2058785 - Approval Process for Project Purchase Request Has Not Been Triggered

A Project Purchase Request has been released but did not go through the approval process, even though the approval is scoped and active.

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1. Go to the Project Management Work Center.
2. Navigate to the Projects View.
3. Search and Choose the Project XYZ (XYZ represents the Project ID for which the Project Purchase Request is created).
4. Choose the Edit button.
5. Go to the Products- Purchase Request Sub-tab.
6. Choose the Purchase request ABC (ABC represents the Project Purchase Request ID).
7. Go to the Document flow here you can see the Purchase request is created automatically out of the Project Purchase request but the Project Purchase request did not went for Project Purchase request  approval process though the approval process is set up and active.

The Project Purchase Request can be created directly from the project, in which case it is called I-PPR and goes through an approval process.

If it is created from the Shopping Cart, it is called E-PPR and does not go through any approval process. It is simply a view of the shopping cart under the Project Purchase Request view and is read-only. The system automatically creates the Purchase Request directly from the Shopping Cart, not from the Project Purchase Request. The Project Purchase Request shown under the Project Purchase Request view is just a view of shopping carts for project reference and is not the actual Project Purchase Request.

The system only works for Project Purchase Requests created from the project. If you want the approval process to work, create the Project Purchase Request directly from the Project. If you want all documents to go through approval, set up the Shopping Cart approval and Purchase Request approval process.

The system works as designed.

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