about vendor partner roles..

[Former Member]

I have a vendor with partner roles assigned to it..

But while im creating a PO against this Vendor, these partener roles are not getting populated in PO when i checked partner tab of PO...

thanks

[Former Member]

Hi

GOTO SPRO->MM->Purchasing->partner determination->partner settings in purchasing documents->define partner schema

here for 002 check partner functions in procedure & check for tick in mandatory for your partner functions.

then you assing partner schema in the same above path to your PO document type that is 002.

check for these settings.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

Are you sure that the roles were set up for the Purchasing Org bthat you are using in the PO? (they are P org specific).

They can even be set to being PLant specific and so you need to check for this too. Have a look at the vendor master record additional purchasing data and see if any other partnmer function settings have been made.

But I would guess that you are using a different P org number on the PO, so do check the vendor master for that P org and see if there are partner functions set for it.

Steve B

[Former Member]

Hi Steve .. thanks for your reply..

I checked with the things mentioned by you..

they are all right..

Can it be a bug problem.. because when im trying it one client , partners are getting populated and in other client they are not..

settings are almost same in both the clients..

Thanks..

[Former Member]

Hi,

It could be a bug but I wouldn't expect this to be the cause?

Are you saying the the Partners added in the vendor master for the P org are not shown when you create a NEW po for that Vendor / P org combination?

Is this just happening to this one vendor? is it working for others?

Also check that the partner determination procedure has been set correctly on the config of the account group that was used for this vendor.

Steve B

[Former Member]

Hi Steve

As per your query- 'Are you saying the the Partners added in the vendor master for the P org are not shown when you create a NEW po for that Vendor / P org combination?' - Exactly..

this is happening to all the vendors..i have also configured required settings in the Partner determination fileds..

still the problem is occuring.

thanks

[Former Member]

Hi

Please check the following pre requisites again

<b>Prerequisites</b>

When working with partner roles, you must maintain the following settings:

<b>Vendor Master Record</b>

Separate vendor master records must exist for all the partners of a vendor that are to be entered in that vendor’s master record.

<b>Customizing</b>

You specify the partner roles to be used in the vendor master record via schemas that you define and assign to account groups in Customizing for Purchasing.

Specify which partner roles you wish to use – and which of them are mandatory roles – in Customizing for Purchasing under Partner Determination-> Partner Roles -> Partner Settings in Vendor Master Record -> Define Partner Schemas. (At this point, select the Mandatory indicator where appropriate.)

Assign the partner schema to the relevant account group. Under Partner Determination -> Partner Settings in Vendor Master Record -> Assign Partner Schemas to Account Groups, you can assign different partner schemas to account groups for the purchasing organization, plant, and vendor sub-range levels if necessary.

<b>If you want the system to also search for partner roles at purchasing organization level, and not only at the "different data" level (i.e. plant/vendor or VSR/vendor), you must set the Higher level indicator in Customizing for Purchasing under Partner Determination -> Partner Settings in Purchasing Documents -> Define Partner Schemas -> Partner Roles in Schema.</b>

There you can also specify whether the partner roles are to be determined at the beginning or at the end of the document entry process (End indicator).

<b>If the plant is defined as default value, the system attempts to determine plant-specific partners in the case of partners determined at the start of the process.</b>

Regards

Ramakrishna