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3476078 - When creating supplier invoice with reference to PO, the supplier in invoice is different from supplier in PO

Symptom

When creating supplier invoice with reference to PO, the supplier in invoice is different from the supplier used in PO.

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Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create purchase order with supplier 10000012:
  2. Create supplier invoice with reference to this PO. A different supplier 10300003 is used in the supplier invoice:

Cause

In standard system if both Supplier and Invoicing Party are maintained in tab Partner of purchase order, when creating supplier invoice for Goods/service items, the Invoicing Party will be given higher priority and used as the supplier in invoice.

If the Invoicing Party is not maintained in Partners tab, the supplier in purchase order will be used as supplier in invoice.

Resolution

This is standard behavior.

Keywords

Create supplier invoice, MIRO, invoicing party, supplier, vendor, partners, ME21N, purchase order , KBA , MM-IV-LIV , Logistics Invoice Verification , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions

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