Purchase Order

[Former Member]

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.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Yes. They are same.

Sri

[Former Member]

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

[Former Member]

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

[RichHeilman]

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

[RichHeilman]

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

Regards,

Rich Heilman