Symptom
- The system allows the creation of an Inbound Delivery against a cancelled Purchase Order.
Environment
Inbound Delivery Request
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Inbound Logistics work center.
- Navigate to the Purchase Order view.
- Search and select the relevant purchase order, which has the status Canceled.
- Choose the Post Goods Issue button.
You are able to create Inbound Delivery against this cancelled purchase order without errors.
Cause
- This is a flexibility provided to accommodate logistics scenarios in which the supplier has already sent the products before the order has been cancelled.
- In such scenarios, for a cancelled purchase order, the warehouse user can create an Inbound delivery to receive the products.
- The goods can be returned to the supplier via a new Supplier return document.
Resolution
- The reported behavior is a flexibility provided to accommodate logistics scenarios as mentioned above.
See Also
Keywords
Inbound Delivery, Cancelled Purchase Order, Post Goods Issue, Logistics Scenarios, Supplier Return Document. , KBA , AP-IDP-IDR , Inbound Delivery Request , Problem
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions
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