3666164 - Inconsistent Read-Only Behavior in Sales Orders – Some Remain Editable

Some Sales Orders marked as Read-Only can still be updated, while others with the same Read-Only flag cannot.
When the Sales Order is "In Progress", the following error appears in Data Workbench (DWB): “Change of party with role Sales Unit is rejected because read-only.”

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1. Go to Data Workbench (DWB) → Update → Sales Orders.

2. Select a Sales Order that is marked as Read-Only (status In Progress or Completed).

3. Try to update the Sales Unit or another party field.

4. Observe the following behavior:

• • For some orders, the update is allowed, even though the Read-Only flag is active.
  • For other orders, the following error message is displayed:
    “Change of party with role Sales Unit is rejected because read-only.”

It happens when, in Business Configuration → Sales Orders → Maintain Document Type, the Maintenance Mode is changed from External to Internal & External, which is not recommended.  As a result, inconsistent system behavior may occur, allowing changes in some completed orders.

This behavior occurs because some Sales Order document types are corrupted.

Avoid using the affected document types and create new ones instead. Completed orders created with those types cannot be modified, which is expected system behavior.

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