SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3425590 - Incomplete Display of Material Descriptions.

Symptom

The Material description exceeds 40 characters, with additional details stored in Basic Data Text. However, when creating Purchase Orders (PO) or Goods Receipt Notes (GRN), the combined description, including the extra information from Basic Data Text, is not visible.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Confirm Material description in the system is over 40 characters.

  2. Check for additional details in Basic Data Text.

  3. Create a Purchase Order (PO).

  4. Notice incomplete description display in the field.

Cause

System Standard design.

It is not possible to have more than 40 characters in the Material Description field.

Resolution

Kindly use long text or notes if you need more characters. It is not planned to enhance the 'Short Text' field with more characters.

Keywords

Material, S4_PC, S4_1C. 40 char, Description, S/4 Hana, Display Document, Purchase Order, Basic Data Text. , KBA , MM-PUR-GF-TEXT , Texts , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions