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Confirm or Refuse Master Record Changes  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You are using dual control for master data maintenance and wish to confirm changes made to sensitive fields in the master record.

Prerequisites

You are authorized to confirm changes and have not changed the sensitive master data fields in question yourself.

Procedure

You can edit changes to master data either individually or in lists.

  1. From the Account receivable menu, choose
    Master records Confirmation of change List or
    Master records Confirmation of change Single. This procedure describes the List editing function.
  2. If you choose List, the Display/Confirm Critical Customer Changes dialog box appears.
  3. Select the required accounts (for changes to the general data) and, if necessary, the required company codes (for changes to the company code data).
    Select the changes you wish to edit and choose Continue.
  4. The Display/Confirm Critical Customer Changes dialog box appears with a list of the changed accounts. Stoplights indicate the status of each account:

Green = Change confirmed

Yellow = Change not yet confirmed

Red = Change refused

Select an account from the list to edit it. The Confirm Customer Change screen appears. You then have the option of viewing the changes one more time before either confirming or refusing them.

If you refuse the changes, you can send a workflow note to the relevant clerk explaining why you did so, and suggesting how best to proceed. Choose System Workflow Send object with note.

When you have edited an account, save your entries. Choose Back to go back to the displayed list.

Result

When you have edited and saved the changed account, the message "Changes have been made" appears, and the stoplight shows the new status of the account.