3630643 - Limitations of Date Calculations in Default Value Rules on Sales Quote QC Screen (C4C)

When configuring a Default Value Rule to set requested e.g. (Date = Today + 5 days), the rule engine accepts only TODAY(), but treats any arithmetic expression (e.g. TODAY() + 5, TODAY() + 5D) as text. As a result, the Requested Date remains unset or populated incorrectly.

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SAP Cloud for Customer

1. Login to SAP Cloud for Customer and open the Business Configuration work center

2. Open the active Implementation Project and click Edit Project Scope

3. Check In Fine‑Tune Activities navigate to Sales → Sales Quotes → Quick Create Screen

4. Select Default Value Rules and click New

5. Enter a Rule ID and Description, then click Next

6. Go to Rule Scope, choose the target Document Type and click Next

7. Select Default Values add an entry with Field = Requested Date and Value = TODAY() + 5

8. Save and Activate the rule

9. Open the Sales Quote Quick Create screen, select the same Document Type and observe that Requested Date is not calculated but left blank or shown as string

The C4C Default Value Rule framework does not support date arithmetic. It only allows static values or simple functions, such as TODAY().

As it is a behavior of the system, it is possible to raise an idea in the SAP Sales Cloud Portal requesting this functionality: Influence Portal
 
The Customer Influence portal is the correct channel for requirements of changes in the system behavior. There, other customers can also vote for the idea and depending on the demand from the customer community, the developers will evaluate and plan accordingly for a possible implementation of this new feature.

• SAP Help Portal: Default Values Using Rules
• SAP Cloud for Customer Extension Guide (PDF), Section 3.1 “Extension Field Types”, Table 3‑1 (p. 34)
  
  

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