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Abhishek Agarwal
July 10, 2014 | 1 minute read

Change field labels of Standard

Transactions of SAP

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Objective:
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  The Main objective of this paper is to

 RSS Feed Brief the procedure of changing field labels of Standard Transactions of SAP.

For example on screen of shipping Information (Transation:VT02N) we have

many fields for additional data which we can use to store specific information
(Like Vehicle details or driver details).Here our objective will be to change the
field label to help the end users recognize and enter only specific information.

We will change the following field labels.

The field Addit text 1 should be renamed to Driver ID.

The field Addit text 2 should be renamed to Driver name.

The field Addit text 3 should be renamed to License plate.

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Procedure to change the field labels:

The method we will use to change the field label can be used on any standard
transaction fields.

The process will be as follows:

1) First get the data element of the field of which field label is to be changed. For
that use F1 on the field and go to technical details.

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2) To change the field labels use transaction CMOD->Go to->Text

Enhancements-> Keyword->Change.

3) Enter the Data Element of the field you want to change the text of.

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4) Change the field label of the data element.

5)Execute the transaction the field label should be changed by now.

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Former Member
December 9, 2014 at 6:29 pm

Well explained !! Thanks Abhishek for sharing.

Regards,

Krish

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Abhishek Agarwal | Blog Post Author

December 29, 2014 at 7:31 am

Thanks Krish Sri..:)

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Alejandro Jacard Plubins

December 9, 2014 at 6:41 pm

Albeit highly useful for adapting standard screens to customer needs without major programming, each
time a new upgrade/support stack installation is executed, you need to review the changes to field texts in
order to maintain your customized descriptions.

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Be aware of this small nitpick, otherwise you will find yourself with an avalanche of complaints and support
tickets after major patching tasks.

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Abhishek Agarwal | Blog Post Author

December 29, 2014 at 7:48 am

Thanks for the advice Alejandro Jacard Plubins..:)

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Former Member
December 28, 2014 at 2:59 pm

Very good steps but I would like to ask if this will affect the application in case of upgrading enhancement.
As some people advised me to avoid editing is that right !!

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Abhishek Agarwal | Blog Post Author

December 29, 2014 at 7:34 am

Hi Mostafa Bakr,

Sorry i am not much aware of that.Since the field description is changed in the application the data
element is used,it might pose a problem.

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Alejandro Jacard Plubins

January 20, 2015 at 12:56 pm

The application itself should not be affected, in terms of its functionality and operation, by
executing the steps above you are just changing a "label". (A different story if you change other
properties such as data type, domain, or length).

However as i mentioned a couple of posts above, the label reverts back to default description on
each upgrade/supportpack work on the landscape, so as part of your tasks you need to open
transaction SPAU/SPDD and review the changes on labels.

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Former Member
March 2, 2015 at 3:01 pm

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This is quite useful and easy too!

Thanks for the info..

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Abhishek Agarwal | Blog Post Author

March 4, 2015 at 4:17 am

Thanks..:)

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Issa Nabugoma
August 16, 2022 at 8:25 am

Very help my brother, thanks!

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