Item Completion rule with Reason for Rejection

[Former Member]

Hi

I am creating a sales order with reference to another sales order.( say S1 category -> S2 category) My item category for S1 and S2 are same. I have used item category completion rule "B" for this item category. This is required as I want to see available qty in S1 getting decreased as I reference it more and more.

Now if I close S2 through some reason for rejection and the rejection rule is defined so that I can re-reference the quantity that was rejected, then I find that the item category completion rule is over riding this. i.e. i still find the available qty of S1 not going up once I have rejected S2 through a reason for rejection.

I have tried using 2 different item categories for S1 & S2 but without any effect.

regards

Debopam

[Former Member]

hi

COMPLETION rule is applicable only for INQUIRYIES,QUOTATION and CONTRACT. its not valid for sales orde. thats why sales order qty(S1) is not reducing.

regards

krishna

[Former Member]

Yes I know that item completion is applicable that ways. But if used with sales orders, where one sales order is referencing another, and the item category completion rule B is used along with the +/- indicator in copy control, then we can have the available qty reduced for every successive referencing of S1 documents by S2.

And my problem is coming not when I am referencing. it is coming when I am rejecting the 2nd document(S2). I want the qty in S2 to be available for re-referencing. This is not happening as the item completion rule is clearly making the items in S1 show as completed. Hence if there is any error in creating a S2 document, just rejecting it, is not allowing me to re-reference that qty from S1.

with best regards

Debopam

[Former Member]

Hi,

The important thing to note is that the completion rule is valid only for Quotations / Inquiries / Contracts, and NOT for sales orders. The F1 help for this field clearly states that.

See also SAP Note 85535 which says:

Order item category has been configured with a completion rule. Order items are not relevant for reference, so the reference status will never be set to complete.

Regards

Nikhilesh

Edited by: Nikhilesh shenoy on May 1, 2008 12:53 PM