# Fishbowl: "Cannot unissue this purchase order"

> The purchase order's current status prevents unissuing; it must be in Issued or Pending Approval to reverse.

## What it means

Unissuing reverses an issued PO back to an earlier state. Fishbowl restricts this to Issued and Pending Approval statuses. Once a PO moves past those states (usually when goods are received or the order is closed), unissuing is no longer permitted.

## What to check

- Open the PO and check its current status field
- If it shows Received, Closed, Canceled, or similar, unissuing is not supported from that state
- Verify whether the PO needs to be modified through a different process or if the received goods must be reversed first

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