SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3600659 - There's no option in Message tab in purchase order to add new output item

Symptom

In the app "Create Purchase Order - Advanced," when the PO status is "in process" and the flexible workflow status is "ready," the option to add or delete output items is not available in the Message tab.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. PO has an approval workflow for the Release of Purchase Order (not automatic approval)
  2. Create PO in Create Purchase Order - Advanced(ME21N) and save
  3. The approver successfully approved the PO
  4. Make changes to the PO again and retrigger the workflow
  5. In Message, there's no option to add/delete new output item

Cause

The PO output document is an official file provided to the supplier, and it is generated after the PO has been successfully approved and released.

Therefore, it's important to ensure that approval occurs before the output is generated.

Resolution

This is the expected behavior of the system.

Unapproved POs can be viewed through the print preview, which contains a watermark on the document.

See Also

ME21N, MM, purchasing, PO, output

Keywords

KBA , MM-PUR-GF-OC-2CL , Message determination and printing (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions