SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3395036 - State Field is Set As "Not Visible", But Only the "value" is Hidden.

Symptom

You are trying to hide the field "State".

You have set it as "Not Visible" (you have disabled the "Visible" toggle).

However, you see that only the "value" is being hidden.

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Account WC;
  2. Start Adaptation Mode;
  3. Select the "State" field;
  4. Make the "State" field not visible;
  5. You will see that only the "value" of "State field" is being hidden.

Cause

The field "State" behaves in a different way.

In order to make the field "not visible", kindly click on:

  1. Go to Account WC;
  2. Start Adaptation Mode;
  3. Select the "State" field;
  4. Min the option 'Visible in Either Read or Edit Mode' and click on the dropdown and select: "Visible in Edit Mode Only".
  5. Doing this, will make the field "not visible" completely.

Please note this only works for Master Layout.

Resolution

As stated before, this is only available with the Master Layout.

Currently that is the only solution and for other layouts this is NOT possible.

This is the current system expected behavior.

An alternative option may be to check the SAP Cloud for Customer Customer Influence to submit an idea:

Keywords

State, field, hide, visible, not visible; , KBA , AP-RC-UIF-FLX , Page Layout & Key User Configuration , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer core applications 2308