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3553307 - How to make Material Short Description Non-Editable in Purchase Order and Purchase Requisition. SAP ERP & SAP S/4HANA.

Symptom

  • The Material Short Description field is editable when creating Purchase Order (ME21N) and Purchase Requisition (ME51N).
  • End Users often alter the Material Short Description, leading to confusion.


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Environment

  • Materials Management (MM)
  • SAP ERP Central Component
  • SAP ERP
  • SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP
  • SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA
  • SAP S/4HANA

Product

SAP ERP Central Component all versions ; SAP R/3 all versions ; SAP S/4HANA 2022 ; SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP ERP 6.0 ; SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0, version for SAP HANA ; mySAP ERP 2004

Keywords

Material Short Description, Non-Editable, Purchase Order, ME21N, Purchase Requisition, ME51N, OLME, Screen Layout, Document Level, Basic Data, EKPO-TXZ01 , KBA , MM-PUR-PO-GUI , Userinterface - Purchase Orders , Problem

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