SAP Message W4001 - &: & purchase order exists

Diagnosis
Purchase order items were found for this material and this plant.

Procedure

  • If the purchase order items have not subsequently been processed,
  • you can delete the purchase order items for the material and theplant.
    • If full goods receipt has not yet taken place for a particular purchase
    • order item, you can reset the purchase order quantity.
      • If the purchase order item has been delivered in full, but not
      • yet completely settled, you have to wait for the invoiceverification function to act on this.
        • If a purchase order has been processed in full, you can delete the
        • processed purchase order items using the archiving programs.
          Change purchase order
          Archive purchase order

900537FAQ: Error messages when archiving materials