Symptom
The aim is to block a Supplier for Payment but when selecting Change Status: Blocked in the Suppliers view, it does not work.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Payables workcenter.
- Go to the Suppliers view.
- Select the concerned Supplier and click Change Status, then select Blocked.
Result: notice that after taking the above steps, this Supplier is still picked for payment.
Cause
When Blocked was clicked in 'Change Status', it is regarding the posting of invoices. Therefore, the action only prevented the invoices regarding this supplier to get posted.
Resolution
If the aim is to block a Supplier for Payment, the following steps should be done:
- Go to the Payables workcenter.
- Go to the Suppliers view.
- Select the concerned Supplier and click Edit -> Financial Data.
- Go in the subtab Payment Data.
- In Companies, select the Company and add a Payment Block Reason and Payment Block Expiry Date.
Keywords
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