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2751203 - Delete Button is Greyed Out for Sales Cycle

Symptom

You are unable to Delete the Sales Cycle because Delete button is greyed out.

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
  2. Go to the Implementation Projects view.
  3. Click Open Activity list.
  4. Search for the Activity 'Sales Cycles and Phases' and open it.
  5. Click 'Maintain Sales Cycle'.
  6. Select XYZ (where XYZ is name of Sales Cycle).

   The Delete button is greyed out for Sales Cycle XYZ.

Cause

Deletion of standard Sales Cycles are not possible in any Project status/phase. Hence the Delete button is greyed out.

Resolution

This is expected system behavior for Sales Cycles.

As a work-around, you can hide the unwanted Sales Phases using Code List Restriction.

  1. Go to the Administration work centre.
  2. Go to the General Settings view.
  3. Click Code List Restriction. 
  4. New.
  5. Select the BO.
  6. Select Code to Restrict: Sales Phases.
  7. Save and Open.
  8. Now select the options as required.
  9. Save. 
  10. Restart the system to get the entries fully reflected. 

Keywords

Gray, grayed out , KBA , sales cycle , delete , LOD-CRM-OPP , Opportunity Management , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions