SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3545244 - Default length of Business Partner 'Name' field 

Symptom

Limitation on the length of the business partner 'name' field.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the 'Manage Business Partner Master Data' app. 
  2. Open any business partner.
  3. Enter a the name of the business partner with more than 40 characters. 

The name with a length of 40 characters appears on the screen, and the remaining characters are truncated.  

Resolution

There’s a limitation to the field 'name', it should not exceed more than 40 characters.

Recommend to create a meaningful abbreviation for the field name, with equal to or less than 40 characters.

Keywords

Default length, Field name, Business partners, 40 characters , KBA , LO-MD-BP-2CL , Business Partners for Public Cloud , LO-MD-BP , Business Partners , Problem

Product

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