Comparison of Company Parameters and Product/Customer Extensions

Intended usage

All sorts of parameterization for logic

Extending the core product/customer master.

I.e. always data that relates to product/customers

Core product/customer master data

How many can exist

many

many

one (built-in)

Attributes

1, range (upper/lower) or 30

Different flavors. From 3 to 50

30

Size of attributes

255

255 for any up to 30 attributes, 70 for 50 attributes

255

Keys

1..6

1

1

Key uniqueness

yes

no
(optionally yes)

yes

Product/customer bound key

no

yes

yes

Linked to product/customer "detailed view" screen

no

yes

yes

Data usually integrated from ERP

no

yes

yes

Multiple copies of the table with different validity

yes

no

no

Active / inactive / simulation

yes

no

no

Access to the table by groups

yes

yes

no

Access to the rows by groups

no

no

yes

Created by

configuration

configuration

built-in

Data usually maintained by

power users (e.g. Price Manager)

integrated

integrated