Re: [sap-acct] Using existing fields vs Z fields
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 | Posted by reddogsd (Senior FI/CO Consultant) on Aug 17 at 11:54 AM |  Mark as helpful |
General Opinions please? If your client wants to use a field that is not available in SAP (for example, my client wants a 2 digit field for Customer Dispute Code, but are not using FSCM yet). So, we can either re-purpose an existing field from BSID/BSAD/BSEG at the Customer Line item level, or append a Z Field to the tables.
I think there are pluses and minuses to both approaches. Using an SAP Field for something other than it was intended to be used for is always a risk. There may be function modules or programs that will read it and do something based upon the value. Of course, you must just test the hell out of the field to prevent this.
Adding a Z field can be a lot of work and it adds complexity to the system, but at least you have no concern about what other uses it has and that it may be overwritten.
Other opinions?
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