Payment block and workflow

Dear Expert,
Could you tell me what is the relationship between workflow and payment block ?
when I enter payment block 'B' (Blocked for payment) in accounting document, message box appear "There are no workflows
that have already work with this object but when I enter payment block 'P'(Payment Request ) the workflow are defined.
Are the any config related to workflow and payment block?
Could you tell me please..
Thanks and Regards,
YL

Hi Ylee,
Three clarifications from my side in response to your process -
1) Through IMG ---> Material Management ---> Logistics Invoice Verification ---> Incoming Invoice ---> Define Mail to Purchasing When Price Variance Occur, you can be able to set up the message determination so that the related message will be automatically sent to the buyer's inbox as soon as there is any variance between PO price and invoiced amount;
2) Secondly, it is true that once change is made in the PO, the blocked invoice shall also be released through another transaction MRBR.
3) You can also technically define the small difference transaction/event key DIF for automatic posting in case of small difference.
Given your pre-defined process, I would believe that any workflow, once being activated, shall consist of three main steps -
1) The e-mail notification shall be triggered and sent to buyer as soon as there is any variance;
2) Once change is made in PO via ME22N transaction, the workflow will be then forwarded to A/P clerk (invoice creator) so as to either run MRBR transaction or manually remove the payment block indicator;
3) Once this is completed, the e-mail notification will be sent to the buyer (and other related parties, if any) confirming the successful invoice posting.
Regards
Sridhar

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Dear expert
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prhps. look to this SAP help:
Payment Block Key
Use
Specifies why a document is blocked for payment.
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Manual payment block
If you manually select a payment block from the list field to block an invoice for payment, the payment block field in the header of the invoice document is marked with the appropriate indicator.
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