SAP Note 414020 - MASS: Customer fields are not mass-maintainable

Component : Cross-application Mass Change -

Solution : https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/414020 (SAP Service marketplace login required)

Summary :
SAP Note advises that customer fields are not editable in mass maintenance (Transaction MASS) due to design limitations in the standard R/3 System. The mass maintenance process is divided into three parts: the initial screen, selection, and data storage, each handled by specific program components. Even if customer fields have been added to table MASSFLDLST for selection, they are not passed to data backup. The recommended resolution involves creating a custom solution, exemplified by Transaction MM17, which uses specific function modules to save changes to customer fields in the material master. Consulting support is available after assessing individual cases.

Key words :
newly created idoc structure, material master module idoc_input_matmas01, mass maintenance material master, -> function group mass_tc, individual case check, 3 logical program components, function module idoc_input_matmas01, function module mass_matmas03_change, related notes describe, symptom customer fields

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