In the standard system, a controllable system message is shown when a user creates a purchase order with a delivery date in the past. What must you configure to allow such purchase orders to only be…

Question

Options

• ACopy the system message to a new version.
• BCopy the system message to a new version.
• CCopy the system message to a new version.
• DCopy the system message to a new version.

• A
  77% (23)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  13% (4)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

Note: All four answer choices in this question appear identical - this looks like a data formatting error in the question you've received. The distractors likely had different wording in the original source. I'll explain the concept based on what the correct answer should cover.

Option A is correct because in SAP, a controllable system message can be configured to behave differently depending on the user. To restrict creation of backdated purchase orders to authorized users only, you copy the standard system message to a new customer-specific version (in Customizing, e.g., via message control settings), then set its behavior - such as making it an error for most users but a warning (bypassable) for authorized users - often combined with an authorization object check. This lets privileged users proceed while blocking others.

Since all listed choices are worded identically in your version of the question, it's not possible to explain why B, C, and D are wrong - the original question likely had three different incorrect actions (e.g., deleting the message, changing the user role, modifying the tolerance group directly without copying) as distractors.

Memory tip: Think "Copy before you customize" - in SAP, you never modify standard objects directly. You always copy to a customer namespace first, then configure behavior per user or role. This principle applies broadly across SAP Customizing.

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