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2585198 - Error : Operation Not Possible; Purchase Order Already Being Processed

Symptom

When you try to create a new goods and service receipt for the Purchase Order XYZ, you encounter the error message : "Operation not possible; purchase order XYZ already being processed"  (XYZ refers to purchase order ID)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Goods and Service Receipt work center.
  2. Select Purchase Orders to be Delivered view.
  3. Search for the Purchase Order XYZ.
  4. Choose New Goods and Service Receipt button.

Cause

For the purchase order XYZ, another user is already processing/creating a new goods and service receipt in parallel. For that user, the document is locked in the buffer.

Resolution

Only one user can create a Goods and Service Receipt document for a purchase order at once. The system is behaving as expected.

Keywords

Unable to create GSR; Goods and Service Receipt, purchase order, locked, operation not possible, document cant be processed , KBA , goods and service receipt , purchase order already being processed , cannot create gsr , canot create goods and service receipt , AP-GSP-GSA , Goods and Service Acknowledgement , Problem

Product

SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN 1705 ; SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN 1708 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1702 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1711 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1802 ; SAP Business ByDesign 2402 ; SAP Business ByDesign 2405 ; SAP Business ByDesign feature pack 4.0