Symptom
You have a Supplier Invoice with reference to a Third-Party Purchase Order or Purchase Order, however when trying to post the document you see an error message saying:
"The item does not have a reference to a purchase order or third-party purchase order. Go to the exception and check whether the item should have a reference to order".
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Supplier Invoicing work center.
- Select Invoices and Credit Memos view.
- Search for the relevant document and open in.
- Navigate to Items tab.
- Click on Check.
- See the error message: "Item ABC: The item does not have a reference to a purchase order or third-party purchase order. Go to the exception and check whether the item should have a reference to order XYZ." (ABC represents the Item ID and XYZ represents the Purchase Order ID).
- Navigate to Exceptions tab.
See the message: The item does not have a reference to a purchase order or third-party purchase order. Go to the exception and check whether the item should have a reference to order XYZ. ; The item does not have a reference to a purchase order or third-party purchase order. Go to the exception and check whether the item should have a reference to order XYZ.
Cause
It seems like, the Purchase Order reference was not properly stored on the Invoice screen, hence the error message got triggered.
In these case a refresh of Purchase Order details on the Invoice screen is necessary.
Resolution
To correct this please follow the below steps:
- Go to the relevant Supplier Invoice.
- Click on Edit.
- Navigate to Items tab.
- Select the affected line item.
- Click on Remove.
- Select Add Row.
- Enter the Purchase Order ID and Purchase Order Item ID.
- Hit enter.
- Now system refresh the Purchase Order details.
- Click on check.
See that the Invoice is Ready for Posting.
Keywords
Supplier Invoice, Exception, Purchase Order, Third-Party Purchase Order , KBA , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , How To