Why is my Goods Receipt (GR) not linked to the Purchase Order (PO) on SAP Business Network?

The Goods receipt failed to link to the PO due to following reasons:

• The supplier has rejected the PO via order confirmation which has updated PO status to Rejected.
• You have posted another PO with the same PO number to the supplier due to which SAP Business Network has two POs active with same purchase order number.
• You have manipulated the vendor data.
  • For example you posted a purchase order and deleted the vendor on SAP Business Network and assigned that vendor id to another ANID and posted a goods receipt.
    Hence the purchase order is with a different supplier and the receipt is with a different supplier.
• While posting the goods receipt, you provided only orderID as Document Reference. This creates an ambiguous situation for SAP Business Network and it fails to link the Receipt to the correct PO.
• The Receipt contains an invalid line number.
• The Receipt contains duplicated line numbers.

• Make sure the PO is active in both Supplier and Buyer portal and not in Rejected status.
  Post a new Order/Change Order if the order status is Rejected
• Make sure there are no two active POs with the same number in the account.
  Obsolete old version of the PO and create Goods receipt on active PO.
• Validate the Vendor details if there are any latest changes, before posting any PO
• Post PO related documents by referencing payloadID or combination of orderID with orderDate.
• Make sure the Receipt carries a valid ReceiptItemReference lineNumber that matches the lineNumber on the PO.
• Make sure that each receiptLineNumber in the Receipt is unique.

Rejected purchase orders are treated as Active on SAP Business Network as suppliers do have the option to Confirm the Rejected Purchase Order via Order Confirmation.

For further information regarding SAP Business Network using the orderID with the orderDate or payloadID to match a Purchase Order, please check the Purchase Order Matching section of the cXML Solutions Guide.

SAP Business Network for Procurement & Supply Chain > Transaction Documents
SAP Business Network for Procurement & Supply Chain > Transaction Documents > Transaction (Invoicing)
SAP Business Network for Procurement & Supply Chain > Transaction Documents > Transaction (Purchase Orders, Ship Notices & Goods Receipts)
Transaction Documents > Transaction (Purchase Orders, Ship Notices & Goods Receipts) > POs, Ship Notices & Goods Receipts XML Integration