Cancel Work Task

Explanation

This activity is used to cancel a work task. When cancelling the work task, a cancellation cause must be given. There are several conditions that must be met to be able to cancel the work task. These are described under Prerequisites.

Prerequisites

Before cancelling the work task, the following conditions must be met:

• The Work Task must exist in the New, Under Preparation, Prepared, Released or Work Started status
• The Work Task cannot be on hold
• Task Steps must not exist in the Done status
• If there are Work Assignments, they should be in Cancelled, Assigned or Accepted status
• Cost lines or sales lines must not exist on the Work Task
• Released Purchase Requisition lines and Purchase orders lines connected to the Work Task must not exist
• The Work Task must not have been transferred to Mobile.
• The cause for cancelling must be defined in Work Task Basic Data/Cancel Cause tab.
• If Cancel Cause Access is to be used, it has to be defined in System Definitions/Object Property
  • Object LU: CancelTaskCause
  • Property Name: USE_CNCL_CAUSE_ACCSS should be set to TRUE
• If Cancel Cause Access functionality is used, the cancel cause access can be defined in Work Task Basic Data/Cancel Cause Access tab

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the work task will be set to the Cancelled status and no further work can be planned or executed on the work task.

• Work Task dependencies are removed
• Purchase requisitions lines connected to the Work Task are removed
• If a slave Work Task exists, it can be Cancelled if the check-box Cancel All Slave Work Tasks is selected in the Cancellation dialog
• If Work Assignments exist, they will be removed
• A journal entry is created for this event. Journal entries are generated in the Journal tab found in the Prepare Work Order and Report In Work Order windows

Window

Work Task
Work Tasks
Prepare Work Order
Work Order Structure
Work Task Basic Data

Related Window Descriptions

Work Task
Prepare Work Order
Work Task Basic Data

Procedure

Use the following procedure to enter the information:

1. Open the Work Task or the Work Tasks window. Alternatively, select the Work Task tab in the Prepare Work Order or the Work Order Structure window.
2. Depending on the window with which you are working, search for the work task or search for the work order and then select the relevant work task.
3. Right-click, point to Status, and then click Cancelled.
4. The Cancellation dialog box opens.
5. Click List to select a valid Cause.
6. Optionally, enter a Cancellation Comment
7. Click OK to save the information and close the dialog box.