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3385339 - Why System Is Not Fetching Source of Supply In The Purchase Request?

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

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center
  2. Go to Common Taks
  3. Select New Purchase Request (Manual)
  4. Enter All details
  5. Navigate to Item Tab and Enter Item
  6. Navigate to Source of Supply Tab
  7. 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

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions