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3504574 - Preview Issue in Change Purchase Order - Advanced Application

Symptom

In the "Change Purchase Order - Advanced" application, if changes are made to the print-related settings and the preview button is clicked before saving the purchase order, the changed output may not be generated.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the "Change Purchase Order - Advanced" application.
  2. Make changes to the print-related settings.
  3. Click the preview button before saving the purchase order.

Cause

This is a known issue within the "Change Purchase Order - Advanced" application. When the preview button is clicked before saving the purchase order, the changed output may not be generated under the specified conditions. This issue is scheduled to be fixed in a future release by the Output Management framework team.

Resolution

Currently, users can use the following workaround to avoid this issue:

  1. In the "Change Purchase Order - Advanced" application, avoid clicking the preview button if you expect the changed output to be generated in the same session. Instead, click the preview button, close the session, and then make changes and save the purchase order in a new session.
  2. Utilize the "Manage Purchase Orders" application, where the preview functionality does not have this issue.

Keywords

Print Preview, Output, Purchase Order, Workflow , KBA , MM-FIO-PUR-PO-OM , Purchase Order Output Management , CA-GTF-OC , SAP S/4HANA output management , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions