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2431671 - In the Purchase Order, the Contract as a Source of Supply is not picked up Automatically

Symptom

In the Purchase Order, the Contract as a Source of Supply is not picked up automatically.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
  2. Go to Purchase Orders view. 
  3. Click in New button to create a Purchase Order for an item.
  4. Navigate to Assign Source of Supply tab. 

Here you can see the Contract as a Source of Supply is not picked up automatically. However there is a Contract item that is relevant, active and valid.

Cause

In case if there is minimum order quantity N maintained on the contract, the system works as follows.

  • Purchase Order item with quantity less than N it will not be assigned automatically; 
  • Purchase order item with exactly equal to or more than the quantity N then the source of supply will be assigned automatically.

Resolution

System is working as designed.

Keywords

Purchase Order; Contract; Source of Supply , KBA , AP-PCP , Purchasing Contract Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions