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Vendor is locked for organizational unit

Former Member
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Hi all.

SRM 4.0, server 5.0, backend ECC 6.0.

I have a situation where a purchase order is blocked because of

Vendor 0000012481 is locked for organizational unit LEGO Brand Retail Inc. LOCAL

Strange thing is, though, that in the BP of the vendor in SRM there is no block, and nor in the backend. This error was not encountered in the creation of the shopping cart, so the purchase order is now stuck in SRM because of this lock.

Any idea as to how I can remove this block from the PO - or the vendor master BP, where everything is okay?

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ashwin_mundkur
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Hi Dennis,

Can you check note 1035481?

thanks,

Ashwin

former_member183819
Active Contributor
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Hi Plz verify this sap note 1106182 error for blocked supplier.

Former Member
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Hi,

Go to trn BP, input the BP id of the vendor click on start, double click on the resulting line (with BP number), a screen will come with 5 tabs, in that cascade to the last tab (status) and ensure the filed "central block" was not flagged. If it is flagged, go to change mode and de-flag it and save.

Regards

Jagadheesh

Former Member
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Thanks for the input; however, the notes do not help, and of course I have also checked the BP data in every possible way. There are NO blocks on the vendor in either SRM nor the backend, and when using the vendor in the SC there are no errors; the error shows only at PO creation, which of course is too late!

Former Member
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Well well well... I found the solution. In my SRM system I have created organizational units where several company codes/purchasing groups/organizations are assigned to, so that 1 user has the ability to purchase from different company codes. My vendor was blocked in 1 company code/purchasing org in the BP, but not the one that this PO was created in. Therefore I have an error in my coding, where the vendor check is not being carried out towards the correct purchasing organization... I removed the block from the vendor BP of the organization that was not in the SC, and this resolved the issue.

Former Member
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Hi Dennis in the post above you mentioned "I removed the block from the vendor BP of the organization that was not in the SC, and this resolved the issue. "

How did you remove the block on that BP of that particular Organisation?

Thanks

Arshad

former_member183819
Active Contributor
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Please check BUT000 - FIELD XBLCK

Raman

Former Member
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Hi both.

Yes - BUT000 and the field is empty, meaning that no block should be there.

When using Manage Business Partner (BBPMAININT) there are no blocks as well.

What else could it be? 😐

Former Member
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hI

Check in BUT000 ,,, whether vendor has been released or not and also check validity periods

Former Member
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Hi.

BUT000 looks fine; no blocks and no validity dates incorrect.

And how would I maintain this table if needed? Through BP or BBPMAININT right?

former_member183819
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Source SDN :- This may be related link

please see this link ....

Re: vendor zxxx is locked for organizational unit XXX

Posted: Jan 16, 2008 9:18 AM in response to: Mohammed Sameer E-mail this message Reply

Hi

Transaction PPOCV_BBP to maintain the Org Plan - Vendor root.. You also need to create an org unit in PPOMA_BBP and check it as the purchasing org.

Please ensure that only single SAP session will opened for BBPGETVD transaction, (and not the PPOMA_BBP transaction in change mode) while doing SC Shop process / Vendor replication...

The transfer is launched in an update task, check if it is not blocked. Also check SLG1 for log messages.

Could you please confirm the following points ->

1- In ECC, vendors are defined for the purchasing organization you used in PPOMA_BBP

2- In SRM , in transaction BBPMAININT, your vendors are defined in the purchazing organization defined in PPOMA_BBP

-> BBPMAININT -> then go to vendor tab and check the Porg and related backend mapping destination.

3- In SRM, in PPOMA_BBP, please confirm that your Pgroup and Porg are defined with the correct logical backend system.

4- In PPOMA_BBP, please confirm that you dont have more than one Porg pointing to the same product category you are using when creating your SC.(product responsability tab) else the system is picking the "nearest" one...

5- In "define backend system for product category", please confirm that your backend system is the one define in PPOMA_BBP

6- While creating your SC, please confirm before saving it, that the Porg and Pgroup are the one inherited from the PPOMA_BBP

Incase this does not help, please delete the Vendor and try again..

For deletion flag setting for EBP vendor,see the foll note:

Note 673331 - Deletion indicator in purchasing data record of R/3 vendor

Also if you no longer need to use the vendor in SRM,then you can delete the vendor from SRM system using the trasncn "Manage Business Partners"

OR Run the FM "BUP_BUPA_DELETE" by giving the BP no and uncheck the checkbox for TEST run while running this FM.Also before running this FM,mark the archiving flag for the BP of that vendor in the trasn "BP".

Related pointers ->

Do let me now.

Regards

Atul

laurent_burtaire
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Hello Dennis,

Are your sure using web transaction "Manage Business Partner", you have no lock flag set for this vendor on the concerned Purchasing Organization ?

And in R/3 too ?

If no, look for the where-used of this error message to know what is checked in SRM.

Regards.

Laurent.