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3566685 - Budget Category Field Not Available in Product Category Hierarchy via OData

Symptom

The 'Budget Category' field, which is visible in the Product Category screen of the Product and Service Portfolio work center, is not found in OData services.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to the Product and Service Portfolio work center
  2. Go to Product Categories view
  3. Select Maintain Product Categories to view the 'Budget Category' field
  4. Now, navigate to Application and User Management work center
  5. Go to OData Services view
  6. Select Custom OData Services from the dropdown
  7. Select the Service Name
  8. Choose the Header and select the work Center View: ODATA_BYD_WOC_VIEW
  9. Choose 'Select Business object' and select BO Name: ProductCategoryHierarchy and BO Node Name: Root.
  10. Expand Root and notice that the 'Budget Category' field is not available

Cause

As per the standard system design, the Budget Category field is not available.

Resolution

This is a new requirement to include the 'Budget Category' field in the Product Category via OData. We recommend submitting this as an enhancement request using the link: https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#/campaign/886

See Also

Keywords

OData, Product Category, Budget Category, PRODUCT_CATEG_HIERARCHY, Service Product, FinancialForecastBudgetCategoryCode, visibility, field, Business Object, ByDesign. , KBA , AP-PRD-PCH , Product Category Hierarchy , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions