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At times, there will be requirement where business requires leading zero's to be displayed for the GTIN's. In this situation, rather than going for the conversion exit there is a specific config changes to be done to accomplish the requirement. The below highlighted field in the screenshot is required to be maintained with the maximum character length so that if the GTIN is characters are less than the max. length then the rest of missing characters will be displayed with the leading zeros. Thank you.

There are two types of data in SAP : 1. Master data 2. Transaction data Master data : It is a kind of data that doesn't change regularly i.e., static in nature For example: if you require a bank account, we are required to fill some kind of application form where our personal details are given like name, email address, etc... this is called master data Transactional data : Master data is the basis for transactional data. Transactional data changes regularly. For example: based on the application bank account number is generated by the bank which will be used for performing transactions. Master Data : There are different types of master data in MM : 1. Vendor Master data 2. Material master data 3. Purchase info records 4. Source list 5. Quota arrangement 6. Service Master data... There are other master data as well like Output, conditions, etc which are used during transactional data processing Master data is created through an easy access screen and is non-transportable. It is requ...

Ideally, you might come across an issue with business users to display several materials list at once to display mass changes. As this will hit change document tables so if the material field is not maintained, mandatory then performance issue will come up due to that SAP has come up with material number as Mandatory in MM04 but if business users still insist for several materials then SAP has provided a note for the removal fo material number as Mandatory. OSS Note 336668 - Displaying change documents for several materials