Functional Locations
Functional locations, their partners, long texts and warranties: fields, row actions and SAP operations, the rules SAP applies and the Private Edition differences.
Draft brief for authors. The family overview (hand-written) plus the generated pages below.
Overview contains: the four objects; Create (the row names the label, SAP derives the superior location, the structure indicator on Create only), Change, Install (in a superior functional location the row must name), Dismantle, Deactivate, Activate, Set and Reset Deletion Flag; what is not offered yet (class assignments, characteristic values; on premise: alternate labels, linear asset data).
Source in the product repository: docs/help-portal/functional-locations.md, db/staging.cds ST120–ST135, docs/staging-fields/API_FUNCTIONALLOCATION.json.
In this section
- Functional Location: FieldsEvery field of a functional location MDM maintains, with type and length, key and Create-only marks, value help and availability per edition.
- Functional Location: Row Actions and SAP OperationsCreate, Change and the six SAP operations of a functional location: what each needs in the row and what SAP requires.
- Functional Location: Rules SAP AppliesWhat SAP S/4HANA Cloud allows and refuses for functional locations, in plain words, and what MDM does about each rule.
- Functional Location: Private Edition DifferencesWhat differs for functional locations on SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, per recorded release, including the labeling system column of release 2025 FPS02.
- Functional Location Partner: Fields and ActionsThe partner rows of a functional location: their fields and the Create, Change and Delete actions.
- Functional Location Long Text: Fields and RulesThe long text of a functional location: its fields, Create and Change, and SAP's line-break and language behaviour.
- Functional Location Warranty: Fields and ActionsThe warranty data of a functional location: its fields and the Create and Change actions.
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