Name and Description (Infotype 1000 and 1002)

Name and textual description of an object.

You can add this infotype to the action menu in the Master Data Application and it can also be used for processes in the FPM and roadmap forms.

If you want to use this infotype in processes, please see the Customizing Activity Start of the navigation path Personnel Management Next navigation step Personnel & Organization Processes Design Time for Processes and Forms End of the navigation path .

If you want to use this infotype in an action menu, please see the Customizing Activity Start of the navigation path Personnel Management Next navigation step Personnel & Organization Role Configure Launchpad for Actions End of the navigation path .

Organizational objects are uniquely identified in the system by their object ID. For more information, see Organizational Unit. When you create an object, you also need to assign a short name. You can also enter a long name and textual descriptions. Whereas you cannot change the object ID of an object, you can change these names and descriptions.

You can create names and descriptions in various languages in parallel. However, you can edit the data only in the logon language.

Processing

You have the following processing options:

Create
Since you need to enter the short names of an object when you create it, there is always data in this data area (according to the substitution rule). You use the function for editing data to create new data.
Edit
If you choose the function for editing data, you can either overwrite existing data (do not change the validity period of the selected data record), or create new data for a different validity period. The system ensures that the chain of data records in this data area is without gaps. No parallel data can exist at any time in this data area. You can only change data in the logon language.

The system displays the texts (names and descriptions) in the logon language. If no texts are available in the logon language, the system displays the texts in a different language instead. You can define the substitution rule in Customizing for the component Personnel & Organization, under Start of the navigation path Infotypes Next navigation step Infotypes for Organizational Objects Infotype Settings Define Sequence of Supported Languages End of the navigation path .

Structure

The system stores the data of this data area in the infotypes Object (database table HRP1000) and Verbal Description (database table HRP1002). You have the following fields available on the object profile page of a position or organizational unit for this:

Field	Description	Data Storage
Valid From/To	Validity Period of Data	The system uses the validity periods of the records of the infotypes Object (1000) and Verbal Description (1002) to determine the relevant validity periods of this data area.
Language	Language in which the names and description were entered	Infotype Object(1000) / infotype Object (1002)
Object ID / Object Description	Short and long name of the object	Infotype Object (1000)
General Description	Textual description of the object (does not need to be without gaps)	Infotype Object (1002)