SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2896690 - Country Name is Displayed in Different Language in Purchase Order Form

Symptom

You have created a purchase order where supplier and buyer are from 2 different countries(e.g. Supplier belongs to country A and Buying company/ship-to location is in country B)

The ship-to country name is showing in a different language in the Purchase Order form.

Note: A and B represents dummy country names.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
  2. Search for the Purchase Order where the supplier is from country A and ship-to location is in country B
  3. Now select View All and navigate to Output History tab
  4. Select the output form and open the form
  5. The country name B under Ship-to location is displayed in a different language 

Cause

The country name must be printed in a way such that the person reading the purchase order can identify all relevant address segments and if necessary fill them into whatever program he/she uses for follow up actions.

 Thus:

  • The country name is printed only if the country of the address and the sender country (mandatory attribute provided by the caller) are different.
  • The country name is printed in the language of the sender's country (supplier country). 

Resolution

In this case, as sender country/supplier is A and buying country/ship-to is in country B i.e. both are different, thus country name is printed in the language of sender’s country which is A's language.

Keywords

Purchase Order form, country name, supplier, ship-to location , KBA , supplier country , language , purchase order form , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions