Field Status Definition for Activities: Vendor Master Records (SAP Library - FI Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable)

Field Status Definition for Activities: Vendor Master Records

The status of a field or field group can also be defined based on the following transactions or activities:

Display

Create

Change

For each transaction, you can define the status of fields separately in the individual areas of a master record in the same manner as account groups:

General data area

Company code area. These settings affect all company codes.

Purchasing area. These settings affect all purchasing organizations.

You can set the display status as well as the other field status settings.

Example

The reconciliation account field must be entered when creating a vendor master record. You therefore define this field as a required entry in the account group. The reconciliation account entry should not be changed once the master record is created. You therefore set the status of the field in the change transaction to display, so that it cannot be changed when users access the change function for master records.

Field status definitions for transactions are already set in the standard system. If you want to change the standard settings, SAP recommends the following:

For the Create transaction, set the optional status for all fields.

For the Display transaction, set the display status for all field groups unless you want to suppress a particular field group for all account groups.

For the Change transaction, set the optional status for all field groups except those that you do not want users to change once they are specified. Set the status of these fields to either display or suppressed.