Diagnosis
For item &V1&, no confirmation control key has been determined duringpurchase order creation. A confirmation control key is required in orderto receive a shipping notification from the vendor. The shippingnotification updates the delivered quantity and the delivery status inthe original sales order. Without this data, the sales order can neitherbe billed nor be completed.

System Response
Creation of the purchase order is terminated.

Procedure
Set up a confirmation control key in the purchasing IMG (Confirmations-> Set Up Confirmation Control) that contains a confirmation categorywhich is assigned to the internal confirmation category "ShippingNotification" (Confirmations -> Define Internal ConfirmationCategories). Maintain this confirmation control key in the vendor masterrecord (purchasing view) and/or the purchasing info record for thevendor/material combination. Note that the value from the info recordtakes precedence over the value from the vendor master.