planned order to PR conversion in MD04

[Former Member]

HI gurus,

Can anybody please tell me why the system did not automatically conver the planned order to purchase requisition this monring, when it actually should have converted it. If we go into details, this is in the test environemnt we have setup a job in the background for MRP run to test, and the sales order is for the date of 11/10/2009. But when i ran the MRP manually via MD04, the system then converted the planned order to purchase reqs, why is this? why did not the system automatically convert the planned order to purchase req?

thanks

Anusha

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

the MRP run does not convert planned order to requisitions.

the MRP run either creates planned orders OR requisitions.

this is based on the setting made at MRP run selection screen, and the procurement indicator in the material master.

Assume you have made the setting "always create requisitions" for the MRP run, then SAP still checks the material master procurement indicator.

if it is a F for external procurement, then it will create requisition, it is a E for internal procurement, then it will create planned orders. if it is an X for both procurements possible, then it will create as well planned orders, so that the planner can finaly make the decision from where it will be procured.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

These are the settings for the MRP run selection.

Scheduling - 1

Create purchase reqs - 2

create MRP list - 1

Schedule lines - 3

planning mode - 1

processing key - NETCH (net chane in total horizon)

on the material master, the procurement type is F. This material is procured from oone of our plants (STO)

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

do you have a special procurement key maintained in material master MRP views?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

no there is no special procurement key o n the matmas

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

what did you do to tell SAP that the requisition has to be for a STO?

I mean when you converted the planned order manually, could you do this just by clicking or did you have to change a value anywhere?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

ok, when i clicked the single item multi level button in MD04, the planned order got converted to purchase req. now we have specified in the document types between plants in the shipping details in config that the doc type will always be UB between the two plants that we are talking about here and also we have maintained the source list in the receving plant A saying that the supplying plantt is B

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

not right clear.

you did not tell whether you needed to change anything while you converted the planned order manually.

it is clear that the STO requisition should have document type UB (but this only a name, nothing more)

But the MRP run needs to know, if it has to create a requisition, whether it has to create a UB or a NB requisition, and this is long before a source determination is carried out.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

no i did not change any value while converting the planned order to PR. as a matter of fact, the planned order got converted to PR when i ran the MRP by myself (clicking the single item multi level button in MD04)

Edited by: anusha vemulapati on Oct 28, 2009 6:05 PM

Edited by: anusha vemulapati on Oct 28, 2009 6:06 PM

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

PR when i ran the MRP by myself (clicking the single item multi level button in MD04)

if you get a requisition this way, then you should get one as well with the background job.

check wether the parameters used for the background job are different to the ones you see when you do it from here manually.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I have the same problem today. I made sure that the parameters are same when they are setup in the variant and also the same when i clicked the single item multi level red button in MD04. But still the backgrpound MRP job that ran this morning at 1 Am did not convert the planned order to purchase reqs, but when i clicked the button in MD04, then the planned order got converted to purchase req. I do not understand this. Please help

Thanks

Anusha