SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3228162 - Supplier Approval is not Working for an Existing Business Partner That Was Extended to a Supplier

Symptom

An existing bidder business partner was extended to also act as supplier using the supplier approval process, however this supplier is not subject to approval.

Environment

 SAP Business ByDesign

Cause

The process to add the supplier role to an already existing, active business partner (be it a bidder or a customer/account) and having that change under control of supplier approval process is currently not supported.

Resolution

This is an expected system behavior.

Keywords

Supplier Approval, Approval Proccess, Business Partner, Customer , KBA , SRD-MD-BP , Business Partner , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions