Changes to standard field length

[Former Member]

Dear Experts,

I have a requirement as below,

Go to CAA3 Tcode. Enter details as below and press enter.

Go to Payments/Taxes tab,

Currently standard field 'Inc.Payt Method' highlighted above has length 1. Is it possible to increase this standard field length to 2? I am sure we can achieve this via access key. But is it recommended to proceed with this approach?

Kindly share your valuable inputs.

AWF

[Former Member]

Do a where used on the domain and all data elements.

There might be some validations done based on the input provided. Based on the impact of change and the number of places it is used, decide if you want to go ahead with the change.

But why do you want to go for 2 characters?

[Former Member]

Dear Chinmay,

Thanks a lot for your reply. Since that field is of length 1 we can accommodate only values 1-9 and A-Z. But currently we have used all the values and we need to maintain more. We are struggling by using special characters. This is not right way to maintain and in some time these special characters will also be over. We need more space and want to increase it to length 2.

A std field being used in other places and screens - In this case what is the best approach to make changes to it? If I change definitely there will be impact. Just for this field should a develop a new custom screen? Is there any other better option? Kindly share your valuable inputs.

AWF.

[Former Member]

Sorry, I dont know the answer.

But there is similar thread.

And what Clemens has suggested is a good idea. Try to add another field to it so that the combination would be unique.

[Former Member]

Dear Chinmay,

Thanks a lot for your support. I will try with that suggestion.

Good Day.

AWF