SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2844683 - Unable to create a Purchase Order from a Purchase Request.

Symptom

You cannot create a Purchase Order from a Purchase Request that has a Follow-On process status of “Blocked” and a Process Type of “Third-Party.”

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign.

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Select the Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
  2. Select Purchase Requests view.
  3. Search for respective Purchase Request.

The New Purchase Order button is greyed out and the Follow-On process status is Blocked, with the Process type being Third-Party and Assigned to a Sales Order.

Cause

The delivery block indicator (Follow-On Process) is transferred from the Sales Order to Customer Demand when the Sales Order’s approval status reverts to “Not Started.”
This status change occurs if the total value of the Sales Order is modified due to the partial cancellation of certain items.

Resolution

To remove the delivery block, resubmit the Sales Order for approval.
If approval is not required, the approval status will automatically update to “Approval Not Necessary” once the Sales Order is submitted.

Keywords

Follow-On Process status Blocked; Process type is Third-Party; New purchase order button is greyed out; Purchase Order; Purchase Request. , KBA , AP-PRP-PR , Purchase Request , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions