Symptom
You want to check who has approved a purchase order. You open the tab Approval and there is no information.
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
- Go to the Purchase Orders view.
- Find the relevant purchase order and choose Edit.
- Go to the tab Approval.
- There is the message: No records found.
Cause
You have changed the approval process for purchase orders after ordering the particular purchase order. You have now configured multiple process steps in the Business Configuration. As the new process differs a lot from the old one, the information about the approval cannot be displayed anymore.
Resolution
You can check who approved the purchase order with these steps:
- Go to the Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
- Go to the Purchase Orders view.
- Find the relevant purchase order and choose Edit.
- Go to the Changes tab.
- Choose Attribute = Status and then click Go.
- You can see the time of approval and the approver.
Keywords
KBA , AP-PRP , Purchase Request Processing , How To
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions