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title: "Row Actions: Create, Change, Delete and SAP Operations"
description: "The Action column decides what a row does in SAP: change a record, create one, delete one, or run an SAP operation such as Install; each kind sends different cells."
source: "https://help.rikaiso.com/public-cloud/2026.2/row-actions"
edition: "public-cloud"
editionLabel: "S/4HANA Public Cloud"
version: "2026.2"
latest: true
language: "en"
section: "Working with Master Data > Preparing Changes with a Template File"
updated: "2026-11-05"
---

# Row Actions: Create, Change, Delete and SAP Operations

> The Action column decides what a row does in SAP: change a record, create one, delete one, or run an SAP operation such as Install; each kind sends different cells.

> **Draft brief for authors.** Replace with the final text; keep the structure. Mirrors the Introduction sheet's Row Actions section.

**Page type:** Concept / Reference · **Audience:** Business user

**Contains**

- The Action column: the codes, the names in your language ("Install", "Einbauen"), the legacy letters; a row without an action is a Change; an empty Action cell is a finding.
- Change: every column of the file is sent, a value sets the field, an empty cell clears it in SAP, a deleted column leaves it unchanged.
- Create: only the cells with a value are sent; SAP assigns the number where it does (equipment, partner counter, task list group); fields SAP takes only on Create.
- Delete: only the key columns; the record is deleted in SAP and the upload cannot undo it.
- SAP operations (Install, Dismantle, Deactivate, Activate, Set and Reset Deletion Flag, Install and Dismantle with Data Transfer, Create from Reference, Remove Package Assignment): the keys and the parameter columns; an operation SAP already shows as done is not sent.
- Links to each object's actions page in Objects and Fields.

**Related information:** `equipment-actions`, `functional-locations`, `maintenance-task-lists`, `fields-cleared-in-sap`.

**Source in the product repository:** `.claude/rules/staging-tables.md`, `srv/lib/staging-action-catalog.js` (D69, D162, D169), the `templateIntro*` texts.