Problem with an item line

Question

Hi
One of my customers has created an order with two item lines (10 and 20)
The first has been delivered and the second item line was used to create a Purchase Order (NB).
Subsequenlty they found out that they actually needed to delete line 20 which was blocked due to the PO.  They have deleted the PO item line but the PO still exists and blocks for deletion of order item line 20.
For now the client has agreed to use the 'reason for rejection' function but they would like the PO deleted so that they can delete order line 20.
How do I delete the PO?
Thx

Answer 1

Hello,
I suppose you used the third party item category for the second line item - 20. So the system first creates a purchase requisition for this item & then this purchase requisition is referred for creating a purchase order.
Now for line item 20, after sales order the subsequent documents will be
1. Purchase requisition.
2. Purchase order.
SAP doesn't allow to delete an item if a subsequent document exist in relation to it. Now in this case, you have cancelled/deleted the item from the PO but still the line item 20 lies in the Purchase requisition. It will have to deleted from the PR also before deleting it from the sales order.
Go to VA02 - enter your sales order number - double click on the line item 20 - go to schedule lines - scroll towards the right side to see the purchase requisition (PR) number.
Now go to ME52N - select the purchase requisition number - delete the line item 20 from here - save the PR.
Now try to delete the line item 20 from the sales order, the system should allow.
Reward points if solution helps.
With best regards,
Allabaqsh G. Patil.