Direct material POs question

[Former Member]

We are implementing a classic scenario with direct procurement (PDP) in EBP 5.0 (SRM 4.0) with 4.7 as the backend.

The problem is that the POs generated are not changeable in R/3 because the buyer who is responsible for direct materials has been created locally (per SAP configuration notes).

So, the question is - is this standard functionality or not ?

P.S. - The POs can be changed in EBP, though

Thank you.

-Bakulesh

[yann_bouillut]

Hi Bakulesh,

Direct procurement with ECS prevent from modifying the backend PO. This is the standard behaviour !

Because you have a PO in two system, you have a master system (SRM) and a slave system( backend).

In the slave system, the PO is jus a copy of the master PO which resides in SRM.

If possible, do not change this behaviour, as you will have some desynchronisation between SRM PO and backend PO content.

Why do you need to change the backend PO ? What data ?

Kind regards,

Yann

[Former Member]

Hi Bakulesh,

it is standard that direct material purchase orders are created locally and then copied to the backend as unchangeable.

It is possible to implement the BBP_CREATE_BE_PO_NEW BADI to change the status of the purchase order from 'K'Purchase Order from BBP to 'I' Purchase order from BAPI which is the type all your other Purchase Orders will be. This will allow PO's to be maintained in R/3.

Regards

Chris