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2912499 - Select items that can be grouped in a single purchase order

Symptom

You will also see the error message given below

Select purchase request items with the same purchasing unit

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase request and orders work center
  2. Select few Purchase requests
  3. Click on new purchase order  or Click on bundle and order- By supplier

You will get the errors

Cause

As the error says, you cannot combine purchase requests  that has different Purchasing units.

Cause each purchase order can only have one purchasing unit.

Resolution

Please follow below steps to see the Purchasing unit of the purchasing request:

  1. Go to Purchase request and orders work center
  2. Select Purchase requests
  3. Click on edit to open the purchase request
  4. Select the respective item of purchase request 
  5. Then  go to  basic sub tab
  6. Where you can see the Purchasing unit of respective item
  7.  Please follow above steps from 1 to 6 for all other purchase request items that you want to bundle in to single Purchase order

 Now you know which are the purchasing units used in each purchase request so select only those purchasing request items having same purchasing unit to create one purchase order.

 Note: You cannot change the purchasing unit in the purchase request once its released.

Keywords

KBA , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , AP-PRP , Purchase Request Processing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions