Symptom
The field ExternalItemID, which can be used and edited via the Sales Order (A2A) API, is not exposed in the UI of any sales application, is it possible to expose and edit him?
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Reproducing the Issue
- Access the Sales Order (A2A)
- Check the Item section and see that the field ExternalItemID (Database field ext_ref_item_id) is available to be used.
- Access the Create Sales Orders - VA01/Manage Sales Orders version 2 apps.
- Confirm that the field is not exposed in any of them
Cause
Standard design
Resolution
- It is not possible to edit the field, however it is possible to display him in the Manage Sales Order Version 2 application. This can be achieved using the data source extension calculated fields via CDS View I_SalesDocumentItem.
- App Extensibility: Manage Sales Orders - Version 2 (Key User)
- To edit the field, it would be necessary to create a Customer Influence Portal request
See Also
- SAP Help Portal - Sales Order (A2A)
- SAP Help Portal - Item
- KBA 2963059 - How to Submit Feature Requests for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Product
Keywords
item, sales, order, a2a, external, item, id, field, expose, c1, view, calculated, fields, document, database , KBA , SD-SLS-EDI-2CL , Sales Document EDI Messages (Public Cloud) , Product Enhancement
Product
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions
SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public