Purchase Order - Version

[Former Member]

Hi SRM Gurus,

After Ordering a Purchase Order, if we come out of the Process PO screen and after some time if again go and display the PO, System is showing second version. Due to which, in the Print out it is being displayed as Version 2, even though it is of version1.

Thanks & Regards,

Ramkumar

[Former Member]

Dear Ramkumar,

SPRO –> Material Management –> Purchasing -> Version Management .

After activating version management you can see the Version tab in ME53N near to source of supply tab in PR.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/8a/60b43bb7492147e10000000a114084/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm30/helpdata/en/46/882fdd8bfc1743bd5ef8b532f94402/content.htm

SAP Enterprise Buyer provides you with version management for purchasing documents. As a first step, you can display versions of purchase orders and contracts.

The system creates a version in the background if you, as a purchaser, carry out one of the following actions:

· You change a posted purchase order

· You order a posted purchase order again

· You change a contract that has already been released

· You release an already released contract again

In contrast to the change documents that retain a change history, a version displays the status of a document at a specific point in time.

Version management provides a check for you as a purchaser, for example, if you wish to display a purchase order in the form in which you transferred it to the vendor on day X. A version provides clarity, for example, in negotiations on a contract.

Features

You can use versions as follows:

· Display

· Compare and list differences in tabular form. The comparison result has separate areas that can be displayed:

Header data (including organizational data, tax and payment data; partner data and documents)

Item data (including taxes and limits if they exist; partner data, documents; account assignment and conditions)

· Archive, if it relates to transaction data (you can archive versions of purchase orders, but not contract versions)

You cannot change or output versions. This is only possible for the active document.

Also, visit the following thread:

Hope this will help.

Regards,

Naveen.