SRM Shopping Cart(External Requirement) not in sourcing cockpit

[Former Member]

Hello everyone,

We have encountered a problem in srm - shopping carts(external requirement) are not available in the sourcing cockpit thus, we cannot process creation of PO. The external requirement has replicated in SRM with a corresponding shopping cart. We also tried to use the shopping cart in the sourcing cockpit but we still didn't retrieve anything.

What can be possible causes of this scenario and how to resolve?

Thanks.

Edited by: pipsquik on Feb 25, 2011 3:33 AM

[former_member183819 · Accepted solution]

check points

hope you knew Purchase request number

1 .you can search it in cockpit via external requirement or check via bbp_pd - what is the shopping cart number ?

2. now you can go to monitor shopping cart and search this sc item ?

3. is it showing error in process ?

4 . WHAT IS THE SOURCING INDICATOR flag value?

SOURCE_REL_IND = ? - in table BBP_PDIGP

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

>

> check points
> 
> hope you knew Purchase request number 
> 
> 1 .you can search it in cockpit via external requirement or check via bbp_pd - what is the shopping cart number ?
> 
> 2. now you can go to monitor shopping cart and search this sc item ?
> 
> 3. is it showing error in process ?
> 
> 4 . WHAT IS THE SOURCING INDICATOR flag value?
> 
> SOURCE_REL_IND = ? - in table BBP_PDIGP

Yes. I was able to get the shopping cart number and the status of this shc is Approved. Checking on the sourcing indicator in BBP_PDIGP table, this is blank(not sourcing relevant). How is this indicator set? How is this determined? is this material related? Since this scenario happens from time to time but we need all SHC(Ext. Requirements) to be available in the souring cockpit.

I have checked a different external requirement, the SOURCE_REL_IND is also blank but a PO(from sourcing cockpit) has already been created.

Thanks.

Edited by: pipsquik on Feb 25, 2011 7:29 AM

[former_member183819 · Accepted solution]

Sourcing flag set via define sourcing for product category in SPRO settings.

so now your cart item status is just APPROVED or Purchaser Worklist.

X Item is sourcing relevent and will appear within the sourcing cockpit

Y Sourcing is complete

C Clearing, this should not appear on the database and only during runtime

A, D Grouping/ Grouping - Bid

N,M Request for quotation SC/SOCO

T Temporarily not changeable, because this has a follow-on document

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

The shopping cart status is approved.

[former_member183819 · Accepted solution]

is this only one shopping cart item misbehaves ..

you can forcible set to this indicator Y and this cart will be available in the cockpit .

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

No, we have encountered this multiple times already but this happens only once in a while.

How do i go about on setting the indicator as Y?

[former_member183819 · Accepted solution]

BBP_PDH_DB_DIRECT_UPDATE I think this FM helps to update what you like

but

you need to explore why it really not to set as expected

The above method is just work around for one item.

but many carts are behaving means something smell rat ...

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Muthu,

I have tried thisFM but it gives a buffer table not up to date error message. How can i correct this?

Are there consistency checks available in SRM?

Thanks.

[former_member183819 · Accepted solution]

Hi

As per standard and upon your sourcing settings, the external requirements must venture to cockpit

what i suggested was just work around to test the same.

Plz create a OSS message under SRM-EBP-EXR .

in that FM sc item guid and indicator X ..

Muthu