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title: Edit a purchase for an Insufficient Funds invoice exception
description: Edit a purchase to resolve invoice exceptions of type Insufficient Funds \(Amount variance\) and Insufficient Funds \(Quantity variance\).
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/edit-purchase-insufficient-funds.html
release: australia
product: Accounts Payable Operations
classification: accounts-payable-operations
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [APO, Accounts Payable Operations, invoice exception, invoice automation, Insufficient Funds, Employee center]
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---

# Edit a purchase for an Insufficient Funds invoice exception

Edit a purchase to resolve invoice exceptions of type Insufficient Funds \(Amount variance\) and Insufficient Funds \(Quantity variance\).

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_shop.shopper

## About this task

For more information about editing a purchase order line, see [Edit a purchase order line](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/sourcing-and-procurement-operations/edit-purchase-order.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Employee Center** > **My Tasks**.

2.  On the **Open** tab, select an Insufficient Funds exception task.

3.  Select **Edit Purchase**.

4.  On the Edit a purchase page, select **Entire purchase**.

5.  In the **Purchase** field, select the purchase order and do one of the following:

    -   To resolve the Insufficient Funds \(Quantity variance\) invoice exception, edit the purchase order and ensure that the purchase order quantity is greater than the invoiced quantity of all the invoices received for this purchase order.
    -   Insufficient Funds \(Line amount variance\) invoice exception, edit the purchase order and ensure that the purchase order amount is greater than the invoiced amount of all the invoices received for this purchase order.
6.  Select **Submit**.


## What to do next

Mark the Insufficient Funds exception task as complete. For more information, see [Mark an exception task as complete from Employee Center](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/complete-exception-task-ec.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Work on an invoice exception](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/work-invoice-exception-case.md)