Controls Adjustment Characteristics

The types of characteristics that are valid for an adjustment are configured on the adjustment type. In addition it is possible to indicate which types of characteristics are required and whether any values should be defaulted.

Note that the underlying adjustment validation rules are using the adjustment type's adjustment characteristic configuration to validate adjustment characteristics. As a result, careful consideration must be paid to this characteristic configuration with respect to defining business objects for the adjustment:

• If the adjustment business object referenced by the adjustment type does not define any schema elements that map to the characteristic collection, then required adjustment characteristic types should not be defined on the adjustment type. Otherwise the users will encounter validation errors.
• If the adjustment business object referenced by the adjustment type defines "flattened" schema elements that map to the characteristic collection, then the same characteristic type must also be defined on the adjustment type as valid.
• If the business object defines a generic characteristic collection in its schema (as per the base business objects that include the characteristics), the valid characteristic types are taken from this configuration.