Symptom
Warning message appears during purchase order creation about characters in fields limitation:
The use of the last &1 characters in field &2 is restricted (&3 of &4)
Message no. AM228
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Reproducing the Issue
- Open the Manage Purchase Orders app.
- Enter the relevant information in the required fields.
- Attempt to create a purchase order.
Observe the warning message, for example: "The use of the last 25 characters in field STREET is restricted (49 of 60) - Street".
Cause
The warning is raised to inform the user that address data may be truncated when transmitting this information. This is why some characters can be used only with restrictions.
Fields where this restrictions applies:
| Field | Length | Processed Characters |
| Name fields | 40 | 35 |
| Street | 60 | 35 |
| Location | 40 | 35 |
| District | 40 | 35 |
| Search Term 1 | 20 | 10 |
Resolution
Adjust the input in the mentioned fields to ensure that the last characters are not utilized to avoid truncation.
Our recommendation is to use secondary a line for the field that is being displayed in the warning message. If needed you can add additional text to other fields e.g. Name2, Name3.
See Also
Keywords
purchase order, manage purchase orders app, warning message, STREET field, limited characters, delivery address, AM228 , KBA , MM-FIO-PUR-PO-2CL , Fiori UI for Purchase Orders (Public Cloud) , Problem
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