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1506294 - Cannot reopen a purchase order with status Canceled

Symptom

You have mistakenly canceled a purchase order (PO). You cannot revoke the cancellation.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

1. Go to the Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
2. Go to the Purchase Orders view and select a PO with status Canceled. There you have no possibilities to reopen the PO.
3. Press the Edit button to open the PO in edit mode. There you have no possibilities to reopen the PO.

Cause

It is not possible to reopen a PO after it was canceled.

Resolution

You can recreate an identical PO using the Copy function in the Purchase Orders view.
Before you need to cancel the follow-up documents for the canceled PO and complete all the associated tasks.
To find the follow-up documents, open the canceled PO and go to the Document Flow tab.
To find any associated tasks, open the Application and User Manangement work center, select the Task Distribution view, select the Business Task Management sub-view.

Keywords

KBA , #### , ## , ### , AP-POP , Purchase Order Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions

Attachments

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