Autocreating Orders from Sourcing Request For Quotation (RFQ), errors with "Purchase Order Creating could not be initiated." (Doc ID 1989658.1)

Last updated on MARCH 15, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

After setting the profile PO: Use PODI AutoCreate to Yes (applicable prior to release 12.2.4 only)  and with no default charge account setup defined,
when attempting to autocreate a new order from a Sourcing RFQ,  the following error occurs:

If there is a default account defined at the employee level,  the Purchase Order creation workes fine; no error  occurs.

ERROR
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Purchase Order Creating could not be initiated. Please check with your system administrator

STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

Setup:  no account is set at employee level and
            no expense account rules are defined for the concerned category

1.  From the Sourcing RFQ, open Actions Menu , select the Complete Award Action
2.  Enter the PO Number
3.  Press Submit button->Receive the Error

Changes

Applied the following patch to add the profile PO: Use PODI AutoCreate.

<Patch 18120913>  - Procurement R12.1.3 Update 2014/01 January 2014, which introduced profile PO: Use PODI AutoCreate

Cause

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