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1707818 - Part of the Material Description as Key Words Cannot Search Out the Material

Symptom

As a Chinese customer, you have a material with the description 'AA-BB-CC-DD', however, you cannot use the key words 'AA-BB' or 'BB-CC' or 'CC-DD' to search out the material.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Product Portfolio work center.
  2. Go to the Products view.
  3. Go to the By Material sub view.
  4. Use the key words 'BB-CC' to search out the material 'AA-BB-CC-DD', but fails.

Cause

Generally, the issue is due to that Chinese '—' is not the same as English '-' in the system though they look remarkably similar.

Resolution

The original '—' which is used in the material description should be selected in the key words to search for the material.

Keywords

KBA , SRD-SRM-PRP , Product Portfolio , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions