SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3253499 - Action failed; error while finishing tasks

Symptom

below errors are triggered while trying to cancel a released production order which its tasks are all not started.

  • Action failed
  • Action failed; error while closing lot

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Production Control Work Center.
  2. Go to the Production Orders View.
  3. Select the Production Order you wish.
  4. Choose Cancel, then the mentioned errors occur.

Cause

When you cancel production order, system will cancel related inspection (Final inspection - production) together. It is not necessary to cancel the inspection before cancel production order.

For production order you tried to cancelled,  system gives error as the cancel action attempts to cancel an already cancelled inspection document.

Resolution

Please report a case to SAP for back-end cancellation.

Keywords

Production Order, Cancel, Inspection, Action Failed, Error While Closing Lot , KBA , AP-PE-ORD , Production Order , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions