SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3019292 - Intercompany Sales Order did not Create Purchase Order Automatically

Symptom

You have created and released the intercompany sales order. System has created purchase request however no purchase order is created automatically from the purchase request.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Sales Orders work center
  2. Go to the Sales Orders view 
  3. Create and Release Intercompany Sales Order
  4. Now go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
  5. Go to the Purchase Orders view
  6. Search order based on sales order
  7. No records found

Cause

You have not configured Automatic Creation of Purchase Orders functionality. This activity allows your buyers to define whether a purchase order is created automatically or manually from a purchase request. A buyer can set a default creation option for combination of company, supplier, origin type and product categories.

Resolution

  1. Go to the Purchase Requests and Orders work center
  2. Common Tasks view 
  3. Select Define Automatic Creation of Purchase Orders
  4. Define creation option for combination of company, supplier, origin type and product categories
  5. Select Save and Activate

Keywords

Automatic Creation of Purchase Orders; Intercompany sales order does not create purchase order; Intercompany purchase order not created automatically  , KBA , AP-PRP-PR , Purchase Request , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2011 ; SAP Business ByDesign 2102 ; SAP Business ByDesign 2105