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ivy_li
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1. Item category for purchase requisition(EBAN - PSTYP):

There are a lot of item categories defined for purchase document, but only some of them are supported to transfer to SRM system.

This is hard-coded in LBBPKF01/FORM GENERAL_CHECKS:

Only the following categories are supported:

For Subcontracting items, Government Procurement flag should be checked. You may refer to the following link for subcontracting infomation:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm70/helpdata/EN/91/c9fa2d0ddc42ea9b7d2117acdefcf5/frameset.htm

2. If report BBP_EXTREQ_TRANSFER is used to transfer PR, both tables V_T160EX and V_T160PR should be maintained well.

  • For table V_T160EX, material group(MATKL), purchasing group(EKGRP) and profile(EPROFILE) can be maintained.

        Customizing path:

         SPRO->..

            SAP Customizing Implementation Guide

               Integration with Other mySAP.com Components

                    Supplier Relationship Management

                        Plan-Driven Procurement

                           Control External Procurement

  • For talbe V_T160PR, profile and corresponding SRM systems can be maintained.

        Customizing path:

         SPRO->..

            SAP Customizing Implementation Guide

                Integration with Other mySAP.com Components

                     Supplier Relationship Management

                          Plan-Driven Procurement

                               Maintain Profiles for External Procurement

3. Procurement profile can't be re-determined with t-code ME54N, ME54 or ME55.

Sometimes, end users want to change purchasing group or material group to update the EPROFILE in purchase requisition. This can be realized with t-code ME52N or ME52.

However some end users directly use t-code ME54N to change this before releasing the PR. This won't update the EPROFILE in EBAN and EPRTRANS tables.

Reason: This is hard-coded in function module BBP_EPROFILE_REQ_CHANGE

You may also refer to KBA note 1964977.