SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3431090 - Additional Compare Operator is Required for Extension Field in Customer Invoice Approval Process

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 cannot 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: Customer Invoice
  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 cannot  find "Contains" and "Does not contain"
  7. You expect to see Compare Operator "Contains" and "Does not contain".

Cause

When you add an Extension Field as Condition in Approval Process for Customer Invoice , you cannot find the Compare Operator as "Contains" or "Does not contain" for extension field type List or Amount, Decimal Number or Quantity. The Compare Operator  "Contains" or "Does not contain" is available only if the Extension Field Has Calculation check box is checked.

Resolution

This is the current system behavior

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 , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions