Symptom
As per approval conditions you don't expect Un assigned approval task
or
Purchase order with Process type To stock should not go for Account assignment related work distribution approvals
or
"
Business task is inconsistent - no valid responsible person/organization
Searching for responsible in non-configurable work category:
"
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Application user mangement work center
- Go to Business task management View
- Where you see a un assigned task
- Select it and scroll down
- where you can see action log with below details
"Business task is inconsistent - no valid responsible person/organization
Searching for responsible in non-configurable work category:XXXXXXXXXX
"
where XXXXXXXXXX is work distribution related to account assignment
Cause
1.You have used Process type :To stock on Purchase orders and thus it will not have any accounting Assignment and so approver is not found.
2.also
You have used account assignment type does not contain Project task but system will consider as "Purchase order does not contain Project task",
since in your case there is no Project task the condition becomes true, so approaval task is triggered
or
You have used account assignment type does not contain cost center but system will consider as "Purchase order does not contain cost center",
since in your case there is no cost center the condition becomes true, so approaval task is triggered
Resolution
In approval conditions Add one more condition as Process type contains Non stock with AND,so that only if the Purchase order is non stock this condition is applicable
Keywords
To stock , , KBA , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , Problem