Same contract number for different vendors?

[Former Member]

Hi all, I need to use same contract number for different vendors. I mean, contract number should be external and I can give same contract number for 2 vendors. are there any possibilites for this? I searched russian localization but it seems different. are there any ways? http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm700_ehp01/helpdata/en/67/98a539215a4a2f97a5f42ee4e9573c/content.htm

[Prasoon · Accepted solution]

Hi,

   Both document number (EBELN) and vendor number (LIFNR) contains in the PO header table (EKKO) with unique combination. So it is not possible to assign two vendors for a single document.

Regards,

AKPT

[Former Member]

Thanks all...

[former_member183424]

I hope You have understand the SAP logic.

Close the discussion.

[former_member183424]

External Document no. is a legal document for one vendor.

One document number can contain only one vendor. Its never carry more than one header level. Header level of purchasing document is always carry one line item.

Its applicable for PO, Contract, SA, RFQ.

[JL23]

A contract is stored in table EKKO, just go SE11 and check what key fields are available for the document. I think it is self-explaining.As long as the vendor number is not a key field, you cannot have the same number for 2 different vendors.