Vendor group attributes and nodes

[Former Member]

Hi, experts.

How do you maintain Vendor Groups in SRM?

a. What attributes do you maintain for vendor groups?

    I have tested without any attribute and there was no problem.

    I found that TOG is used for checking values in confirmation and invoice.

     What about other attributes?

b. How do you configure vendor groups?

   Just maintaining one root node is sufficient?

   If I have more than one backend, should I make a vendor group for each back end system?

Regards,

Mio

[former_member208675 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

These are other attributes:

• BUK Company Code
• CAT Catalog ID
• CUR Currency
• EXT-ITS Current ITS for external Partner (SRM 5.0)
• VENDOR ACS Accounting system for Vendor
• VENDOR SYS System Alias for Vendor

As precisely mentioned by you, it's fine even though you don't define any of these attributes.

It's fine even you maintain just one vendor root node.

You can make vendor groups for different back end systems, but I think system will work with keeping only one vendor group.

I hope it helps.

Regards,

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply.

I'd appreciate if you could share your experience in defining vendor groups.

Regards,

Mio

[pratap_l · Accepted solution]

Hi Mio,

As far as my knowledge goes, the maximum number of vendors that can be assigned to a Vendor group is 200. If there are more than 200 vendors , then the next vendor would automatically be created under a new vendor Group.

BR//420

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Pratap,

Thanks for response.

The maximum number of vendors under one node is 100, according to IMG document.

I tried creating 100 vendors under one node (via a program), and found that 101th vendor

was assigned to a node which was automatically created.

But above program, which I created for a testing purpose was able to assign more than 100

vendors under one node.

Best regards,

Mio