Symptom
User is creating a purchase request and wants system to automatically determine the Source of Supply in the request.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
- Go to Common Taks
- Select New Purchase Request (Manual)
- Enter All details
- Navigate to Item Tab and Enter Item
- Navigate to Source of Supply Tab
- You see the "Supplier" field is empty
Cause
The system does not automatically populate the source of supply when there is no active contract or list price available.
Resolution
When there is active contract or list price available for the product and buying company, system proposes a source of supply according to sourcing rank.
When there is no active contract or list price available for the product and buying company, system searches for existing purchase orders and shows them in the "Assign source of supply" link under the "Source of Supply" sub-tab of the purchase document (Purchase order, Purchase request). The source of supply can be assigned by selecting one from the displayed purchase orders.
See Also
Regarding sourcing rank, refer to help document: Sourcing Rank in Assign Source of Supply
Keywords
Source of Supply; Purchase request; Assign Source of Supply; Supplier in purchase request , KBA , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , How To