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3470486 - Implementing a Custom Party Approver in Sales Quote Approval Workflow

Symptom

Unable to select Custom Party as a recipient in the Sales Quote Approval Workflow.

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. In the Business Configuration, add a party role definition ABC ( ABC stand for the Custom Party) Approver.
  2. Create approval process workflow.
  3. Attempt to include ABC as a recipient. 
  4. You will notice that ABC is not present in the recipient list.

Cause

The issue arises when the Custom Party, after being added in the sales quotes > involved parties in fine tuning, is not visible in the workflow recipients list. This could be due to a misconfiguration

Resolution

To resolve this issue, you need to ensure that the Custom Party is correctly configured in the system. Follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Business configuration > Activities > fine Tuning > sales quotes > involved parties.
  2. Add the Custom Party.
  3. Save the changes.
  4. Check the workflow recipients list again. The Custom Party should now be visible.

See Also

SAP Sales Cloud: Sales Quote Approval Process Guide

Keywords

Approval Process, Multi-Tier Approval, Multi-Steps Approval, Workflow Approval Recipient, Product Category, Sales Approval Process, Custom Party Role, Party Role Definition, Involved Parties , KBA , LOD-LE-CQP , Customer Quote Processing , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions