3670574 - Searching for Business Partner using external identifier returns no results

• Searching for a business partner using the External Business Partner Number field in the Corporate Serialization Data Cockpit screen returns no results despite the existence of populated External Business Partner Numbers in the database.
• The issue occurs when entering a purely numeric identifier in the External Business Partner Number field.

SAP Corporate Serialization

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