Which of the following reasons can a purchaser select to dismiss the situation message in the case of overdue for centrally managed purchase order items? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this…

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Options

• AReject
• BObsolete
• CApprove
• DResolve
• EInvalid

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  90% (46)
• C
  6% (3)

Explanation

In SAP S/4HANA's Situation Handling framework, when a centrally managed purchase order item is overdue, a situation message is triggered. A purchaser can dismiss that message by selecting one of three valid reasons: Obsolete (B) - the situation is no longer relevant to the current context; Resolve (D) - the underlying issue has been addressed and no further action is needed; or Invalid (E) - the situation was incorrectly triggered and does not apply.

Reject (A) is wrong because "Reject" is a procurement workflow action (e.g., rejecting a purchase requisition), not a dismiss reason for situation messages. Approve (C) is similarly wrong - it belongs to approval workflows, not to the situation message dismissal process.

Memory tip: Think "ORI" minus one O - Obsolete, Resolve, Invalid. These three reasons all signal that the situation message no longer needs attention, just for different reasons (no longer relevant, already fixed, or never valid in the first place).

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