SAP: How you can define input fields with a Default Value

Very often, when you work with the same Company Code, the same Cost Center or the same Purchase Organization (the list can be very large) you always enter the same value when you have to complete these fields. This makes you waste time, since having some fields always with a default value would save you some minutes.

Well, in fact, this is very easy to solve. I will show you this with one specific field. You can apply this to many input fields, not to all of them.

In case you work always with the same Company Code, do the following:

1)     Find a transaction where you have this input field available. For example: F-02

2)     Press F1 (Help) on the field and then choose “Technical Info”

3)     A small window will appear. Look to the field “Parameter ID” and write down the value that you see there. In this case, the value is “BUK”. Remember this for the following steps

4)     Access transaction SU3 (Maintain User Profile) and click on the “Parameters” tab

5)     Go to the bottom of the list and firstly add manually the “Parameter ID” (“BUK” in our case) and then the value that you need to have as default for the Company Code (“1509” in this case)

6)     Save your entry

7)     Be sure the entry is in your list after you save (search by alphabetical order)

8)     Logout, login and enter F-02 again. You will see now that you have the Company Code already defined

Very easy, right? You just define it once and you save many minutes with this functionality.

Other useful fields to defined are “Controlling Area” (CAC), “Purchasing Group” (EKG), “Purchasing Organization” (EKO), “Business Area” (GSB) and many other that may apply to your daily operation. Just follow the previous fields to add them to your profile.

I hope this helps you!

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Adrián Wilder (www.sap-ob08.com – www.infoaval.com)