Automatically block invoice

Hi Expert,
Please help me ................
When posting an invoice with reference to a PO I want blocked the invoice immediately upon MIRO creation.
Thanks,

hi,
if you want to block your invoice then you can use following:
1. Stocastic block
2. Its better idea to put it on HOLD..
If you have to use the stocastic block then do settings from here:
SPRO >> MM > LIV >> Invoice block >> Stocastic block >> do settings for activating and setting...
And if you wanna put your LIV doc on HOLD, then after entering the data fo to Invoice document --> Hold --> Then your LIV doc will be kept on hold and can be post and released whenevr you want...
Hope it helps..
Regards
Priyanka.P

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