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3427645 - Field Purchase Order Acknowledgment Expected Automatically Checked on Purchase Order

Symptom

You create a Purchase Order and the field Purchase Order Acknowledgment Expected is being automatically checked even though you have configured the Supplier Master Data to Not Expect the Acknowledgment.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
  2. Select New Purchase Order.
  3. Enter the Supplier.
  4. Navigate to Items tab.
  5. Click on Add Row.

See that the Purchase Order Acknowledgment Expected is checked.

Cause

You have configured the Purchase Order Item Follow Up Document Setting to expect a manual change on the Acknowledgment.

Resolution

If you want to follow the Supplier Master Data configuration and not manually change the Acknowledgment setting please follow the below steps to change the configuration:

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Select Overview view.
  3. Search for Purchase Order Item Follow Up Document Setting.
  4. Open the activity.
  5. De-select the checkbox for Purchase Order Acknowledgment Expected.
  6. Click on Save and Close.

This should apply the expected behavior.

Keywords

Purchase Order Acknowledgment Expected, Acknowledgment, Purchase Order Acknowledgment, Purchase Order Item Follow Up, Follow-up Documents , KBA , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions