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2197664 - Employee Name Shows in Different Format in Expense Report

Symptom

Employee name shows in difference format in expense report. Some shows in format of Last Name First Name, while other shows in format of First Name Last Name.

Reproducing the Issue

Go to Travel and Expense work center and Expense Reports view,  employee name of some expense reports shows in format of Last Name First Name, while other shows in format of First Name Last Name.

 

Cause

The formatting of the name is different for the employees because the Country for Name Format differs.

 

Resolution

You can update the setting of Country for Name Format for each employee with following steps:

  1. Go to work center Business Partner Data and view Business Partners.
  2. Select the business parnter and select Edit then General.
  3. Select Additional Name Fields and maintain Country for Name Format.

 

Keywords

KBA , LOD-CRM-ACC , Account , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions