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3436598 - How to Avoid Output Generation in Purchase Order?

Symptom

You have created a purchase order but do not want to generate output history.

Environment

SAP Business By Design

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders
  2. Create a new Purchase Order
  3. Enter all details and order
  4. The purchase order goes to Sent status
  5. In output history tab, you can see purchase order output has been generated successfully
  6. However, you do not want to generate output in purchase order

Cause

If you have already set "output channel selection" settings, system will generate output using any of the output channel like email, fax or printer.

Resolution

You have a check box "Prevent Output" in the Purchase Order General tab. If you uncheck that box, then the output will not be generated in purchase order and supplier will not be notified automatically if the purchase order is ordered, changed or canceled.

Currently there is no option to set "Prevent Output" for multiple Purchase Orders in batch, user has to set it one by one.

Keywords

purchase order output, output history, prevent output , KBA , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions