3792226 - Material type not populated when creating PO item with PR reference in Manage Purchase Orders app

• When creating a new Purchase Order item in Manage Purchase Orders with reference to a purchase requisition, the field labeled “Material Type” is not populated.
• When creating a new Purchase Order item with reference to a Purchase Order, the field is populated.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Open the Manage Purchase Orders app.
2. Create a new purchase order and click on add from document.
3. Select a Purchase Requisition as the reference document.
4. Observe that the field labeled “Material Type” remains empty on the item.
5. Repeat the process, but select a Purchase Order as the reference document.
6. Observe that the field is populated.

When a PO item is added with reference to an existing Purchase Order, the referenced PO item already contains the relevant purchasing item/product information, and the Material Type can therefore be displayed.

When a PO item is added with reference to a Purchase Requisition, the PR is used as the source for creating the PO item, but Material Type is not a directly transferable PR item field. Material Type is an attribute of the product master data and is used to determine the product type group (material/service).

Therefore, the fact that Material Type is displayed for the Purchase Order reference but remains empty in the "Add from Document" dialog for a Purchase Requisition does not necessarily indicate an inconsistency in the application.

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