SRM7 team purchasing: cannot take over SC by subsititute

[Former Member]

Hi all,

We are testing "Team Purchasing" function in SRM 7 SAPKIBKV05 . Cross organizational substitution had been checked in configuration. User A assigned user B as purchase substitute. Now the questions:

(1) User A ordered a team SC which in awaiting approval status. User B can display the team SC but u201CTake Overu201D button is grey out. Is this as designed?

(2) User A saved a team SC in Saved status. User B can take over the saved team SC. But after this user A cannot display the team SC in Check Status tag "Shopping Carts" or "Team Carts".

We are using application controlled workflow (SAP standard WS10000129 for testing purpose) and badi BBP_WFL_SECUR_BADI is inactive. Users A and B's personalization BBP_WFL_SECURITY is 2 (Low), so changing shopping cart in approval status should be allowed.

Please let me know if you have any answer or suggestion. Thanks.

Regards,

Donald

[siowfong_chen · Accepted solution]

Hi Donald,

I have done some testings on team purchasing last year and my answers to your questions are:

(1) User A ordered a team SC which in awaiting approval status. User B can display the team SC but u201CTake Overu201D button is grey out. Is this as designed?

-> As far as I understand (and through testing), we can only take over the shopping cart if the SC is in SAVED status.

(2) User A saved a team SC in Saved status. User B can take over the saved team SC. But after this user A cannot display the team SC in Check Status tag "Shopping Carts" or "Team Carts".

-> This is correct. However, user A should see the SC under "Team Carts".

Hope that helps.

Regards

SF

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi SF,

Thanks for you helpful information. Now I confirm that only SAVED SC can be taken over by purchase substitute.

I tested again and now User B had taken over 2 saved team SC from User A in total. However user A still could not see the team SC under "Team Carts" tag in Check Status.

Regards,

Donald

[siowfong_chen · Accepted solution]

Hi Donald,

Can you please check whether user B is assigned to user A as substitute?

Regards

SF

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi SF,

User B does not assign to user A as substitute. Should I do that?

Regards,

Donald

[siowfong_chen · Accepted solution]

Hi Donald,

Yes, you need to if you want to see the SC as user A when user B took over the carts. This is because after user B takes over the cart, the cart belongs to user B. User B has to be a valid substitues for user A so that user A can continue to see the cart (as owned by B now).

Hope that makes sense.

Regards

SF

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi SF,

After assigned user B as substitute to user A, user A can list the team SC under "Team Carts" tag in Check Status now. Thanks.

Regards,

Donald