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3395647 - Approvers Details not Visible in the Data Sources of Purchase Order Item Details SRMPO_B02 and Purchase Order Account Assignment SRMPO_B02

Symptom

You have created a custom report based on data sources Purchase Order Item Details SRMPO_B02 and Purchase Order Account Assignment SRMPO_B02. Here system does not show the approver details for purchase orders. 

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Analytics work center
  2. Go to Design Data Sources view 
  3. Select the Data Sources of Purchase Order Item Details SRMPO_B02 and Purchase Order Account Assignment SRMPO_B02 
  4. Select Preview 
  5. Filter with specific purchase order 
  6. Approver details appears blank 

Cause

System does not display the approver details because you have kept the Purchase Order Status filter to display purchase orders with In Preparation and Sent. 

Resolution

You have to remove the Status filter and then system will display the approver details for the corresponding purchase orders. 

Note:
You can make use of Data Source BTMAPPV01. This data source will provide the details about an approval task. 
For purchase orders which are in In Preparation, system will not show the approver details. Despite system shows the approver details for In preparation orders, it is just a proposal from the system but actual determination happens when the Approval tasks gets generated.

You can refer to the below blog;
ByDesign 1808 Release: Analytical Report – Approval Task Details
https://blogs.sap.com/2018/07/25/bydesign-1808-release-analytical-report-approval-task-details/

Keywords

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Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions