Symptom
The Central Deletion Flag is set to "Yes" and cannot be changed in Manage Customer Master app.
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Reproducing the Issue
1. Open a Customer in the Manage Customer Master app.
2. On the "Basic Data" tab go to the "Customer Information" section.
3. The Central Deletion Flag is set to "Yes" and cannot be changed (field is inactive).
Cause
This is an expected behavior, if the BP Archiving Flag (BUT000-XDELE) is set, then Central Deletion Flag (KNA1-LOEVM) is ALWAYS set (and read-only) — it cannot be unset.
Resolution
- Open the BP in question in the Manages Business Partner Master Data app (NOT the Manage Customer Master app).
- Click on the Edit button.
- Click on the Roles tab.
- Open the "Customer (Fin.Accounting) (FLCU00)" role with the arrow pointing to the right.
- First uncheck the Archiving flag box. This will activate the editing of the Central Deletion Flag box.
- Uncheck the Central Deletion Flag box.
- Save.
Keywords
Central Deletion Flag, BP Archiving Flag, BUT000-XDELE, KNA1-LOEVM, delete, archive, manage customer master, manage business partner master data, ILM , KBA , LO-MD-BP-2CL , Business Partners for Public Cloud , Problem
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