3605938 - Details regarding 'Address Reference' in PO or Address type 'reference' in PR

• A new Address/Address Number is created whenever 'User Entry' is selected in the 'Delivery Address' tab during the creation of Purchase Requisitions (PR).
• These entries become visible when other users create PRs and select 'Address Type' 'Reference'.
• This results in an ever-increasing list of addresses, leading to duplicates and redundant address data.

1. Create a PR and within the 'Delivery Address' tab, select 'Address Type' 'User Entry'.
2. Manually enter the required address.
3. Observe that these entries are then visible when other users create PRs and select 'Address Type' 'Reference'.

The system is designed to create a new Address/Address Number whenever 'User Entry' is selected in the 'Delivery Address' tab. 

Also what ever is available in the CDS view C_PURCHASINGDELIVERYADDRESSVH shall appear under reference address list that is all types of address groups are made available .

1. When creating PRs, consider using the 'Reference' address type to select from existing addresses.
2. To prevent the creation of new addresses, avoid using the 'User Entry' option.
3. So what ever address you add using ' user entry'  are added to reference list , so one use of the same is that you don't need to manually enter each time same address, rather choose from drop down.
4. And all changes related to Various address groups shall appear under reference address list.
5. While searching for address in the reference list  always use a filter so that you can drill down to desired results and  then its easy to choose from.
6. To manage the list of addresses, consider implementing filters or default addresses using BAdi.

Refer to the following articles for more information:

• [Example: Maintaining Delivery Address of Purchase Requisition Items | SAP Help Portal](https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/0e602d466b99490187fcbb30d1dc897c/123a32a2db0b42aea6ac3a29a67ff440.html?q=*Delivery+address*+*address+type*)
• [Feature Comparison for Managing, Creating and Changing Purchase Orders | SAP Help Portal](https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/0e602d466b99490187fcbb30d1dc897c/a6eabfe3a32e4b82b87073021da7f92d.html?q=*Delivery+address*+*address+type*)

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, Purchase Requisitions, Delivery Address, User Entry, Address Type, Address Number, Duplicate Addresses, Redundant Address Data, BAdi. , KBA , MM-PUR-REQ-SSP-2CL , Fiori UI for Self Service Procurement (Public Cloud) , Problem