What is 'ISO-8859-1' in SAP BC-ABA - ABAP Runtime Environment?

ISO-8859-1 - Overview

• Component: BC-ABA

• Component Name: ABAP Runtime Environment

• Description: ISO character set for western European scripts Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish,Swedish

ISO-8859-1 - Details

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  Key Concepts: 
  ISO-8859-1 is an 8-bit character encoding for Latin alphabet No. 1, also known as the Western European character set. It is used to represent text in SAP systems and is the default character set for ABAP Runtime Environment (BC-ABA). It is a single-byte character set, meaning that each character is represented by a single byte. 
  
  How to use it: 
  ISO-8859-1 is used to represent text in SAP systems. It is the default character set for ABAP Runtime Environment (BC-ABA). When creating or editing text in SAP, it is important to ensure that the correct character set is selected. This can be done by selecting the “ISO-8859-1” option from the dropdown menu in the “Character Set” field. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When working with ISO-8859-1, it is important to remember that it only supports 256 characters. This means that some characters may not be supported, such as certain symbols or non-Latin characters. If you need to use these characters, you may need to use a different character set. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on ISO-8859-1 and other character sets, please refer to the SAP Help Portal. Additionally, you can find more information on ABAP Runtime Environment (BC-ABA) on the SAP Community Network.