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3667021 - Location not inherited from Account when creating Appointment

Symptom

The location field is not automatically populated from the Account record when creating an Appointment, even there is an address maintained in related Account.

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Customers - Account.
  2. Open an Account
  3. Go to Activities - Appointment - New.
  4. Fill in the mandatory fields (e.g., Organizer, Category - Customer visit).
  5. Save the appointment.
  6. Check the Location field; it remains empty.

Cause

A default value with extra spaces has been set for the location field, preventing proper initialization.

Resolution

  1. Verify if a default value with extra spaces has been set for the location field in the account record.
  2. Remove any extra spaces from the default value in the location field.
  3. Save the changes in the Account record.
  4. Create a new appointment and verify if the location field is correctly populated.

See Also

  • KBA 3112956 - Location Not Determined Within Appointment QC 
  • KBA 2935848 - Location Field In Visits

Keywords

location field, C4C, appointment , account activities, default value, extra spaces, field initialization, location, address , KBA , LOD-CRM-ACT , Activities , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions