Update MSEG-GRUND on existing Material Document

[Former Member]

Hello All,

I have a request from business asking for the ability to go back into a Material Document (MB02 or something similar) to 'correct' the reason code that was assigned at the time of posting the document.  I know this field currently cannot be changed after the fact and I understand the reasons why.  My standard response would be to cancel the material document and then re-post with the correct reason code.   

Can someone please provide me with good reasons why we should not explore the possibility of developing a custom routine that would allow the update of reason code on existing material document?  I am looking for this so I can go back to the Business and convince them this is not the way to go.
 

Thanks in advance.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Adam,

of course you can update this by enhancement, but it has to be managed carefully and will be replaced by next upgrade.

Also from system governance point of view it is not recommended, because you are openning a gate to users which is not secure, this case might be not too dangerous however, business will push you to go to further.

If you trust your team that you can manage this and further, just do. But NOT recommended to enhance the SAP standard.

Hope I am clear,

Sarhan.

[Former Member]

Thanks you all for your responses.  I went back to the business suggesting we should follow normal processes and reverse the original document an re-post with correct reason code.  We will focus effort on how we should code our report so that it doesn't count the incorrect original reason code.

Thanks

[former_member183155]

Adam Cook;

You can only update MSEG-SGTXT with MB02 that can be implementable.

Regards.

M.Ozgur Unal

[Former Member]

Hi,

Suggestion would be train the User to update correct reason code before posting the material document.

Secondly never cancel the posted document which might create amount changes back to and may get effected to price change account or some difference.

So the Older documents which are having Incorrect Reason code do update through an enhancement

Better convenience the Client not to change the reason code field GRUND and workaround update the correct reason with description in any of the text in MB02.

Hope this is clear to you..

Rgds,

Patil

[Former Member]

Hi,

For reason code(GRUND), you enter wrong reason code only for this material document only and not for every document  you  enter always wrong reason code for other material docs.

so it is possible only some times, for this you don't want create custom routine.

convince the client, and give suggest  do cancel document and post  it again.

Thanks.