Automatically create a PO from a catalog buy in the classic SRM scenario

[former_member272779]

All,

We are on SRM SAPK-70207INSRMSRV classic scenario and R3 EHP6 FOR SAP ERP 6.0

When a shopping cart is created and approved from the MDM catalogue we get an automatic purchase requisition. currently the purchasers manually create the purchase order from that purchase requisition but we want to have an automatic purchase order for every all catalogue buy.

is this possible in the classic scenario ?

Can we also assign specific purchasers to these automatically created purchase orders, based on, for instance, the purchasing group as we use vendor invoice management so these purchasers will receive invoices with a price differences.

Thanks as ever.

Antoinette

[Former Member]

Hi Antoinette,

Check the setting against the product category used for the catalog item in table view V_BBP_TARGET_OBJ and here in field PROC2 change the setting for "Control Indicator in the Case of External Procurement" from 1 to 2 if the setting is 1. Basically what this is doing is that if the data required for a PO is complete the system will automatically convert the SC into a PO rather than a PR. The config path for this table is

SPRO --> SAP Supplier Relationship Management --> SRM Server --> Cross-Application Basic Settings --> Define Objects in Backend System (Purch. Reqs, Reservations, Purch. Orders)

Regards

MKK

[laurent_burtaire]

Hello Antoinette,

A. Stork wrote:


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is this possible in the classic scenario ?
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Please have a look at below wiki:

Determination of the follow-on document type

A. Stork wrote:


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Can we also assign specific purchasers to these automatically created purchase orders, based on, for instance, the purchasing group as we use vendor invoice management so these purchasers will receive invoices with a price differences.
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Depending on product responsability and organizational responsability, purchasing group is automatically determined for each SC item.

For those purchasing groups, users are assigned inside the PPOSA_BBP transaction.

So, i do not understand your request.

Regards.

Laurent.

[former_member272779]

Thanks for your reply. We already have determined our follow on documents. What we want is an automatically created purchase order. Now our purchasers are creating the purchase order manually using transaction ME21n. Automatic PO's can be created using transaction ME59n. However the purchase orders are then created by either the one who's running the transaction or when using it as a job I guess it will be WF Batch or something. Anyway, we use Vendor Invoice Management and an invoice with a price difference is send to the purchaser so we need to assign our purchasers to these automatically created PO's. One way we might use in determining the purchase is using the purchasing group.

Hope this helps.

[laurent_burtaire]

Hi again,

you mix concepts which do not have any link between them...

First, you want to have automatic ECC PO creation.

As you do not want to generate an ECC PO as SRM Shopping Cart follow-on document (you create Purchase Request), you need to generate ECC PO (based on ECC Purchase Request) using background job.

The fact ECC PO creator will be WF-BATCH or any other user has no impact on purchasers determination (just like automatic or manual PO creation).

Second, you want to send a mail (due to invoice discrepancy) to user(s) assign to ECC PO purchasing group.

So, you need to check in SRM whom user(s) are assigned to concerned purchasing group in order to send the mail.

In ECC, there is no "assignement" of purchasers to PO.

Regards.

Laurent