A user is performing a material return transaction against access stock in an Inventory organization; however, the user fails to select the Physical Material Return Required check box. What happens?

Question

Options

• AIt is considered as accounting-only return.
• BStock is reserved.
• CA transfer order line remains open.
• DShipment lines are created.

• A
  84% (53)
• B
  10% (6)
• C
  3% (2)
• D
  3% (2)

Explanation

When the Physical Material Return Required checkbox is left unchecked during a material return against excess/access stock, the system processes only the financial side of the transaction - adjusting accounting entries (cost, accruals, etc.) without triggering any actual physical movement of goods. This is the definition of an accounting-only return (A), which is the correct answer.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Stock is reserved): Reservation applies when demand is placed against available inventory, not during a return transaction where the checkbox is omitted.
• C (A transfer order line remains open): A transfer order is only created when the physical return IS required (checkbox checked); skipping the checkbox means no transfer order is generated at all - there is nothing to remain open.
• D (Shipment lines are created): Shipment lines are a consequence of a physical return being initiated (checkbox checked), enabling the logistics of moving goods back; without checking the box, no shipment lines are triggered.

Memory tip: Think of the checkbox as a "physical switch." Checked = physical goods move (transfer orders, shipment lines). Unchecked = accounting only - the books change, but the shelves don't.

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