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3759382 - Supplier material number not updated in purchasing info record when info update is set in purchase order

Symptom

Field Supplier's Material Number is not updated in Info record even when Info Update checkbox is set in the Purchase Order (PO).

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Display Info Record and enter the Supplier, Material, Org Data. Execute.
  2. In the 'Info Record: General Data' page, the field 'Supplier Mat. No.' is empty.
  3. Create a PO.
  4. In the 'Item details' section, 'Material Data' tab, input a value in 'Supplier Mat. No.'
  5. Set the Info Update checkbox and save.
  6. Display Info Record again, with the same parameters.
  7. The field Info Update is now filled as the same value as the PO.
  8. Change this PO.
  9. Enter a different value for the Supplier's Material Number (than previously used).
  10. Set the Info Update checkbox, and save again.
  11. Finally check in Display Info Record and verify that the Inforecord Supplier Mat. No. field has not been modified.

Cause

Standard system behavior.

The supplier material number is updated from the PO only when the field is blank in the Purchasing Info Record. If a value already exists in the Info Record, changing the supplier material number in a new PO will not update the Info Record.

Resolution

Manually update the field Supplier Mat. No. in ME12 (Change Info Record) or Manage Purchasing Info Records directly in the Info record itself.

Note: The Info Update checkbox in the PO will only populate Supplier Mat. No. when the field is blank in the Info Record; it does not overwrite an existing value.

See Also

refer to: 2699823 - 'Vendor mat. no' (EINA-IDNLF) not updated in Info record through PO

Keywords

supplier material number, vendor material number, info update, purchasing info record, pir, not updated, po update, supplier mat. no., eina-idnlf, manage purchasing info records, me12, operational procurement, purchase order item, material data , KBA , MM-PUR-PO-2CL , Purchase Orders (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions