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Message

You cannot proceed; negative inventory is not permitted

Diagnosis

In the Document Generation wizard, you have added a sales document that contains an item quantity that will cause a negative inventory for that item.

Procedure

Do one of the following:

  • Change the sales document to allow partial delivery:

    1. Open the sales document.

    2. On the Logistics tab, select the Allow Partial Delivery checkbox.

    3. Choose the Update button, and then choose the OK button.

    4. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Sales - A/R   Document Generation Wizard  .

    5. Run the Document Generation wizard again.

  • Select a different warehouse that has sufficient quantity of the item so that negative inventory does not occur.

    1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Inventory   Item Master Data  .

    2. In the Item Master Data window, on the Inventory Data tab, in the Whse Name column, enter a warehouse with a sufficient amount of the item you want to add to the sales document.

    3. Choose the Update button, and then choose the OK button.

    4. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Sales - A/R   Document Generation Wizard  .

    5. Run the Document Generation wizard again.

Note Note

If you are a superuser in SAP Business One, you can allow negative inventory as follows:

  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Document Settings  .

  2. On the General tab, deselect the Block Negative Inventory checkbox.

  3. Choose the Update button, and then choose the OK button.

End of the note.

More Information

Document Generation Wizard

Item Master Data: Inventory Data Tab

Document Settings: General Tab