TECO deletes open PR without warning message

[Former Member]

Hi PM experts,

When you perform technical completion for a PM order, the outstanding purchase requisition will be deleted without any warning message. Is there a SAP standard message that I can activate to prompt there is still open PR for that order?

Thanks,

[former_member555551]

hi,

Other than what you specified ,you can create an user status which prohibits TECO of order as PO not converted ,and PO converted which allows TECO of the order.

thanks

[Former Member]

Hi,

This is a common problem that I have found at several clients and there is not an easy way to combat it in standard SAP without some form of enhancement. One tip I would recommend however is to include in your user training a recommendation that the user clicks on the 'Document flow' button on the PM order header before clicking on TECO. This function enables the user to easily see if each purchase requisition has been converted to a PO and goods/service receipted.

[Former Member]

Dear Charlie,

I as your requirement it may help you.

go to T code OME0 check wich message is suitable to your condition.there are so many messages thease all realted to different function.

take care when you doing, better note down and priceed.

Hope this helps you

Prem.

[Former Member]

Hi Prem,

Thanks! I know SAP has many standard messages for PM, but this one is not there.

Regards,

[paul_meehan]

Hi,

There is no standard message that can be activated when PR is flagged for deletion at technical completion time.

Exit IWO10004 is called at completion but does not contain any requisition data as standard.

-Paul

[peter_atkin]

Guys,

Its very unlikely that someone will have converted the PR to a PO at the very instant you TECO the order. So you can call the data from the database (table RESB) into user-exit IWO10004 (Customer check for order completion).

PeteA

[AB]

I guess you really don't want just a message.

To be useful, you probably want to offer the user the ability either to teco and delete the open PR or to inhibit teco and keep the open PR. That implies a decision dialog. And then of course the user might want to see what the open PR(s) are -

Regards

Andrew

[Former Member]

Hi Andrew,

'Just a message' is already complicate enough. As the PO and PR are not always one to one relationship. We have to go to two more tables to compare quantities. There is cancellation function in original TECO screen.

Thanks,

[AB]

Charlie,

you could use the standard SAP message CO 435:

Order &: Purchase requisition & still exists

Regards

Andrew Barnard

[Former Member]

Andrew,

Have you tried to use it before? I activated CO435 in PP configuration, it didn't work for PM orders.

Thanks,

[AB]

You will need to implement the message and associated logic yourself in the user exit that Paul mentioned much earlier in the post - after you have determined whether there are still open purchase requisitions.

Perhaps you should also consider any records in CATS for the order operations that have not yet been transferred. You can check this with the FM CATS_NETWORK_ACTIVITY_EXISTS.