SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3513197 - Creation of Multiple STOs/POs for Multiple Items

Symptom

  • During automatic Purchase Order(PO) creation (by Process Purchase Requisitions V2 or Create Purchase Order - Advanced), two or more Purchase requisitions(PR) with item category 'U' are not grouped together into one Stock Transfer Order.

  • In Process Purchase Requisitions (V2) need single PO to be created for multiple PR with different document type having same plant and contract as reference.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Cause

As per standard, Purchase Requisitions are will not be grouped together if the below values are different(i.e. separate PO's will be created if the below fields have different values in the PR's):

  • Fixed Supplier
  • Supplying (Issuing) Plant in Stock Transport Order
  • Purchasing Organization
  • Purchase Requisition Document Type

There are other additional split criteria available in Process Purchase Requisitions (V2), e.g. Per Contract, Per Plant etc. If these are selected, the system will create separate PO's if the values for these additional criteria are different in the PR's.

Resolution

If items are required to be in the same PO or STO, make sure that the above fields remain consistent when referring to different PRs or items.

Keywords

Purchase order, Purchase requisition, Stock Transfer Order, Process Purchase Requisitions (V2), Create Purchase Order - Advanced, multiple items,  Fixed Supplier , KBA , MM-FIO-PUR-REQ-SOC , Fiori UI for Sourcing Purchase Requisitions , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2408