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Procedure documentation Articles: Blocking an Article Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

  1. Access the Change Article: Initial Screen. You can now block the article for business transactions for the following areas of validity (in each case, you can also enter a date from which the article is to be blocked):
      1. Access the user department Basic Data.
      2. Enter the corresponding status in the Cross-site article status field.
      1. Access the user department Logistics: Distribution Center.
      2. Choose Area of validity and specify the distribution center in the dialog box that appears.
      3. Enter the corresponding status in the Site-specific article status field.
      4. Repeat the procedure for all distribution centers for which the article is to be blocked.
      1. Access the user department Logistics: Store.
      2. Choose Area of validity and enter a sales organization and a distribution channel or store in the dialog box that appears.
      3. Enter the corresponding status in the Site-specific article status field.
      4. Repeat the procedure for all distribution chains or stores for which the article is to be blocked.
      1. Access the user department Purchasing.
      2. If you have not already entered a purchasing organization and a vendor on the initial screen, make the required entries in the dialog box that appears.
      3. To prevent the article from being ordered from a specific date, enter values in the Available from and Available to fields.
      4. Choose Area of validity to repeat the procedure for all vendors for which the article is to be blocked.

Note

You must specify a purchasing organization. The article is blocked for all purchasing organizations nevertheless.
      1. Access the user department Basic Data.
      2. Enter the corresponding status in the Cross-distribution-chain article status field.
      1. Access the user department Sales or POS.
      2. Choose Area of validity and enter a sales organization and distribution channel in the dialog box that appears. Even if a sales unit is specified, the article is blocked for all sales units nevertheless.
      3. Enter the corresponding status in the Distribution-chain-specific article status field.
      4. Repeat the procedure for all distribution chains for which the article is to be blocked.

You can use this function to block an article only in sales via POS, not to block an article in Sales and Distribution (for example, you cannot use it to block sales orders for the article).
      1. Access the user department POS.
      2. Choose Area of validity and enter the relevant site (store or distribution center) in the dialog box that appears.
      3. To prevent the article from being sold from a specific date, enter values in the Available from and Available to fields.
      4. Repeat the procedure for all sites for which the article is to be blocked.
  1. Save your data.
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