SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3738636 - Country "NL" Displayed as "Pays-Bas" in Dutch Outputs and Business Partner Print Preview

Symptom

  • When printing outputs for purchase orders and sales orders in Dutch, the country for NL is displayed as 'PAYS-BAS' (French) instead of the expected Dutch 'NEDERLAND'.
  • In the 'Maintain Business Partner' app, Address Overview print preview shows 'PAYS-BAS' instead of 'NEDERLAND' or 'NETHERLANDS'.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the app 'Maintain Business Partner'.
  2. Search for a business partner based on address.
  3. Enter country 'NL' and start the search.
  4. Open any record in the list (supplier or customer).
  5. Navigate to the "Address Overview" tab.
  6. Select the address and choose "Print Preview".
  7. Observe that the country appears as 'PAYS-BAS' instead of 'NEDERLAND' or 'NETHERLANDS'.

Resolution

  1. Open the Configuration activity 'Define Countries/Regions - 104076'.
  2. Locate the entry for country.
  3. Change the Language Key from French to NL (Dutch), according to the business requirement.
  4. Save the changes.
  5. Re-run the print preview in the 'Maintain Business Partner' app and reprint the relevant purchase order or sales order to verify that NL is displayed as 'NEDERLAND'.

Keywords

pays-bas, nederland, dutch output, country language, language key, countries/regions 104076, maintain business partner, address overview, print preview, nl, be, country name translation, french vs dutch, business partner print, s/4hana cloud public edition , KBA , LO-MD-BP-2CL , Business Partners for Public Cloud , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions