Default Info Update Indicator in Purchase Order blank for all users (Note 202173)

[christine_khberger]

Hello,

in Note 202173 it is stated that it is possible to default the Info Update Indicator as 'blank' for all users.

It is written there "You can do this by maintaining the InfoUpdate indicator entry as 'blank' for the 'blank' entry in Customizing."

What exactly is meant by the 'blank' entry in Customizing? An entry in the settings of transaction OMFI or something else?

Thank you and kind regards,

Christine

[Prasoon · Accepted solution]

Hi,

   In OMFI, you can very well create an entry with blank key as shown below.

     The note says if you want some common settings for all users, you can set it under this blank key. If the parameter ID EVO is not assigned to any user, system will automatically take the settings under the blank key, for the user.

     Hope its clear.

Regards,

AKPT

[former_member804227 · Accepted solution]

Hi PRASOON AK

I tried what you suggested about creating a 'blank' key in defaults values for purchasing.

This key seems to be applying to all users, even though they have parameter EVO with some of the others default keys.

Example:

User X has parameter EVO = 01.

User Y doesn't have an EVO parameter assigned in the user master.

For 'blank' key, the info update indicator is set to A

For '01' key, the info update indicator is set to B

Result: for both users the info update indicator is set to A, no matter if user Y has another parameter assigned.

Do you know if this the expected behaviour?

Thank you.

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

Certainly not the expected behavior, are you sure the EVO parameter is correct and not by any chance a O1 instead of a 01?

[former_member804227 · Accepted solution]

Our parameter is 'EX' instead of '01' key, so no chance of mistake there.

The issue is actually happening with another default value (from the Price Adoption tab), not with the Info record update indicator. I was just trying to maintain the example given in this thread.

I expect the same logic to apply.

If the user has EVO = EX, when he/she tries to create a PO, SAP keeps adopting the previous purchase order price conditions.

SAP stops doing this when I change the value to "Do not copy" in the blank ' ' default value key, even though the user still has EVO parameter = EX

Thanks foy your input.

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

Are you certain you did not stay in a open ME21N transaction while changing the parameters and the customizing?

Are you certain that the price is taken from the last PO and not eventually from the info record?

[christine_khberger]

Thank you Prasoon, that was the information I needed and now I managed to create a blank entry in OMFI by copying the entry with key "01" and deleting the key.

[christine_khberger]

Hello again,

here ist the full text of the note:

1. There is a 'blank' entry and no user parameter is assigned:

The settings that are stored for the 'blank' entry are used.

You can choose to make 'blank' the default setting of the InfoUpdate indicator for all users. You can do this by maintaining the InfoUpdate indicator entry as 'blank' for the 'blank' entry in Customizing.

What is meant with the 'blank' entry? Any entry in transaction OMFI (say entry 01 with the update indicator set to blank)? In our system such an entry exists, but still the update indicator is proposed for a user where no parameter has been assigned. So I am wondering whether the note refers to some other customizing setting.

Thank you and kind regards,

Christine

[former_member183424]

The customizing is saying about OMFI itself.

The note says

1. There is a 'blank' entry and no user parameter is assigned:

The settings that are stored for the 'blank' entry are used.

That does mean there are no user parameter and system will not look into OMFI settings. In that case system will set the info update tick and use the logic of same as indicator A.

Then it says You can choose to make 'blank' the default setting of the InfoUpdate indicator for all users. You can do this by maintaining the InfoUpdate indicator entry as 'blank' for the 'blank' entry in Customizing.

That means if you want to make the indicator untick, then you need to use OMFI (with user parameter) with blank value.

[former_member197616]

Hi,

There are 4 indicators  A,B,C including a blank . This also considers blank to be a indicator it seems . Means if you select the blank at OMFI then system defaults a Blank in the Info update field in the PO( with out a check ) .The remaing indicators are self explanatory .

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hi Christine,

That simply means based on your setting the the default value will come while creation of Purchase order. If you leave this blank the info update indicator will not be ticket, if you select  value A,B,C then based on that combination Info record either create or will update