SAP Note 335486 - Archiving MM_EKKO: Purchase orders on hold

Component : Userinterface - Purchase Orders - Archiving

Solution : https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/335486 (SAP Service marketplace login required)

Summary :
Purchase orders created in ME21N and placed on hold are incorrectly processed as active during archiving. This issue affects users who employ the ‘Hold’ function extensively, leading to a clutter of inactive orders that should be quickly archived. Applying this note will adjust the archiving process, whereby held orders marked as deleted will be archived immediately in subsequent runs, disregarding the standard Customizing settings for archiving residence time. Relevant transaction codes: ME21N, ME22N, ME23N, MEPO, MM_EKKO.

Key words :
additional key words me21n, enjoy purchase order, symptom purchase orders, archive purchase orders, transaction me21n, purchase orders, function 'hold', hold faster, prerequisites solution, archiving run

Related Notes :

401318Archiving: Additional information
339856Behavior of a purchase order on hold