How To Fix CO688 - Unprocessed future change recs for order & prevent del. flag/completion

CO688 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CO - PPC order processing messages

• Message number: 688

• Message text: Unprocessed future change recs for order & prevent del. flag/completion

What causes this issue?

There are still future change records or error records to be processed
from the confirmation for the confirmation processes in order &V1&.
Possible confirmation processes are:
Automatic goods receipt
Backflushing
Calculation of actual costs
Data transfer to HR

System Response

You are not meant to set the deletion flag/'completed' status for
orders with future change records that have not been processed.

How to fix this error?

You should process the open future change records using
<DS:TRAN.CO1P>Predefined confimration process</> or
The CORUPROC program, by dispatching it in Customizing in a background
job (dispatch background jobs: dispatching processes).
Check if incorrect goods movements or incorrect actual cost
calculations exist for the order, and reprocess these if necessary:
<DS:TRAN.COGI>Reprocessing incorrect goods movements</>
<DS:TRAN.COFC>Reprocessing incorrect actual cost calculations</>

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message CO688 - Unprocessed future change recs for order & prevent del. flag/completion ?

  The SAP error message CO688 indicates that there are unprocessed future change records for a production order, which is preventing the delivery or completion of that order. This typically occurs in the context of production planning and control, where changes to the order are scheduled to take effect in the future but have not yet been processed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Future Change Records: The production order has future change records that have not been executed. These changes might include modifications to quantities, dates, or other parameters that are set to take effect at a future date.
  Prevent Delivery Flag: The order may have a flag set that prevents delivery or completion until all future changes are processed.
  Order Status: The status of the order may not allow for delivery or completion due to pending changes.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Process Future Change Records:
  
  Navigate to the production order in question.
  Check for any future change records that are pending. You can do this