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3399570 - Name Format is not displayed as expected in purchase order lists

Symptom

You find the name format for 'Buyer Responsible' field is not displayed as expected in purchase order lists.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
  2. Go to Purchase Orders view.
  3. Check the 'Buyer Responsible' field in the lists.
  4. You find the name format is not display as what you have maintained in Business Configuration Activity: General Business Partners.

Cause

You have changed the name format for certain country in Business Configuration Activity: General Business Partners, e.g. from position  <First Name Last Name> to <Last Name First Name>.

The display on purchase order OWL view will only change for the orders created after the change of name format.

This also applies for sales order OWL view.

Resolution

This is the current behavior.

If you open the order, name format of the 'Buyer Responsible' field will always display as per your current setting in Business Configuration Activity.

See Also

2833823 - Report Shows Employee's First and Last Name in Wrong Order

Keywords

Name Format, Purchase Order, Business Configuration, General Business Partners, 姓名格式 , KBA , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , AP-RC-BCT , Business Config. Tools (SAP Business ByDesign , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions