Purchasing - Difference Between Organisation Classification and type?

Question

Hi All,
Whilst setting purchase organisation i was curious to know what is the difference between organisation type and organisation classification when creating organisation within Purchasing?
Any useful explanation will be welcomed

Answer 1

Hi Lavanya,
this choice boils down to the XML definition of Type an Element.
A type is not something concrete; meaning that it is merely a definition. You'll always need something of that type to put data in. In other words; if I only have a type, I'll need to create an element that is of that type in order to have something to work with.
For the messages it comes down to this: say, I've declared a type by the name of
<complexType name="arbitraryType">
<sequence>
<element name="contentGoesHere"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
If I make the message of this type: it will look like this:
<MessageName>
<payload>
<contentGoesHere>
</payload>
</MessageName>
If I define an element as following:
<element name="arbitraryElement">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="contentGoesHere"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
and I put it in the message, it will look like this:
<MessageName>
<payload>
<arbitraryElement>
<contentGoesHere/>
</arbitraryElement>
</payload>
</MessageName>
Hope this clears up a little. Refer to w3.org for an exact definition of the two.
Cheers,
André