2326573 - Approver Name Appears as "#" in the Monitoring Purchase Order Report

In the Monitoring Purchase Orders report, the approver name appears as "#".

SAP Business ByDesign

1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
2. Go to Reports view.
3. Select the report Monitoring Purchase Orders.
4. View with Web Browser.
5. Search for ABC (ABC is the Purchase Order's ID).
6. Pull the key figure Approver.

Approver field appears with "#" value.

The Approver ID will be displayed for the Purchase Order in any status provided it is approved even once in the past or present.

The user can only see the approver who last approved the document at the time it was executed the report.

Currently the standard reports are developed as mentioned above.

The user can create a new report using data source "Approval task details". It shows all the approver details for the documents in any status.

Note: Above details holds good for Supplier Invoice documents as well. 

• KBA: 2599498 - Approval Task Details data source

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