Symptom
You have maintained the Business Partner Name Format in the below format:
First Name + Last Name
But system still displays the business partner as First Name + Last Name with academic titles.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Business Configuration work center.
- Select the Implementation Project and select Open Activity List button.
- Go to activity General Partners.
- Search and open General Business Data activity.
- Select Maintain Name Formats.
- Maintain as First Name and Last Name.
Check in the Personnel Administration work center:
- Go to Personnel Administration.
- Search for employee XYZ (where XYZ stands for an actual employee ID in the system).
- The employee's name is displayed with academic titles.
Cause
Employee is a business partner and under the Business Partner work center, for employee XYZ, additional field Country/Region for Name Format is set to different country.
Resolution
- Go to Business Partner Data.
- Select Business Partners.
- Find employee XYZ.
- Click Additional Field Names.
- Set field Country/Region for Name Format to required country.
Keywords
Name Format, Business Partner , KBA , AP-BP-BP , BusinessByDesign: Business Partner , Problem
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions