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1974055 - Error Message: "Item XX: Country missing in address of Employee ABC" when creating a Purchase Order

Symptom

When creating a Purchase Order for a Non-Stock Material, system raises error message "Item XX: Country missing in address of Employee ABC".

Environment

SAP Business Bydesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
  2. Go to Purchase Orders view
  3. Select the Purchase Order XYZ (XYZ represents the identification of the purchase order)
  4. Select Edit
  5. Select Check
  6. The error message appears

Cause

The employee ABC is selected as Recipient for the line item XX but no country was maintained in the delivery address.

Resolution

Follow below steps to maintain a country for the recipient.

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
  2. Go to Purchase Orders view
  3. Select the Purchase Order XYZ (XYZ represents the identification of the purchase order)
  4. Select Edit
  5. Go to Items tab
  6. Select the line item XX
  7. Go to the Delivery sub-tab
  8. Enter a country for the field Country

Keywords

Country missing in address of Employee; Purchase Order; Error  , KBA , AP-POP , Purchase Order Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions