How To Fix QA158 - Certain purchase orders are still open

QA158 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QA - QM : Inspection lots

• Message number: 158

• Message text: Certain purchase orders are still open

What causes this issue?

QM should be either activated or deactivated for goods receipt. There
are still open orders for this material.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

QA158 - Details

• The SAP error message QA158 indicates that certain purchase orders (POs) are still open, which prevents the completion of a quality inspection or the processing of a goods receipt. This error typically arises in the context of quality management (QM) when you are trying to perform actions that require all related purchase orders to be closed or fully processed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Open Purchase Orders: The primary cause of this error is that there are one or more purchase orders associated with the material that are still open. This means that the goods have not been received, or the purchase order has not been fully processed.
  Incomplete Goods Receipt: If the goods receipt for the purchase order has not been completed, the system will flag this as an issue.
  Quality Inspection Not Completed: If the quality inspection process has not been finalized for the goods received against the purchase order, it can also lead to this