduced capacity that was calculated from the continuous capacity over time, or it can be a newly maintained bucket capacity.

Del time (days)

Delivery time in days. Time it takes to deliver the material.

Del.dt.vr

Number of deliveries with a delivery date variance in days.

Delete only Transaction Data

Indicates that only transaction data should be deleted.

Delete transaction and master data

Indicates that both transaction and master data should be deleted.

Deletion date

The date an object was deleted.

Deliv. date

Delivery date requested by the customer (desired delivery date) or date confirmed in the vendor's order acknowledgement or shipping confirmation.

Deliv.creation date

Date the delivery document was created.

Deliv.date

Delivery date requested by the customer (desired delivery date) or date confirmed in the vendor's order acknowledgement or shipping confirmation.

Deliver.plant

Plant from which goods are to be delivered to the customer within a specific sales organization and distribution channel.

Delivered

Goods have been received.

Deliveries

Number of deliveries that have been recorded.

Delivering plant

Plant from which goods are to be delivered to the customer within a specific sales organization and distribution channel.

Delivery block

Indicator that delivery has been stopped from further processing until the block is removed.

Delivery date

Delivery date requested by the customer (desired delivery date) or date confirmed in the vendor's order acknowledgement or shipping confirmation.

Delivery priority

Sequence when deliveries are created automatically.

Delivery proposal

Proposed delivery date.

Delivery quantity

Quantity of material that require delivery.

Delivery schedules

Allows the creation of a delivery schedule for the material.

Delivery text

Description of the delivery, designed to identify the delivery.

Delivery time

Description of this term.

Delivery volume (in reporting)

Volume of deliveries in the analysis.

Demand management

Specifies the strategy to be used for planning requirement quantities and delivery dates for finished products. A module in APO used for Demand Planning and Forecasting.

Department

Organizational department to which the cost center created will be assigned. Also, a group of machines or production lines that do similar manufacturing operations.

Dependency

Dependencies are used to determine overhead percentages for cost centers used in imputed cost calculation. The surcharge percentages are differentiated along various criteria, such as cost center type or the controlling area used.

Dependency qty

The quantity of a statistical key figure or activity type that is used to calculate planned costs or planned consumption in dependency planning.

Deployment horizon in days

The amount of days for which existing supplies of a product can meet demand.

Deployment Profile

The deployment profile enables you to define the logic that is used by the system during the Deployment calculations to determine how distribution recommendations are made.

Derivation rule

Definition of how profitability entries, or planning data is placed into the appropriate business segments within profitability analysis.

Descr.

Text to identify and characterize an object or activity.

Descript.

Text to identify and characterize an object or activity.

Description

Text to identify and characterize an object or activity.

Description of Activity

Text that describes an activity.

Description of Forecast alert profile.

Text that describes a forecast alert profile.

Description of PIanning activity

Text that describes a planning activity.

Description of the Alert Profile

Text that describes an alert profile.

Description or PIanning activity

Text that describes a planning activity.

Description SDP AIert Profile.

Text that describes a SDP alert profile.

Dest storage type

Destination storage type. A physical or logical storage area that can be defined in the system such as goods receipt area, goods issue area, or picking area.

Destination Address

Address for the destination of goods.

Destination bin

The storage bin in a warehouse to which the incoming goods are transferred.

Destination country

Code for the country of destination of the goods.

Destination storage unit

The storage type in a warehouse into which goods are placed.

Detailed Scheduling Planning Board

A capacity viewing and leveling tool in graphical format.

Deviation

Variations between the time actually worked and the time scheduled.

Diagnosis Group

A categorization of illnesses into different types.

Dimension

Dimensions are used to group characteristics logically. A dimension table contains a primary key, dimension number and characteristics.

Disaggregation

Function by which a key figure value on a high level is automatically broken down to the detailed level.

Discount type

Type of discount.

Dispatch at earliest point in time

Indicator used to specify that when dispatching an operation, the system tries to dispatch it as early as possible within the planning period.

Dispatch internal production

Specifies how the start date of the operations is calculated when automatically dispatching internal operations, in networks and plant maintenance orders.

Dispatch time

Time for the movement of outbound goods in a trading area.

Dispatch. sequence

Sort key used to define how the system is to sort the individual operations in the pool, and in what order they are to be dispatched.

Dispatched

Work order operations generated by the planner and assigned out of the requirements pool.

Display

A display is a number of component materials purchased as a unit but sold individually to the consumer. The display is handled in the warehouse as a single material and only divided into its individual components when it reaches the stores. Displays are most commonly used for promotions. Usually they are not ordered directly by stores but are allocated centrally.

Display results before they are saved

Indicates that an operator wants the system to display the results prior to being saved.

Display variant

Indicates to the system to display the variant.

DISPOSITION CODES

Codes corresponding to a patient's disposition when discharged from the hospital.

Distr. channel

Way in which products or services reach the customer. Typical examples of distribution channels are wholesale, retail or direct sales. Within a sales organization, it is possible to deliver goods to a given customer through more than one distribution channel.

Distrib. list

List of people to whom a selection version has been assigned.

Distrib.channel

Way in which products or services reach the customer. Typical examples of distribution channels are wholesale, retail or direct sales. Within a sales organization, it is possible to deliver goods to a given customer through more than one distribution channel.

Distribution - in Controlling

Allocation of costs from a cost object to another cost object using a primary cost element. The original cost element is retained on the receiver cost center. Information regarding the sender and receiver is documented in the controlling distribution document.

Distribution channel

Way in which products or services reach the customer. Typical examples of distribution channels are wholesale, retail or direct sales. Within a sales organization, it is possible to deliver goods to a given customer through more than one distribution channel.

Distribution key

Tool for distributing planned values across periods. The distribution key selected will determine the method used to allocate the total planned amount across the periods of the fiscal year.

Distribution list

List of people to whom a selection version has been assigned.

Distribution rule

Rule specifying the amount to be settled and the receiver to which it will be settled.

Division

Organizational unit set up to supervise the distribution and monitor the profitability of materials, products or services. A product or service is always assigned to just one division. Typically divisions are used to identify product lines.

DK

Tool for distributing planned values across periods. The distribution key selected will determine the method used to allocate the total planned amount across the periods of the fiscal year.

Dlv.status

Delivery Status. Indicates the status of a delivery (complete, partial, etc).

DmgeCause

Code that denotes the cause of damage.

Doc. currency amount

Amount in the currency in which values for the document are calculated.

Doc. date

Date which appears in the document header and can be used for any defined purpose.

Doc. no.

The unique identification value assigned to a business event as it is processed in SAP; the system automatically creates and assigns document numbers as each document is posted--manual assigning of document numbers is not possible.

Doc. type

Key that identifies to which group of documents this document will be assigned. Documents of the same type contain common information which is relevant to posting and update of the value fields in the data base.

Doc.header text

The document header text contains explanations or notes which apply to the document as a whole, that is, not only for certain line items.

Doc.no

The unique identification value assigned to a business event as it is processed in SAP; the system automatically creates and assigns document numbers as each document is posted--manual assigning of document numbers is not possible.

Document

Record of a business event which has occurred and has been processed in SAP.

Document category

Controls the posting of payment plan items.

Document clearing

A procedure where open items in an account are marked as cleared.

Document date

Date which appears in the document header and can be used for any defined purpose.

Document flow

Representation in SAP of all the documents for one particular business transaction. For example, a document flow could consist of a sales order, a delivery document, and an invoice.

Document Item

An item category used to enter a document info record as a component in a BOM.

Document Management System (DMS)

Technical documentation for a functional location or equipment which can be attached to the master record for that functional location or equipment.

Document no.

The unique identification value assigned to a business event as it is processed in SAP; the system automatically creates and assigns document numbers as each document is posted--manual assigning of document numbers is not possible.

Document number

The unique identification value assigned to a business event as it is processed in SAP; the system automatically creates and assigns document numbers as each document is posted--manual assigning of document numbers is not possible.

Document part

Section of a document that is divided into several parts. Versions are maintained separately for each document part.

Document principle

The accounting principle that requires that postings must always be made in document form. The system retains the document as a coherent unit that can be displayed at any time, until it is archived.

Document status

File used to control the processing of a document.

Document type

Key that identifies to which group of documents this document will be assigned. Documents of the same type contain common information which is relevant to posting and update of the value fields in the data base.

Document version

The status of a document, for example after changes or on delivery.

DocumentNo

The unique identification value assigned to a business event as it is processed in SAP; the system automatically creates and assigns document numbers as each document is posted--manual assigning of document numbers is not possible.

DocumentNo.

The unique identification value assigned to a business event as it is processed in SAP; the system automatically creates and assigns document numbers as each document is posted--manual assigning of document numbers is not possible.

Documt.

Record of a business event which has occurred and has been processed in SAP.

Drill-down reporting

The ability within SAP to view detailed level information by clicking summary level information.

Dummy profit center

Profit center to which posting are made if the associated cost and revenue objects do not have profit center assignments.

Durat

Length of time from start to finish.

Durat (Duration)

Length of time from start to finish.

Duratn

Length of time from start to finish.

Dynamic mod. level

Identifies the level on which the quality level will be maintained, and accordingly, the object in the task list which the dynamic modification rule can be proposed.

Dynamic modification rule

Procedure which varies sample size by assigning different inspection severities to different production stages.