Why does Fishbowl say "Cannot unissue a purchase order with the status of bid request."?

You tried to reverse the issued status of a purchase order that is currently in bid request status. Fishbowl restricts the unissue operation based on the purchase order's status, and bid request does not permit it.

Fishbowl Advanced error

Fishbowl: Cannot unissue purchase order in bid request status

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Cannot unissue a purchase order with the status of bid request.

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What it means

You attempted to unissue (reverse the issued status of) a purchase order that is in bid request status. Purchase orders progress through statuses in Fishbowl, and the unissue operation is restricted to certain statuses. Bid request is not one of them.

What to check

Verify the purchase order’s status is actually “bid request” in Fishbowl
Check whether the order has advanced to issued status or another status instead
Confirm your intent: are you trying to unissue an order, or perform a different action (edit, cancel, close)?
If the order should be issuable, verify it’s ready to issue before attempting to unissue