Symptom
Approval process in supplier creation does not run, i.e., Supplier approval request is not sent to the Manager
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Supplier Base work center
- Click on the Suppliers view
- Select Potential suppliers from the drop down
- Search for the relevant supplier
- Here, you will see that the relevant supplier has been sent for approval
Cause
As the Manager not able to receive the Supplier Approval Request because there is a work center assignment missing:
work center view "WCVIEW_SUPPLIER (Supplier)". Therefore, the assignment of the approval task does not work correctly.
Resolution
Assign Work Center View WCVIEW_SUPPLIER (Supplier) to the respective user.
To Assign the Work Center View follow the below steps:
- Go to the Business Users view under Application and User Management work center
- Search for the respective business user
- Select the user
- Click the edit button and select access rights , then assign the Work Center View WCVIEW_SUPPLIER (Supplier)
Keywords
Supplier Approval,Supplier View, Supplier Approval Request , KBA , SRD-MD-BP-SUP , Suppliers , Problem
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions