SAP Cloud for Customer Postal Code Check

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Postal Code Check in SAP Cloud For Customer

 

The SAP Cloud for Customer solution performs a format check on every value entered in a postal code field on the UI.

 



 

This check is country specific. The check rule used for each country can be maintained in the Business Configuration in the fine tuning activity 'Countries -> Edit Countries'.

 



 

The fields relevant for the postal code check routine are 'Postal Code Length' and 'Postal Code Check Rule'. While the values '0' to '8' for the Postal Code Check Rule are self explanatory, the Postal Code Check Rule '9 - Check against country-specific edit format' is not.

The Postal Code Check Rule '9 - Check against country-specific edit format' refers to a hard coded check routine that is available in the system for a list of countries that have a more specific postal code format which can not be covered by the generic check rules.

 

Country Specific Postal Code Check Routines

 

SAP Cloud for Customer provides a country specific check routine for the following countries.

The formats provided in the list below should be read as follows:

• 'N' denotes a digit from '0' to '9'


• 'A' denotes a capital letter


• Characters written in bold blue denote specific characters that have to be provided exactly this way at this position in the postal code.

For example 'NN-SAP-A' denotes a postal code rule that requires two digits at the first two positions, followed by the string '-SAP-' followed by a capital letter.

If more than one format is listed for a country this means both are valid and the check routine checks that the provided postal code matches one of them.

The country specific postal code formats currently supported by SAP are:

 

ISO Code	Country	Postal Code Format
AD	Andorra	ADNNN
AR	Argentina	ANNNNAAA
BM	Bermuda	AA NN
BN	Brunei Darussalam	AANNNN
BR	Brazil	NNNNN-NNN
CA	Canada	ANA NAN
CR	Costa Rica	NNNNN NNNNN-NNNN
CZ	Czechia	NNN NN
EC	Ecuador	NNNNNN ECNNNNNN (deprecated 2015)
FO	Faroe Islands	FONNN
GB	United Kingdom	AN NAA ANN NAA AAN NAA ANA NAA AANN NAA AANA NAA
GR	Greece	NNN NN
IO	British Indian Ocean Territory	BBND 1ZZ
JP	Japan	NNN-NNNN
LB	Lebanon	NNNN NNNN NNNN
MT	Malta	AAA NNNN
NL	Netherlands	NNNN AA
PA	Panama	NNNN NNNN-N...N (up to 5 digits after the '-', P.O. Box addresses only)
PL	Poland	NN-NNN
PT	Portugal	NNNN-NNN
SE	Sweden	NNN NN
SK	Slovakia	NNN NN
SO	Somalia	AA  NNNNN
SZ	eSwatini	ANNN
US	United States	NNNNN NNNNN-NNNN

 

For the countries highlighted in yellow the country specific postal code check routine is currently not active in the default Business Configuration delivered by SAP. For a variety of reason a more lenient  check rules was chosen as default. If so desired the country specific postal code check routine can be activated in the fine tuning activity.

It is highly discouraged to set the postal code check rule to '9 - Check against country-specific edit format' for any country not in the above list.

To the best of my knowledge the country specific postal code check routines are identical in the SAP Business By design solution.

To the best of my knowledge the country specific postal code check routines are identical in the SAP OnPremise solutions, though I am not as certain about that.