Jan 16, 2013 · The standard sort keys provided by SAP can be used to automatically populate the Assignment number field. But custom sort keys can also be defined if the requirements of the client cannot be met with the standard sort keys available.

It is best to specify an explicit sort key behind BY, if possible. An implicit sort behind the primary table key (which can itself, in standard tables, be defined implicitly as a standard key) makes a program difficult to understand and possibly unpredictable.

May 14, 2020 · Sort Keys are used to populating the Assignment number field in the line items of customers or vendors or general ledgers. The content of this Assignment number field can be populated in a customer or vendor or general ledger document when the document is created: either manually. or automatically by the system.

Jun 15, 2007 · HI, The system uses a standard sort sequence for displaying line items. Among other things, it sorts the items according to the content of the Allocation field. This field can be filled either manually or automatically (by the system) when a document line item is entered.

When a sort key is specified using the addition BY, sorting is not done by field group header, but by the field1 field2 ... fields specified after it. For field1 field2 ..., only components of field group header or field groups that contain only fields of field group header can be specified.

This document provides an overview of sort key functionality in SAP. Sort keys are used to automatically populate the assignment number field in line items for customers, vendors or general ledgers.

The sort key is defined in tcode OB16, and assigned to a G/L master data in transaction FS00. When posting a document, the value of sort key is not copied into 'assignment' field (BSEG-ZUONR) or 'Specl G/L assgt' field (BSEG-HZUON) correctly.

Sorts the entries of the internal table itab in ascending order. The default key is used as the sort key for internal tables. The number of sort fields is restricted to 250. predefined sequence of fields, the sequence is not retained.

Jul 26, 2007 · You can define a sort key in the master record of a G/L, customer, or vendor account (Transactions FS01, FD01, FK01) (Table Fields SKB1-ZUAWA, KNB1-ZUAWA, LFB1-ZUAWA).

A sorted key is the primary table key of a sorted table and can be assigned to all internal tables as a secondary table key. Sorting occurs according to the comparison rules for the data types of the key fields.