April 11, 2010

SAP : How to Block or Unblock a Vendor ?

Use transaction code XK05 to centrally block or unblock all financial or purchasing transaction (or both) of a vendor .
Sap Transaction code to block vendor for purchasing or posting: XK05
a). Posting block
To block the posting of all Financial accounting and Material management we can use this option. If Posting block is enabled you cannot post any open items.
b). Purchasing block
Purchasing block is used to block all procurement or purhcasing transactions like creating a new purchase order.
XK05 Block vendor centrally

How to block a vendor in SAP ?
Go to XK05
Enter the Vendor account number
Enter the Company code and Purchase organization and press enter.
In the second screen select one of these options or both (as per your requirement).
XK05 Block vendor centrally-options
Posting Block
[ ] All company codes
Purchasing block
[ ] All purchasing organization


Select the reasons why vendor is blocked in SAP

Block for quality reason
These are the blocking options available in SAP, select one of these options .
01 Block purchase order
02 Block quot. request and purchase order
03 Block quot. req., order, goods receipt
04 Block source determination
99 Total block

Now press Save button, now the vendor is blocked in SAP.

How to unblock a Vendor ?
Go to XK05
Enter the Vendor account number
Enter the Company code and Purchase organization and press enter.
In the second screen remove the tick marks from "Posting block" or "Purchasing block" if exist and also remove the "Block reason" and save .
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