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1973845 - Cannot Process Purchase Order With Status Rejected

Symptom

You want to edit the Purchase Order and send it for approval or cancel, however you cannot edit the document since the status is Rejected.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the work center Purchase Requests and Orders.
  2. Go to the view Purchase Orders.
  3. Select the Purchase Order and click on Edit.

You cannot edit the Purchase Order or resubmit it.

Cause

Once a Purchase Order is rejected, it cannot be processed further. In the work center Managing My Area, view Approvals, the determined approver has selected Reject instead of Send Back for Revision for the approval task. The rejection of a Purchase Order cannot be revoked, and the its status Rejected is final and the document is no longer valid.

Also, for the rejected Purchase Order, system does not allow actions like canceling.

Resolution

This is standard system behavior. You can create a copy of the rejected Purchase Order, do the necessary changes and submit the new document for approval.

Keywords

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Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions