Symptom
You are trying to enter a Product Specification when editing a Purchase Request, but you are not able to edit the field.
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
- Go to Purchase Requests view
- Select the filter All Purchase Requests
- Edit any Purchase Request
- You cannot edit the field Product Specification
Cause
System is working as designed. The field Product Specification is Read Only in Purchase Requests.
Resolution
In order to add this information to a Purchase Request, you need to enter it in the Purchase Proposal first.
However this option is hidden by default. It needs to be activated through Personalization.
- Go to Supply Planning work center
- Access the common task New Planning Proposal
- Select the option Personalize
- Select This Screen
- The list of available fields will be displayed
- Check the option to display the field Product Specification
- Save the changes
Once you enter the product specification when creating the planning proposal, it will flow to the subsequent documents, such as Purchase Request and Purchase Order.
Keywords
KBA , purchase request, , product specification , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , How To