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2397207 - Purchase Order Approval not triggered for Header Level Approval after Modification of Purchase Order Item

Symptom

After modifying Purchase Order item, approval task is not getting triggered for approver who is maintained in Approval Process for Purchase Order

Environment

SAP BusinessByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
  2. Select view Purchase Orders
  3. Open any Purchase order and select Edit
  4. Navigate to Items tab
  5. Modify any line item and select Send
  6. Purchase Order is in In Approval status 

Approval task is triggered for wrong approver

Cause

You have maintained Approval Process Overview: Purchase Order Item Approval , hence when you do any modification in the line item of a Purchase Order, the approval will go for Line Item Approver instead of Header Level Approver

Resolution

You have to uncheck the Scoping Question in Business Configuration-

Do you want to use an approval process for purchase orders at item level?

Keywords

Purchase Order Item Approval , KBA , purchase order item approval , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , How To

Product

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