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3675747 - Unable to delete Service Entry Sheet (SES) received from Ariba in SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Symptom

  • Service Entry Sheet (SES) created in Ariba and interfaced to SAP S/4HANA cannot be deleted after being rejected in SAP S/4HANA.
  • SES quantity in SAP S/4HANA remains consumed even after rejection.
  • Attempting to send a new SES from Ariba results in an error due to the consumed quantity in SAP S/4HANA.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create a Service Entry Sheet (SES) in Ariba.
  2. Interface the SES to SAP S/4HANA.
  3. Reject the SES in SAP S/4HANA.
  4. Observe that the SES quantity remains consumed in SAP S/4HANA.
  5. Attempt to send a new SES from Ariba for the same service entry.
  6. Encounter an error indicating that the quantity is already consumed.

Cause

  • The rejection of the SES in SAP S/4HANA does not release the consumed quantity, causing the quantity to remain blocked.
  • In standard Ariba–S/4HANA integration, once a SES is created in S/4HANA, the quantity is considered consumed.

Resolution

Follow standard handling procedures based on the SES status:

  1. For Rejected SES:
    • In Ariba, open the rejected SES.
    • Edit and resubmit it to S/4HANA.
    • This creates an updated SES version that replaces the previous one.
    • Do not create a new SES for the same PO item, as quantity is already consumed.
  2. For Deletion:
    • If the SES needs to be deleted, perform a Cancel action in Ariba.
    • The cancellation triggers a delete flag in S/4HANA.
    • Once replicated, the SES can then be deleted in S/4HANA.

Note:

Direct changes or deletions in S/4HANA are not supported for SES documents originating from Ariba.

Creating a new SES for the same PO while the previous SES quantity is consumed will always fail with “No quantity available for SES.”

See Also

3255842 - Unable to revoke Service Entry Sheet

Keywords

service entry sheet, SES rejection, quantity consumed, SAP S/4HANA, Ariba integration, SES deletion, SES update, SES change request, MM_PUR_SES_CHANGEREQUESTAPI, ServiceEntrySheetStsNotif_Out, SES follow-on documents, SES reversal, SES revoke, SES cancel , KBA , MM-PUR-SVC-SES-2CL , Service Entry Sheet for Service Procurement (Public Cloud) , SBN-AN-TX-SS , Service Procurement/Service Sheet (O&G) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions