sold-to-party cannot be changed

[Former Member]

I have created a sales order with SP ...0001 now i want to change the SP to 0002

.both 0001 and 0002have different sales area.It doesnot allow 001 to be changed

Why a sales area for a sold-to-party is not redetermined?

What factors restrict it?

[Former Member]

Hi Nikhil,

If I have correctly understood your question, then you mean to ask why the Sales Area is not redetermined in the Sales Order, when you try enter the different Sold to party.

Firstly, as soon as you save the Sales Order, the Sold to Party field becomes greyed out ( Non ediatable).

Secondly, the sales area is mandatory data at the Initial selection screen while creating the Sales Order. The Sales area is not determined from the Sold to party. It is the other way round. The Sold to party is checked, whether it is of the same Sales Area, as you have entered in the initial screen.

I hope this input will help you understand the logic better.

Regards,

[Former Member]

It is SAP standard condition that the SP can be changed for an undelivered open sales order provided it has the same sales area as existing SP.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please check with the Partner determination procedure for your sales Document Header.

SPRO -> Sales & Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Partner Determination -> Set Up Partner Determination for Sales Document Header

Sold to party (SP) must have been set as Non Modifible, i.e After order entry,partner can no longer be changed in the document.

Please check and confirm.

Reward points if it helps.

Regards,

Harsh

[Former Member]

hi

first u cannot change the sold to party once the order is saved. moreover both the SP and SH shud have the sales area because sales area determine the doc type and also the pricing procedure. if the sales area of both happen to be different then how wud the system determine these two.

saurabh

[Former Member]

<b>The Sales Area cannot be changed in the sales order header</b>, as this is standard functionality. Once the sales order has been created, the Order type, Sales Area and the Pricing Procedure ( If any determined) caanot be changed.

You may change the Partner functions like SP,SH,etc at header or item level. But the partners should belong to the same sales area of the sales order.

Hope this clarifies your doubt.

[Former Member]

Hi Nikhil,

You cannot change sold to party if you have already created subsequent doc to sales order say delivery etc.

Vivek

[Former Member]

No the delivery has not been created. If that had been created it wouldnot have allowed me to do the change.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can change the Account group Sales Areawise in XD07

Please go through it .

Regards

Ram

[Former Member]

XD07 Would allow the customer to be used for a different account group.

But sales area mappping is not possible by this code.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Would suggest you to extend this SP to desired sales area by going to XD02 and on the very first screen, you'll find reference Sales Area. Input the data and save.

Hoping this would help you solving your problem a bit further. Reward points suitably.

Regards

SD

[Former Member]

Hi Nikhil,

check for all partner functions whether they are available in the selected sales area. Also check whether all partners are coming correctly from customer master.

Vivek

[Former Member]

Have you created the delivery also for the sales order?

Regards,

Noopur

[Former Member]

No the delivery has not been created. If that had been created it wouldnot have allowed me to do the change.