BCEA Enabled Requisitions: How are they processed if created via Web Services

Summary

How are BCEA enabled requisitions processed when created via Web Services

Content

Customers / Support

I am posting this article in the hopes that this will help triage some basic behavior related queries on Budgetary Control enabled requisitions created by the Purchase Requisitions Web Service (PRWS).

Context:

Recently, a customer had a flow where they were attempting to create a requisition through PRWS and were observing behavior on which they wanted more clarifications. Here is a summary of what they were attempting:

a) Creating a requisition through PRWS

b) DocumentStatusCode = Approved passed in the payload. In other words, creating requisitions in Status 'Approved'