How To Fix MM_PUR_CNTRL_CONTR037 - An initial job has already been successfully run for &1 &2.

MM_PUR_CNTRL_CONTR037 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MM_PUR_CNTRL_CONTR - Messages in Central Purchase Contract

• Message number: 037

• Message text: An initial job has already been successfully run for &1 &2.

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MM_PUR_CNTRL_CONTR037 - Details

• The SAP error message MM_PUR_CNTRL_CONTR037 indicates that an initial job has already been successfully executed for the specified purchasing document type and number. This error typically occurs in the context of purchasing and materials management processes, particularly when dealing with the creation or processing of purchase orders or contracts.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when you attempt to run a job or process that is meant to initialize or process a purchasing document, but the system detects that an initial job for that document has already been completed successfully. This can happen in scenarios such as:
  
  Attempting to reprocess a purchasing document that has already been initialized.
  Running a batch job that processes purchasing documents, where the document in question has already been processed.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Job Status: Verify the status of the job that was previously run for the document. You can do this by checking