SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3519651 - Product Description Language Not Changed with Logon Language

Symptom

Log into system in language A and create a purchase order, see that Product Description field is in language A as expected. Log off.

Log into system in language B. Open the purchase order, see that the Product Description field is not displayed in language B but still in language A.

(A and B represents different languages.)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

Use EN and CN as an example.

  1. Log into system in English (EN), create purchase order XXX (XXX stands for the ID).
  2. See that in Product Description field, the content is displayed in English as expected.
  3. Log off the system and log into it with another language, CN in this case.
  4. Open purchase order XXX, see that Product Description field is still displayed in English not Chinese.

Cause

Different from UI language, system stores Product Description field language according to the language in which purchase order is created.

Resolution

Current system design.

Keywords

Purchase Order; Product Description; Language; Logon , KBA , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , AP-POP , Purchase Order Processing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions