SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3535212 - Cannot Find Ordered Purchase Order in Work Center View Inbound Logistics - Purchase Orders

Symptom

Purchase order ABC (ABC represents purchase order ID) is ordered but it cannot be found in work center view Inbound Logistics - Purchase Orders.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to work center Purchase Requests and Orders.
  2. Access view Purchase Orders.
  3. Search ABC, find purchase order ABC, its status is Sent.
  4. Go to work center Inbound Logistics.
  5. Access view Purchase Orders.
  6. Search ABC, there is no result.

Cause

Item in purchase order ABC has item type Expense. Since purchase order item with item type Expense is not involved in any logistics process, it won't appear in work center view Inbound Logistics - Purchase Orders.

Resolution

This is system standard behavior.

Keywords

Purchase Order, Inbound Logistics, Item Type, Expense , KBA , AP-IDP-IDR , Inbound Delivery Request , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions