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Maximo 8.x and previous versions allow approving a PO without any PO lines. Is there a reason for this? In what scenario PO will need to be approved with no lines associated? 

(Note: I could only think of blanket PO). 

I'd try to open a support case for this because it doesn't make sense to me. I can't think of anything you can do without lines.

We have an exception message (msggroup: po msgkey: CannotApproveIfNoLines) that we commented out in the POStatusHandler but the change happened so long ago I don't have the history behind why. 

We have BPO's (Blanket Purchase Orders) and they have no lines. It is a customization that was done around 2006 to fit our business process.