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2827224 - Default Process Type in Purchase Order

Symptom

When you adding a material to purchase order, system automatically propose a default process type. You want to know how it be determined.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign All Versions

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
  2. Open common task: New Purchase Order, view all.
  3. Go to Items tab, click Add Row, maintain a material ABC (ABC refers to the material ID).
  4. You can see system automatically propose a default process type as To-Stock or Non-Stock.

Cause

Please open the master data of material ABC, go to Planning tab.

If any planning area is set as active, the default purchase order process type for the material always be To-Stock. Even if there are some other planning areas that are still with In Preparation status.

If no planning area is set as active, the default purchase order process type for the material always be Non-Stock.

Resolution

This is the expected system behavior.

Keywords

Process Type, Purchase Order, Default Setting, 流程类型, 采购订单,購買発注 , KBA , AP-POP , Purchase Order Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions