S4 receiving goods / invoice against a PR - Define Screen Layout

[mkinzly]

I am reviewing the GR / IR Control field under Tcodes ME21N and ME51N. For ME21N the field GR / IR Indicator is noted as Display however for ME51N it is noted as Optional.

Can someone help me understand if a good or invoice receipt can be processed against a PR or if it is only PO? THanks!

[former_member218251 · Accepted solution]

The document setting should be leading over the general settings.

You should use ME21N in S/4HANA tough, the ME21 transaction is on the simplification list and should be depreciated as far as I know.

[former_member218251]

You can only receive an invoice against a PO. The PR does not have a price, only a valuation.

The GR control field can be set in the PR, but this is so this gets copied to the PO (like a template). This is because the master data is read when the PR is created, and not when the PR is converted to a PO. At conversion, it will copy this setting from PR to PO regardless the master data settings.

[mkinzly]

Thank you! Follow-up question - What if the GR/IR Indicator button for ME21 is optional entry but the GR/IR Indicator button for NBF (standard order) document type is display only, if a user uses ME21 to create an order with NBF doc type, does one of the GR/IR indicators take precedence?