Reg. idocs

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

Can you tell me what is the significance of the field 'counter' in table edid4? This is a table for storing idoc data records.

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

Can you tell me what is the significance of the field 'counter' in table edid4? This is a table for storing idoc data records.

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Sorry, I don't have SAP system now.

I think the counter represents the number of repeating segment data/ record.

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

[Former Member]

Thanks Ferry.

But it does nt seem to work that way. I have an idoc with some repeated segments where as all of them have the counter value '000'.

[Former Member]

Hi Krishen,

This is good question ... beat me.

It has something to do with counter in cluster table.

I checked in my all SAP systems, it always default to '000'.

I never use this field for any IDoc purposes.

May I know why you asked this question? Any specific reason?

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

[Former Member]

It just amused me when I was learning more about idocs. Thanks for your input anyways.

Regards.

[Former Member]

Hi Krishen,

It refers to the counter in the cluster table.It always defaults to '000'.

Pls reward if found useful.

Thanks

Shyam