Delivery Completed" Indicator in Goods Receipt
Delivery Completed" Indicator in Goods Receipt
While doing GR, we want to check the "Delivery Completed" on the Goods Receipt Screen if we are
expecting no future receipt against the Purchase Order.
Currently we are not able to check the Delivery Completed Indicator as it is not in editable mode.
Is there any issue if we enable the Check Box on Goods Receipt Screen. If no, how can we enable
the Check Box.
This is handled by the system automatically. you can change only in purchase order.
The purchase order item is considered closed, even though the total
o At the time of the next goods receipt, the system suggests the item
as unselected.
o The purchase order item can be deleted, even if the total quantity
item is still considered closed if the full quantity has been delivered. In
Completed Indicator, you can define at plant level that the "delivery
If you post a goods receipt for a partial delivery of a purchase order and set the delivery completed
indicator, then, in the next goods receipt for the remaining quantity, the item will still be proposed
and there will be no error messages, but you will see that the item is not selected by default for
posting. You will need to select it in MB01 on purpose to be able to post the goods receipt.
I know that this is not what you expect, but, at least, it differentiates between situations in which the
delivery completed is still not set (the item is selected for posting) and in which the delivery
completed is set (the item is not selected for posting).
One last thing: the system will not stop you from posting further goods receipts for the remaining
quantities when the delivery completed indicator is set. The delivery completed indicator specifies
whether a purchase order item is considered closed.
This means that no more goods receipts are EXPECTED for this item.
If the delivery completed indicator is set, the open purchase order quantity becomes zero, even if the
full quantity has not been delivered. It is still possible to post goods receipts of remaining quantities,
but these no longer change the open purchase order quantity.
You can also see the SAP note 856279 regarding this issue.