When trying to cancel the Standard Purchase Order or Release error - 'Open releases exist against the purchase document' error (Doc ID 1542906.1)

Last updated on JULY 19, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Purchasing - Version 12.1.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When trying to cancel the Blanket Release or Standard Purchase order, get the following error.

Error: Document #233-24, Line #16 :
Open releases exist against the purchase document.

This error is occurring for all BPA releases & Standard POs when trying to cancel them.

Replication Steps:
The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Purchasing responsibility: Purchase Orders> Releases
2. Select the BPA release that you want to cancel
3. Tools> Cancel
4. Error occurrs

Cause

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