Handling of deleted Purchase Orders in SPM

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

I was wondering how deleted purchase orders get handled in SPM. Our client claims, that deleted POs still get displayed in detail reports. I checked the transformations and could not find any handling logic for that.

For deleted invoices I saw that recordmode gets set to D within the exper routine of transformation into detail layer DSO. Shouldn't there be an euqivalent logic for POs as well?

Thanks in advance,

Tobias

[Former Member]

Hi Vimal,

I guess you misunderstood my request. Off course we or my client do not actually delete these recors from the table.

Instead they get flagged via r/3 table field LOEKZ as in SAP standard.

So what I expected to see in SPM at some point was a logic where records with LOEKZ (SPM characteristic 0XSARSTORN) get deleted somehow?

Best regards,

Tobias

[Former Member]

Hi guys,

could you please take a look on that topic again. Du you have any standard propsal on how to handle that issue?

Thanks again,

Tobias

[Former Member]

Hi Tobias,

Please check SAP Note 1391909. I think this might help you solve your problem.

Regards,

Vimal

[Former Member]

Hi Tobias,

Yes, the standard SPM features are there for invoices. What we have done for PO's is to code the record mode ourselves, hence:-

if EKPO-LOEKZ = L or X

set the record mode to D.

else leave as is.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Pom

[Former Member]

Hi Tobias,

I don't have a solution for your technical query. But, would like to comment on the process which has been adopted by your client.

It is not a good practice to delete purchase orders. If a purchase order becomes irrelavant because of any reason it should only be cancelled and the record should be retained.

Regards,

Vimal Gasper