Holds prevent direct order purchase order processing

When you perform a final update on an invoice for a direct order purchase order (DO PO), this error now occurs if the DO PO is on hold: Cannot Process, Order is Not Approved (5846). The error can also occur when a DO PO that is tied to a direct sales order line is on hold.

You must maintain the DO PO in Purchase Order Entry to remove the hold before you can process the invoice in Vendor Invoice Center Entry or by running the Vendor Entry Group Update/Reconcile Invoices Report. Only after the invoice is processed is the customer invoiced and the vendor payment issued.