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3128565 - No error raised when Purchase order quantity is greater than purchase request quantity

Symptom

You expect system to stop changes made to purchase order quantity if it exceeds purchase request quantity.

or

Why is there no error message or a warning message thrown when there is deviation in purchase order details compared to Purchase request details.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase requests and orders work center 
  2. Go to Purchase requests view 
  3. Search for the Purchase request ID and select it
  4. Click on New Purchase order . Enter all the relevant details and click on save/order. 

Expectation out of the system is to throw an error message or a warning message when there is a difference between the details in the Purchase request and its corresponsing new Purchase order. 

Cause

This is expected system behavior as its behaving as developed.

Resolution

A.You  make use to the approvals in Purchase order to stop ordering such orders.

 or

B.This feature is not supported in the current release of SAP Business ByDesign.

1.If you are a partner: you can help develop this using SDK or  please use cloudsolutionpartner@sap.com or the Partnerfinder .
2.If you are a customer: if you already have a partner ,ask them to help develop it for you through SDK.

Or      
a. Contact your the Account Executive
b. Check the link https://www.sap.com/uk/services/advisory-development/application-development.html#contact-us

3. Alternatively you may check the Customer Influence Forum to submit an idea: https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#campaign/886

Keywords

purchase order quantity is greater than purchase request quantity, , KBA , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , AP-PRP , Purchase Request Processing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions