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1720556 - Site/Location Name is not Changing After Changing the Business Residence Name in Organizational Structure

Symptom

You have changed the Org Unit/Business Residence name and activated the Org Structure. But the Site name doesn’t updated with the changes.

Cause

In Principle, a Site will be created at the time of activating the Business Residence and the Site will take all the datas (org unit 1d, org unit name, etc,.) from the Business Residence. But if you make any changes in the Org unit after activating it as a Business Residence, Site will not be updated with the info. But you can change any data in the Site directly. If you wants to change the Site name/location name, then follow the below steps:

  1. Go to Supply Chain Design Master Data work center.
  2. Go to Locations view.
  3. Highlight the Site and select Edit button.
  4. Change the site name.
  5. Select Save button.

Note: In the above screen, you can also verify that the Business Residence name, which was changed and activated.

Resolution

The system works as designed.

Keywords

KBA , AP-LDM , Location Data Management , How To

Product

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