Converting a Warning message to Error message and vice versa

Converting a Warning message to Error message and vice versa


By PC Teja, Ascent

Consider the following scenario:

Try creating a Purchase Order with the delivery date in the past (see the screenshot below):

Click on Save. You would get the following warning message:

Since the above is just a warning message, the end user can just press ENTER and save his document. To restrict the end user from doing this, we need to issue an error message instead of a warning message. Following is the procedure to convert this warning message to error message:

Go to transaction SPRO.

Click on Purchasing à Purchasing à Environment Data à Define Attributes of System Messages (See the screenshot below)

Following screen appears:

Click on ‘System messages’.

Following screen with the list of all System messages appears.

Now search for the message “Delivery date is in the past”.

Change W (Warning) to E (Error).

Save your entries.

Now run the purchase order transaction again and provide the delivery date somewhere in the past. Click on Save. Following error message appears:




Converting a Warning message to Error message and vice versa