Vendor list issue

[Former Member]

Dear experts,

We are on SRM5 - E Classic

We have set the status of vendor list as 'Not released' for one product category. Thus the user should not be able to raise SCs for this product category (as vendors won't be prompted for this category). This works fine except in the case where user creates a limit SC and plugs in the vendor from that vendor list directly instead of searching for it.

When the user plugs in the vendor, the system creates a SC but if user does a search help for vendors, no vendors are found.

Has anyone faced this issue/Any SAP notes for this issue?

Thanks

[ricardo_cavedini]

Hello,

When you insert this vendor in the limit, are you getting a "vendor not permitted" message?

If so, this is the standard. Blocked vendor is not displayed in search help, but system cannot avoid that this vendor is inserted manually.

"Vendor not permitted" refers to message ID "BBP_PD 303".

You can try to switch this message from warning to error.

Go to SM30 transaction, table/view BBPV_PDMSG. Check if this message is not switched off and check what is the standard value: 'W' or'E'.

After, go to SPRO -> Supplier Relationship Management -> SRM Server -> Cross-Application -> Influence Message Control.

Insert this message under BUS2121 as 'E' and check if it works.

Regards,

Ricardo

[Former Member]

Dear Ricardo,

No, we do not get 'vendor not permitted' message in limit SC. Instead we see the message 'SC has no errors and can be ordered' text on doing a check!

Also I checked the settings you mentioned and table/view BBPV_PDMSG has the message as not switched off and marked as E.

Do you have some more suggestions as this did not work.

PS: The vendor list is in unreleased state....the vendor is not directly blocked in ECC or SRM

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hello

So i had the warnings switched off, i activated them

I inserted in SPRO -> Supplier Relationship Management -> SRM Server -> Cross-Application -> Influence Message Control.

BBP_PD 303 as E under BUS2121

But i'm still able to search for this supplier , i can also assign it, PO is created but not transferred to backend

I want that during SC creation blocked supplier not to be displayed if they are blocked

Or if they are still displayed at least if you assign it to receive error message on SC level that Supplier is Blocked so you cannot go further.

How i can achieve this ?

Thanks !