Sender in PO emailed to vendor

[Former Member]

Hi,

Here is an issue somwhere between MM and BC (workflow).

Let be a PO created by BUYER (= Sap User) which is not subject to a release strategy sent out to vendor - the sender seen by the vendor in his mailbox is BUYER.

Now when the same PO is subject to a release strategy and workflow applied to PO release activity performed by MANAGER (=Sap User) - the sender seen by the vendor in his mailbox is now MANAGER.

My issue: MANAGER will not be involved in PO follow up with the vendor for the second case of PO and thus should not be shown in the process. A release is an internal (and possibly confidential) process not to be communicated outside the company.

Question: how can I avoid suche side-effect?

Backgroung information: I re-use a standard workflow template WS2...75, SAP is ECC6.

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

it is standard SAP design, however, SAP has provided a modification with OSS Note 561593 - Sender of the message (fax and/or email) is wrong

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Jurgen,

Thanks for your prompt answer.

Ever since I am in the process of SAP Note implementation.

It does not seem to give results.

As of your (deep!) knowledge is there a difference between "classic" and BAIO version of the same SAP release level?

Here we are using BAIO without Adobe forms (that is the latest dump content...).

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

I do not know BAIO, and I am only certain that this modification works with SAPScript.

I had implemented this note several years ago and it worked. We are using Adobe forms today. I assume that it again has the "wrong" sender, But it is only a small subsidary that uses PO release. As long the vendor does not try to get it touch with the "sender" of the PO (which is the CEO there) the few users may not even recognize it as an error. It wouldn't be the first error which is encountered several years after.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Jurgen,

Applying the whole SAP Note solves BUYER issue at the destination.

Although I run now into form layout as there is Adobe conflict.

[former_member412019 · Accepted solution]

Dear Andrzej,

We have an scenario similar to yours. The vendors are receiving the PO's coming from the approver as a sender (and not from the buyer)

We have implement that note OSS Note 561593 (only the changes in ME_MESSAGES_FIND FM) and we still have the same issue that you had. Even we are not using Adobe Forms but SAPScript, and the records in table NAST are pointing to the Buyer (Field USNAM), the sender field in SOST is still pointing to the Approver (PO Releaser).

How did you actually solve this?  Is it necesary to implement the corrections in FORM ADOBE_PRINT_OUTPUT even we are using SAPScrip?

Thanks in advance for your answer.