Duplicating An Approved Document

Hi Experts,
I have a scenario which is described below.
A PO was generated which has gone through the approval procedure and has been approved. The originator has added the approved document and saved it.
Now, the originator has to release another PO which has same materials as in the Approved PO. When the originator is duplicating the document it gives duplicates the PO but then the Vendor Code and Vendor Name fields are both disabled. Which does not allow the Originator to select the new vendor for the duplicated document.
Any thoughts on this.. Is this a bug or the functionality is right as per SAP?
Regards
Rohan S. Kamble

Hi Gordan, Rahul,
My SAP B1 Version is 8.8 PL 10.
Rahul:
Yes with normal PO there is no such issue. Thats why i specified Approved PO. There is certainly an issue with the Approved PO's.
Could any one please reconfirm if the behavior is occurring for PL 10?
Regards
Rohan S. Kamble
Edited by: Reno on Feb 18, 2011 2:39 PM

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