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Purchase Order

Former Member — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:02:58 GMT

Hi,

Is Purchase Order Number and Purchase Document Number are same or not and the field is EKKO-EBELN?

Please confirm me the same.

Thanks,

Sriram.

Re: Purchase Order

Former Member — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:07:47 GMT

Hi,

Yes. They are same.

Sri

Re: Purchase Order

RichHeilman — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:18:14 GMT

Yes, they are the same, and yes it is field EKKO-EBELN.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Purchase Order

Former Member — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:23:15 GMT

Not necessarily. Every PO is a purchasing document but not vice-versa. Each purchasing document is identified by its type(BSART) and category(BSTYP). So for purchase orders the BSTYP is 'F' and BSART is typically 'NB'. Note that BSTYP is more important because it is <b>not</b> configurable whereas BSART is.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Srinivas

Re: Purchase Order

Former Member — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:26:57 GMT

Here are the different categories.


A	Request for quotation
F	Purchase order
K	Contract
L	Scheduling agreement

So depending on this value EKKO-EBELN can be a Request for quotation number or a PO number or a Contract number or a schedulimg agreement number.

Hope it is clear.

Srinivas

Re: Purchase Order

RichHeilman — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:30:17 GMT

True, for example, scheduling agreements are purchasing documents but are not purchase orders, but are closly related. They use the same field EKKO-EBELN to store the document number but they use different ranges. But in answer the question directly. PO Number = PO Document Number.

Regards,

Rich Heilman