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You can modify field names to match the terminology used in your company, enter new field descriptions, or change field formats.

Prerequisites

You are a superuser, or you have been given full authorization to the authorization object Change Field Labels.

  • The prerequisite is necessary only for China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, India, and Brazil.

  • To access the authorization window, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Authorizations   General Authorization  .

Procedure

  1. Open the required window, for example, A/R Invoice.

  2. Press Ctrl and double-click the name of the field you want to change.

    The Changing Description window opens. The current field name appears in the Original Description field.

  3. Enter the new field name in the New Description field.

  4. Select Bold or Italics if required, for example, you can make all the mandatory fields bold.

  5. Choose Update and OK.

    Note Note

    To revert to the default name, choose Restore Defaults.

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