Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-SRV-ADR (Application Component) Address Management/Business Address⤷
SZAD (Package) SAP Technology - Business Services: Address Management
IMG Activity
| ID | SIMG_SAPA_ADR_VERS | Activate International Address Versions |
| Transaction Code | S_BCE_68000278 | IMG Activity: SIMG_SAPA_ADR_VERS |
| Created on | 19981207 | |
| Customizing Attributes | SIMG_SAPA_ADR_VERS | Activate International Address Versions |
| Customizing Activity | SIMG_SAPA_ADR_VERS | Activate International Address Versions |
Document
| Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
| Document Name | SIMG_SAPA_ADR_VERS |
You can maintain more than one version of an address at the same time, so an address can be held in various character sets, such as Kanji characters and latin letters. For example, versions of customer addresses are maintained in the the customer master data screen using Extras -> Address versions....
The character sets must be activated in the system.
Example
- The addresses are normally maintained in Japanese format (Kanji) in Japanese systems. The addresses of foreign business partners (e.g. USA) are also entered or printed in the English (international) format.
- In an American system all addresses are entered in English format . The addresses of Japanese business partners or subsidiaries are also either also maintained and printed in Kanji format, or maintained mainly in Kanji and also in English format.
Requirements
Different address versions can be maintained if the application uses the central SAP address management (SAP address book) dialog functions.
This is the case, e.g. for customer and vendor master data in Release 4.5.
Address versions are not yet available for personnel master addresses (module HR), because they do not use the central SAP address management (SAP address book) functions in Release 4.5.
Standard settings
SAP delivers the following version keys:
As of 4.5:
I International
K Kanji (Japanese)
R Cyrillic
N Katakana (Japanese)
H Hangul (Korean)
As of 4.6C:
A Arabic
B Hebrew
C Chinese
G Greek
M Chinese trad.
As of SAP Web Application Server Release 6.20:
T Thai
The version keys are delivered inactive.
Recommendation
Activate the version keys required in your system.
If you need other versions not provided by SAP, you can create and activate your own entries in the customer name space (keys 0 - 9).
Activities
To activate delivered version keys, proceed as follows:
- Choose "Execute" to call the maintenance transaction.
- Select active for the versions which are to be used in your system.
- Save
To create version keys in the customer name space, proceed as follows:
- Call transaction SM30.
- Enter view name V_SAPTSADV and choose Maintain.
- Do not change the entries delivered by SAP.
- To create new entries, choose New entries.
- Make the desired entries in the customer name space.
- Mark active for the versions which are to be used in your system.
- Save.
Further notes
The maintenance function for address versions is not intended for different spellings in just two languages (city names, for example).
Instead, the maintenance function aims to enable different formats in different character sets (above all, for extended or double-byte code pages).
Business Attributes
| ASAP Roadmap ID | 203 | Establish Master Data |
| Mandatory / Optional | 3 | Nonrequired activity |
| Critical / Non-Critical | 2 | Non-critical |
| Country-Dependency | A | Valid for all countries |
Assigned Application Components
| Documentation Object Class | Documentation Object Name | Current line number | Application Component | Application Component Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMG | SIMG_SAPA_ADR_VERS | 0 | HLB0006316 | Address Management/Business Address |
Maintenance Objects
| Maintenance object type | C | Customizing Object |
| Assigned objects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customizing Object | Object Type | Transaction Code | Sub-object | Do not Summarize | Skip Subset Dialog Box | Description for multiple selections |
| V_TSADV | V - View | SM30 | 00000000 | International Address Versions |
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20011210 |
| SAP Release Created in |
