SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3548781 - Automatic Supplier Population in Purchase Requests

Symptom

The user wants to prevent this automatic population of supplier

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Purchase Requests and Orders - Purchase Requests
  2. Search for the relevant Purchase Request and select Edit
  3. Navigate to the Items tab
  4. Open the Source of Supply sub tab
  5. The "Supplier" field is auto populated

Cause

This is the standard system behavior.

Resolution

  1. The system will auto populate the supplier, if the source supply is defined (Like contracts).
  2. If the system is not required to auto populate the supplier, consult with the partner developer for a PDI solution.

See Also

Keywords

Automatic sourcing; Supplier auto-population; Purchase Requests; , KBA , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , Bug Filed

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions