Change Outbound Delivery Document

Use

If you make changes to the outbound delivery document, the system cancels or modifies all subsequent documents. In this way, after you have successfully made changes, the outbound delivery document shows the current status of the whole outbound delivery.

Prerequisites

In Customizing, the indicator for document change management must be selected, both for delivery types and billing types. You can find more information under document change management .

Procedure

  1. Choose: Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Sales and Distribution Next navigation step Shipping and Transportation Next navigation step Outbound Delivery Next navigation step Document Change Management End of the navigation path (transaction 03JDCM).

  2. Enter data as required.

The system checks if the goods issue and/or invoice have already been posted.

Depending on the result of this check, you have the following options:

  • If you have already posted the goods issue:

  1. The system displays a dialog box: Goods issue will be deleted .

  2. Choose Reverse .

  3. The system displays the dialog box: Reversal log .

  4. Choose Enter .

  5. The system displays the screen: Outbound delivery Change: Overview (transaction VL02N).

  • If you have already created the invoice and posted the goods issue:

  1. The system displays the screen: Invoice(s) not yet released to accounting and will be canceled . Goods Issue will be deleted.

  2. Choose Reverse .

  3. The system displays the dialog box: Reversal log .

  4. Choose Enter .

  5. The system displays the screen: Outbound delivery Change: Overview (transaction VL02N).

  • If you have already posted the goods issue and the invoice:

  1. The system displays the screen: Invoice(s) released to accounting and considered . Goods Issue will be reversed .

  2. Choose Reverse .

  3. The system displays the dialog box: Reversal log .

  4. Choose Enter .

  5. The system displays the screen: Outbound delivery Change: Overview (transaction VL02N).

  • If you have not yet posted the goods issue:

The system displays the screen: Outbound delivery Change: Overview (transaction VL02N).

Regardless of which option you choose, you end up on the same screen. Continue as follows:

  1. Enter your changes.

  2. Post the goods issue.

  3. Create the invoice.

  4. In the document flow, check the version numbers and also the automatic reversals, of subsequent documents.