SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3631884 - Supplier evaluation does not give correct variation % and score

Symptom

Supplier evaluation is configured using operational criteria such as Quantity, Delivery Date, and Price.

  • Relevant weighting and scoring methods are maintained and assigned to purchasing categories.

  • In the Supplier Evaluation by Quantity and Supplier Evaluation by Price apps:

    • Variation percentages appear as 0% for all documents.

    • Variation scores are missing or inaccurate.

    • The evaluation results do not reflect expected scoring behavior.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Use the Supplier Evaluation by Quantity or Price app.
  2. Observe that the system shows 0 for all Variation % and corresponding scores.

Cause

  • The apps calculate average variance values across documents using predefined logic.

  • These averages are not directly comparable to the outputs from the Supplier Evaluation Weighting and Scoring app.

Resolution

  • The Variance Score and Variance Percentage in the Supplier Evaluation by Price app are calculated as averages based on the number of documents and a specific calculation logic.
  • This calculation approach is not directly comparable to the logic used in the Supplier Evaluation Weighting and Scoring app.
  • For accurate evaluation, the variance values of individual documents should be compared between the two apps.
  • A document-level comparison will yield meaningful and correct results.

Keywords

supplier evaluation, variation percentage, score, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, sourcing and procurement, supplier management, variance score, variance percentage, document-level comparison, discrepancy, purchasing analytics , KBA , MM-FIO-PUR-ANA-2CL , Fiori UI for Purchasing Analytics (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions