Symptom
Usually, after picking a handling unit for an outbound delivery, the outbound delivery number is shown as reference document in APP Monitor Handling Units when checking the handling unit.
But when the outbound delivery is not for a sales document but a follow-up document for a subcontracting purchase order or subcontracting scheduling agreement, the reference document is left empty.
This applies for both the app Monitor Handling Units and the Handling Unit API.
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Cause
For subcontracting process, once PGI is done HU assignment is changed to unassigned (VEKP-VPOBJ = '12'), the HUs are become free HUs ready for further use in a new process as of the existing sap standard. So reference document can't be displayed in APP Monitor Handling Units.
Resolution
It's a standard behavior.
Keywords
Reference Document, Monitor Handling Units, Subcontracting Purchase Order, Subcontracting Scheduling Agreement, Handling Unit , KBA , LO-HU-2CL , Handling Unit Management (Public Cloud) , Problem
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