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different follow-on document created if 'Order as direct material' ticked

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Dear Colleagues,

I have a product category Q4334104 replicated from backend system Q43 (clinet 341). The sourcing is never carried out from this product category. Secondly, target system configured is the same as the source system Q43 (client 341). BAckend object defined is reservation if the item is subject to inventory managed otherwise purchase order if the item is complete else purchase requisition.

Now, coming to my scenario, when I create a shopping cart with free text item, it creates a purchase requisition in the target system which is fine.

Now, I take a product belonging to the same product category but inventory managed. So, When I create a shopping cart in SRM with the tick 'order as direct material' , I expect it to create a reservation in the target ERP system. But the system behaviour is confusing here. It tries to create a local purchase order in the SRM system.

Only after unticking the option 'order as direct material, the system creates a reservation in the target system which is the expected behaviour here.

Why different behaviour is observed when 'order as direct material' unticked?

Secondly, the system takes a particular document type for the local PO although different values are assigned to the transaction type 'DP_PROC_type".

Full marks if you can help me to understand the above system behaviour.

Thanks and regards,

Ranjan

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ricardo_cavedini
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Hello,

The direct material scenario is technically similar to the extended classic scenario, at first the system will create a "local PO" in the SRM system (with the document type BUS2201) and the system will copy this PO into the backend system with the document type BUS2012.

The extended classic scenario works if the purchasing organization and group are local and not linked to backend organizations and groups.

The purchaser user is assigned to this organization.

Please check the settings for the direct material scenario in the link below:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm40/helpdata/en/8d/f6a93e08503614e10000000a114084/frameset.htm

Plan Driven Procurement - Direct Procurement: Process Flow

In extended classic scenario or when ordering as direct material, the system ignores the responsibilities defined in the organization structure.

A local purchasing group is determined, instead of the defined in the organziation.

So, classic scenario cannot be used with direct material.

Kind regards,

Ricardo

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Hi Richardo,

Thanks a lot for your explanation.

Regards,

Ranjan

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Dear Richardo,

As you mentioned, on orderering the item as direct material, the system ignores backend purchasing group even if they are responsible for the product category of the item.

The system always picks up local purchasing group or purchasing organization. What will be the scenario if no local purchasing group are set as responsible purchasing group? on what basis the system will pick up a purchasing group out of number of local Pgroup? Do we need to use the badi BBP_Pgrp_find?

secondly, from my last question, if there are number of values are defined for attribute id DP_Proc_type, how the system will pick up a particular transaction type?

Regards,

Ranjan

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Former Member
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thanks.

Former Member
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appreciate if you can help me with the abive queries.

Former Member
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Hi Richardo,

Just one query. As you mentioned, when 'order as direct material' is ticked, the system behaves as extended classic. The system ignores the settings defined in the org structures and takes a local Pgroup.

In that case, there has to be atleast one local Pgroup which should be necessary for the product category of the direct material? or it is not necessary?

One point left from my previous memo, if there are number of values defined for DP_proc_type, what is the criteria of picking up a particular value?

Regards,

Ranjan

Edited by: Ranjan Sutradhar on Jun 9, 2010 11:46 AM

former_member183819
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It is SRM standard behavior.

Muthu