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1879665 - Product Specification Field is Missing in Purchase Order

Symptom

Product Specification field is not visible in the Basic Data sub-tab of the Items tab in Purchase Order.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
  2. Select Purchase Orders view.
  3. Search for Purchase Order ABC (ABC represents Purchase Order ID).
  4. Select Edit.
  5. Go to Items tab.
  6. Under Basic Data sub-tab, Product Specification field is not present.

Cause

  • Product Specification field is only available for Item with Process Type, To-Stock. 
  • For Non-Stock items, the Product Specification field is not available by default.

Resolution

If a field is not visible by default, it can be enabled or added to the screen by adapting/personalizing the screen. However, the Product Specification field is applicable only for To-Stock items. For other item types, the Product Specification value is not retrieved from the Product Specification Master Data.

Follow the below steps to search and enable the Product Specification field in the Adaptation mode,

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
  2. Select Purchase Orders view.
  3. Search for Purchase Order ABC (ABC represents Purchase Order ID).
  4. Select Edit.
  5. Go to Items tab.
  6. Go to Basic Data sub-tab
  7. Select the Profile icon.
  8. Go to Key user settings.
  9. Select Start Adaptation Mode.
  10. Select the arrow near the UI Element "General Information".
  11. Search for Product Specification field.
  12. Enable the checkbox.
  13. Select save.
  14. Select 3 dots icon.
  15. Choose Publish.
    • A pop-up appears with checkbox "Overwrite individual personalization changes to this screen"
  16. Enable the checkbox.
  17. Select Publish.

See Also

2766908 - Product Specification Cannot be Selected in Purchase Order - SAP for Me

3641106 - Standard Field not Available in Personalization mode - SAP for Me

Keywords

Product Specification; Purchase Order; To-stock item , KBA , AP-POP , Purchase Order Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions