SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2477435 - BCO Returns Only Codes in UI Field Instead of Description

Symptom

You observe that a field created whose data type comes from a Business Configuration Code List in SAP Cloud Applications Studio displays the value as Code instead of Description.

"Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental."

Environment

  • SAP Cloud for Customer
  • SAP Business ByDesign
  • SAP Cloud Applications Studio

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to the tenant.
  2. Navigate to the screen where the field is configured.
  3. You will see the values are displaying as codes as shown in the below screenshot.

Capture (1).PNG

Cause

While defining the BCO, you have used the Field type as Attribute instead of Description.

Resolution

You should choose the Field Type as Description if you want the description text to display in the UI.

Note: After the solution is assembled, a field type change is not allowed, due to maintenance mode.

Capture.PNG

Keywords

Description, codelists, missing, value, appears, drop, down, values, shows, code, only , KBA , AP-RC-BDS-BC , ByDesign Studio Business Configuration , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud Applications Studio all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions