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3675256 - Error Message When Deleting Supplier in Purchase Contract

Symptom

Error message displayed when attempting to delete the partner information in the Purchase Contract.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the Manage Purchase Contracts app.
  2. Select a contract and click on Edit.
  3. Navigate to the Partner section.
  4. Select the partner with the function Supplier.
  5. Click on Delete.

Error message displayed: Data cannot be deleted since deletion is disabled.

Cause

System behavior.

Resolution

There is a special handling for the partner function Supplier:

  • This is set to READ-ONLY by the system. 
  • Any updates or deletions for the Supplier must be made through the Supplier field located at the header level of the Purchase Contract, not in the Partner section. As a result, the Delete button for the partner function Supplier is non-functional, and attempting to use it will result in an error message.
  • Additionally, if you enter a second partner with the role of Supplier, the system will automatically delete the partner function because multiple partners with the same partner function are not permitted.

All this can only be done before the contract is released. If the contract is already released is not possible to change the supplier.

See Also

Refer to: SAP Help Documentation for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Keywords

data cannot be deleted, deletion is disabled, manage purchase contracts, partner function, supplier, purchase contract , KBA , MM-FIO-PUR-SQ-CON-CL , Fiori UI for Manage Purchase Contracts (Public Cloud) , How To

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions