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2956044 - You Can't Find the Expected Compare Operator when you add an Extension Field as Condition in Approval Process for Quote or Sales Order

Symptom

When you add an Extension Field as Condition in Approval Process for Quote or Sales Order, the Compare Operator is not as expected. In the drop down list of the Compare Operator field, you can only find "Contains" and "Does not contain".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Application and User Management Work Center- Approval Processes View
  2. Select Approval Process: Quote
  3. Click Copy
  4. Click Add Group in Conditions session
  5. Select the Extension Field ABC (where ABC stands for the Extension Field you have created) 
  6. In the drop down list of the Compare Operator field, you can only find "Contains" and "Does not contain"
  7. Check the Extension Field: Has Calculation check box is checked

Cause

When you add an Extension Field as Condition in Approval Process for Quote or Sales Order, you can only select the Compare Operator as "Contains" or "Does not contain" even though the Field Type of this Extension Field is Amount, Decimal Number or Quantity.

Resolution

This is the current system design.

Keywords

Extension Field, Approval Process for Quote, Compare Operator; Amount; Decimal Number; Quantity; Greater Than; Equal to; Less than; Condition; Parameter , KBA , SRD-CRM-ORD , Orders & Contracts , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2005 ; SAP Business ByDesign 2008