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3761661 - Changeability of rejected PRs and POs in S/4HANA Public Cloud

Symptom

When using Flexible Workflow, once a Purchase Requisition (PR) or Purchase Order (PO) is rejected, the document becomes editable. After making the necessary changes, the approval process can be retrigged.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

Set flexible for PR/PO workflow>Exception Handling : Required Action is setup as Do Nothing & Action Result Cancel Workflow

  1. Create a PR/PO which triggers the previous workflow
  2. Reject the PR/P
  3. For PO & PR edit is possible & Users can perform changes, including item-level updates and deletions, using the relevant Manage Fiori apps:
    • Manage Purchase Requisition – Professional
    • Manage Purchase Orders / Change Purchase Order – Advanced

Cause

This is the standard behavior. 

Resolution

When PR/PO workflow is rejected, the status is set to Rejected, the workflow is cancelled, and the document(PR/PO) becomes editable, and this is the standard behavior. 

Users can perform changes, including item-level updates and deletions, using the relevant Manage Fiori apps:

  • Manage Purchase Requisition – Professional
  • Manage Purchase Orders / Change Purchase Order – Advanced

See Also

Keywords

flexible workflow, public cloud, purchase requisition, purchase order, rejection, changeability, edit after rejection, manage purchase requisitions professional, process purchase requisitions, manage purchase orders, change purchase order advanced, me52n not applicable, me22n, applicability, documentation gap , KBA , MM-FIO-PUR-PO-WFL-CL , Purchase Order Workflow (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions