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3755672 - Material document overview shows updated plant name/address on old documents after plant rename - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

  • After a plant is renamed and its address is updated, older material documents display the new plant name and address.
  • Expectation is that historical material documents keep the original plant name and address from the time of posting.
  • The behavior is observed when viewing historical material documents in the material document overview app.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the Material Document Overview app.
  2. Filter by a plant that was recently renamed or had its address updated.
  3. Execute the search and open historical material documents.
  4. Observe that older documents display the current plant name and address instead of the original values.

Cause

  • The Material Document Overview app is based on CDS view F_MMIM_FINDMATDOC, which holds the plant identifier at document level.
  • Descriptive plant attributes (such as name and address) are not stored on the material document; they are read dynamically from the plant master via CDS view I_Plant.
  • After a plant rename or address change, the app resolves and displays the latest plant name/address from the master data for all documents, including historical ones.

Resolution

This is expected system behavior: the Material Document Overview app reads plant name/address from current plant master data (CDS I_Plant), so historical documents will display the latest plant name and address.

Keywords

material document overview, plant rename, plant address change, historical documents, old documents updated, dynamic master data, I_Plant, F_MMIM_FINDMATDOC, plant name display, master data association, fiori app, stock and goods movements, s/4hana cloud, plant attributes, display behavior , KBA , MM-FIO-IM-SGM-2CL , Fiori UI for Stock and Goods Movements (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions