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2470351 - sales order type shown in different abbreviation in VA01 when logging on with different language

Symptom

  • Logon to system in English, the order type in VA01 initial screen is shown as 'OR':
    EN VA01.png
    But when logon to system in another language (such as Chinese), the order type is shown in another abbreviation (such as 'TEST' in this case):
    ZH VA01.png
  • Logon system with non-English language, Execute T-Code VOV8, some of the document types is shown with language specific characters.
  • Logon system with non-English language, execute T-Code VA01, input document type like OR, error message 'Entry &1 does not exist in TVAK (check entry)' (00058) occurs.


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Environment

  • Sales And Distribution (SD)
  • Logistics Execution (LE)
  • SAP R/3
  • SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.7
  • SAP ERP Central Component
  • SAP ERP
  • SAP Enhancement package for SAP ERP
  • SAP Enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA
  • SAP S/4HANA

Product

SAP ERP Central Component all versions ; SAP ERP all versions ; SAP R/3 Enterprise all versions ; SAP R/3 all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA all versions

Keywords

sales order, document type, VA01, logon, language, abbreviation, SM30, V_TAUUM, conversion, F4 help , KBA , SD-SLS-SO , Sales Orders , How To

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