Custom field implementation is essential for businesses worldwide as companies often need to extend standard documents with additional information that can flow through the entire order-to-cash process. This lesson will equip you with the knowledge to implement custom fields that propagate from sales orders to billing documents and appear in final invoice outputs.
Understanding Custom Fields Framework
It is important to first establish a solid foundation of knowledge about the extensibility framework that will be essential for successfully implementing your custom field solution.
About SAP S/4HANA Cloud Edition Custom Fields
SAP S/4HANA Cloud provides a key user extensibility framework that allows business users to extend standard business objects with additional fields without requiring development. The custom fields app enables the creation, configuration, and deployment of these extensions while maintaining a clean core.
Field Propagation and Business Scenarios
When creating custom fields, you can configure how data flows between related business documents. By enabling business scenarios like "Sales Document to Billing Document on Header Level", you ensure values entered in sales orders automatically propagate to subsequent documents in the process flow.