PO Item Locked

Hi Expert,
May I know why a PO item that is locked, appear in MD04 but not in MRP run?
Thank you

Henry,
When the PO Item is locked for a Material master record, that perticular material can not be allowed to procure (that means locked for procurement, PO and subsequenlty PO can not be created, hence there is No question of appearance while MRP is carriedout by the system), but it can be appear in the Stock requirement list (i.e., T.Code: MD04) because there may be some old (sufficient) stock of that perticular material is present. That's why the item is shown in Display current stock /requirement list.
Hope this will clarify your issue,
With Metta,
Srin

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i m using obiee 11g. sometimes when i login obiee i got some error.
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RS wrote:
Hi
i m using obiee 11g. sometimes when i login obiee i got some error.
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Error Details
Error Codes: KFSRUZ8D
can anyone plz help me why this error is why nd how to resolve it.Do you see any pattern of this behavior or is it totally random? I would try bouncing the whole stack to see if the error would go away.

How do you make an image a background image if the menu option is dimmed?

I'm using the Cork Board template in a Pages layout document. I wanted to use the cork background in another page. Option dragging the cork image creates a copy in the new page. I can "Send it to back" but the Arrange->Send Object to Background command is dimmed. The problem is that "Send it to back" does not put it behind the header or footer so my page numbers are not visible.
Oddly, if I just drag the cork image from one page to another, it remains a background object in the new page. Copying it causes it to come out of the background.
Anybody have an idea why the Send Object to Background command is dimmed?

In fact, my guess is that the cork.pdf object is a background object because it is a template transferred from Pages '06 to Pages '08.
During the conversion, some properties are passed even if they aren't treated by the new version.
If some one wish to let some of these items in the true background, as far as I know, the only available soluce is:
create a new object from the delivered template
unlock some items if necessary
remove useless items
lock back the kept item
save the document as a template.
Never change the background property of the kept items.
As far as an item is a "true background" one,
trying to move an other item to the background will leave it above the "true background object".
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 9 septembre 2008 15:49:21)

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