Solution : https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/146565 (SAP Service marketplace login required)
Summary :
Due to the change to central address management in SAP Release 4.5, discrepancies in field length handling have arisen. Fields like name, street, and location now support entry lengths up to 40 or 60 characters but are truncated to 35 when interfacing with older systems or processes such as EDI, ALE, and printing which conform to older standards. This truncation affects usability and integration with external systems. Adjustments in the standard and customer-specific print programs have been made, though some issues persist. The note advises on workarounds and system configuration changes through Transaction sm30 to manage these inconsistencies.
Key words :
field length processed charactersname fields 40 35street 60 35location 40 35district 40 35search term 1 20 10the, speicific address fields mentioned, customer-specific print programs, entered address fields, call transaction sm30, sap standard development, central address management, create message am999, standard print programs, batch input processing
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