Class PurchaseOrder

City. City name as part of the address. The city name is saved redundantly in another database field in upper- case letters, for search help.If the Postal regional structure ('city file') is active, the city name is checked against the Cities defined in the regional structure. Maximum length: 40.

Language Key. The language key indicates

• the language in which texts are displayed,- the language in which you enter texts,- the language in which the system prints texts. Maximum length: 2.

Country Key. The country key contains information which the system uses to check entries such as the length of the postal code or bank account number. The two-character ISO code in accordance with ISO 3166, which is delivered by SAP as a default, is usually used.It could also be the vehicle license plate country-code or a typical country key, for example, in Germany the Federal statistics office key.The country keys are determined at system installation in the global settings.The definition of the country key in the SAP system does not have to match political or government entities.Since the country key does not have to correspond to the ISO code in all installations, programs that differ according to certain values of the country key cannot query the country key T005-LAND1, but have to program based on the ISO code T005 INTCA. Maximum length: 3.

First fax no.: dialling code+number. Fax number, consisting of dialing code and number, but without country dialing code. If the fax number consists of a company number and an extension, the extension must be entered in the field extension.Fax number, as it is to be dialed from within the same country.Enter the fax number.The following rules apply for the format of telephone and fax numbers:The length of the entries in the field Telephone and Extension (Fax and Extension) cannot be more than 24 characters in total.Leading spaces are not allowed in the field Telephone or Fax or in the field Extension.Valid characters are:Numbers (0123456789)Letters (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)Following other characters: /, (, ), - *, # and " " (space), but not as a leading space.If an + is entered as the first character, the system checks whether the specified number starts with a country code. If so, a warning message is displayed because the country code is automatically determined by the system and should not be stored in the Telephone number (Fax number) field.If an & is entered as the first character, the automatic check and formatting of the telephone number (fax number), as well as the determination of the country code, is suppressed.Enter the following for the number "01234/567-0":Fax: 01234/567Extension: 0Enter the following for the number "01234/567-891":Fax: 01234/567Extension: 891For the number "012-345-678" (678 as extension) enter the following:Fax: 012-345Extension: 678In the following cases, enter the complete number (without country dialing code) in the field Fax:No part of the number can be considered as an extension.You are not sure which part of the number can be considered as an extension.If the address has several fax numbers, the first fax number is flagged as the standard fax number. Maximum length: 30.

House Number. House number as part of an address. It is printed in the Street line.Other supplementary street information can be entered in the House number supplement or one of the Street2, Street3, Street4 or Street5 fields. See Print the Street address.A house number (e.g. 117) or a house number with supplement (e.g. 117a), or a house number range (e.g. 16-20), can be maintained in this field. Maximum length: 10.

Name 1. Address component: Name of an address. Maximum length: 40.

First telephone no.: dialling code+number. Telephone numbmer, consisting of dialing code and number, but without the country code. If the telephone number consists of a company number and an extension, the extension must be entered in the field extension.Telephone number, as it must be dialed from within the country. Maximum length: 30.

City Postal Code. Postal code as part of the address If different postal codes are maintained for the PO Box and Street address of an address, this field contains the Street address postal code. Maximum length: 10.

Region (State, Province, County). In some countries, the region forms part of the address. The meaning depends on the country. The automatic address formatting function prints the region in addresses in the USA, Canada, Italy, Brazil or Australia, and the county in Great Britain.For more information, see the examples in the documentation on the Address Layout Key.Meaning of the regional code in ...Australia -> ProvinceBrazil -> StateCanada -> ProvinceGermany -> StateGreat Britain -> CountyItaly -> ProvinceJapan -> PrefectureSwitzerland -> CantonUSA -> State. Maximum length: 3.

Street. Street name as part of the address. The street name is saved, redundantly in upper case in another database field, for search help purposes.There are other fields for address parts which can be printed above or below the street. See Print the Street address.The house number and other supplements are usually maintained in their own fields. See Formatting the Street line. Maximum length: 60.

Cash discount days 1. Period within which a payment must be made in order to take advantage of the first cash discount terms.

Cash discount percentage 1. Cash discount percentage rate applied to the shortest payment period.

Cash discount days 2. Period within which a payment must be made in order to take advantage of the second cash discount terms.

Cash Discount Percentage 2. Cash discount percentage rate applied to the second payment period.

Company Code. The company code is an organizational unit within financial accounting. Maximum length: 4.

Your Reference. The internal reference number of the customer or supplier. The reference number usually identifies the individual who is responsible for the document at the customer or supplier site. It can, for example, be the person's initials. Maximum length: 12.

Our Reference. Your company's internal reference number or code. This usually identifies the person responsible for the purchasing document in your company. The reference number/code often consists of the relevant person's initials. Maximum length: 12.

Name of Person Who Created Object. Maximum length: 12.

Date on Which Record Was Created.

Currency Key. Currency key for amounts in the system. Maximum length: 5.

Exchange Rate. Maximum length: 12.

Incoterms (Part 1). Commonly used trading terms that comply with the standards established by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Incoterms specify internationally recognized procedures that the shipper and the receiving party must follow for the shipping transaction to be completed successfully.If goods are shipped through a port of departure, the appropriate Incoterm might be: FOB ("Free On Board"). You can provide further details (for example, the name of the port) in the secondary Incoterm field: FOB Boston, for example. Maximum length: 3.

Incoterms Location 1. Provides additional information for the primary Incoterm. For Incoterms 2010, this field represents:

1. For sea and inland waterway transport - Port of Shipment2. For any mode of transport - Place of Delivery 2010Incoterms are divided as follows:Group 1: Rules for any mode or modes of transport (including by vessel)Incoterms Incoterms Description Location 1 EXW Ex Works Place of DeliveryFCA Free Carrier Place of DeliveryCPT Carriage Paid To Place of DestinationCIP Carriage & Insurance Paid To Place of DestinationDAF Delivered at Frontier Place of DeliveryDDP Delivered Duty Paid Place of DestinationDDU Delivered Duty Unpaid Place of DestinationGroup 2: Rules for sea and inland waterwaysIncoterms Incoterms Description Location 1 FAS Free Alongside Ship Port of ShipmentFOB Free On Board Port of ShipmentCFR Cost & Freight Port of DestinationCIF Cost Insurance & Freight Port of DestinationDEQ Delivered Eq Quay (Duty Paid) Port of DestinationDES Delivered Ex Ship Port of DestinationIf the primary incoterm is specified as FOB “Free on Board”, the second field provides details of the port from which the delivery leaves, such as FOB Boston. Maximum length: 70.

Incoterms Location 2. Provides additional information for the Incoterms. This field is only available for C-Clauses (if customized appropriately). Note the following for the incoterms versions below: No Version:This field is disabledIncoterm Version 2000This field is disabled as part of standard delivery unless a customer decides to enable it by the way of Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Master Data -> Business Partners -> Customers -> Billing Document -> Incoterms -> Map Incoterms to Versions.Incoterm Version 2010For this version, the field represents:Sea and inland waterway transport - Port of DestinationAny mode of transport - Place of Destination2010 Incoterms are divided as follows:Group 1: Rules for any mode or modes of transport (including by vessel)Incoterms Incoterms Description Location 2CPT Carriage Paid To Place of DestinationCIP Carriage & Insurance Paid To Place of DestinationGroup 2: Rules for sea and inland waterwaysIncoterms Incoterms Description Location 2CFR Cost & Freight Port of DestinationCIF Cost Insurance & Freight Port of Destination. Maximum length: 70.

Incoterms Version. An incoterms version is an edition containing a list of international terms for transportation that is defined by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Maximum length: 4.

Different Invoicing Party. Alphanumeric key uniquely identifying the document. This number denotes the supplier (creditor) invoicing the ordered material or services performed, to whom the amount due is payable.When the invoice is received, the number of the invoicing party is inserted in the invoice in place of the actual supplier. Maximum length: 10.

Business Purpose Completed. Indicates whether the end of purpose (EoP) has been reached. The EoP is the point in time for a data set when the processing of personal data is no longer required for the primary business purpose. After the EoP has been reached, the data is blocked and can only be accessed by users with special authorization. Maximum length: 1.

Language Key. The language key indicates

• the language in which texts are displayed,- the language in which you enter texts,- the language in which the system prints texts. Maximum length: 2.

Change Time Stamp.

Address Number. Internal key for identifying a Business Address Services address. For more information about the meaning and use of the address number and the Business Address Services concepts, see the function group SZA0 documentation. Maximum length: 10.

Net Payment Terms Period. Standard settlement period (in days).

Terms of Payment Key. Key for defining payment terms composed of cash discount percentages and payment periods. It is used in sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices. Terms of payment provide information for:Cash managementDunning proceduresPayment transactionsData can be entered in the field for the terms of payment key in various ways as you enter a business transaction:In most business transactions, the system defaults the key specified in the master record of the customer/vendor in question.In some transactions (for example, credit memos), however, the system does not default the key from the master record. Despite this, you can use the key from the customer/vendor master record by entering "*" in the field.Regardless of whether or not a key is defaulted from the master record, you can manually enter a key during document entry at:item level in sales ordersheader level in purchase orders and invoicesMaster records have separate areas for Financial Accounting, Sales, and Purchasing. You can specify different terms of payment keys in each of these areas. When you then enter a business transaction, the application in question will use the key specified in its area of the master record. Maximum length: 4.

Purchase Order Number. Maximum length: 10.

Purchase Order Date. Specifies the date on which the purchase order was created.

Control indicator for purchasing document type. Allows differentiation between the various kinds of purchasing document. On the basis of the purchasing document type you can, for example, distinguish between a standard purchase order and a stock transport order, although both documents belong to the purchasing document category purchase requisition.The purchasing document type controls, for instance, the number assignment for a purchase order, as well as the fields to be maintained. Maximum length: 1.

Purchasing Document Type. Identifier allowing differentiation between the various kinds of purchasing document in the SAP system. On the basis of the purchasing document type, you can, for example, distinguish between a purchase order, an RFQ and a scheduling agreement.The purchasing document type controls, for instance, the number assignment of a purchase order, as well as the selection of the fields to be maintained. Maximum length: 4.

Purchase order not yet complete. You can use the Hold function to store faulty or incomplete purchase orders in the SAP System. You can then continue processing or complete these POs that you have put "on hold" in this way at some later date.A PO that is on hold is not transmitted to the supplier. It is, however, MRP-relevant.The following functions are not not possible in the case of a PO that is on hold:Message output (printing or transmission of documents in message form)Posting a goods receiptPosting an invoiceNote:If a PO has been saved, it cannot later be processed using the Hold function.

Deletion indicator in purchasing document. Determines whether the item in the purchasing document is deleted or blocked. You can set the deletion indicator by choosing Edit -> Delete if:You want to cancel an itemAn item is closed and can be archivedYou can set the blocking indicator by selecting the item and then choosing Edit -> Block if you do not want to allow subsequent functions for the item. Note that you must manually remove the indicator as soon as subsequent functions are allowed again.You have entered a purchase order item by mistake. You cancel it by setting the deletion indicator.A purchase order item has been delivered, invoiced, and paid for, and can now be archived. You can set the deletion indicator. Maximum length: 1.

Status of Purchasing Document. Key specifying whether a quotation has been received in respect of an RFQ. Maximum length: 1.

Purchasing Group. Key for a buyer or a group of buyers, who is/are responsible for certain purchasing activities. Frequently, purchasing documents (such as purchase orders) are monitored by the purchasing group. Urging letters (in the case of overdue deliveries) fall also within the group's scope of activities.For each purchasing group, statistical analyses can be performed. The purchasing group can be used as a sort criterion when creating purchasing-specific reports. Maximum length: 3.

Purchasing Organization. Denotes the purchasing organization. Maximum length: 4.

Purchasing document processing state. Maximum length: 2.

Release Not Yet Completely Effected. Specifies that the release (approval) process for the purchasing document has not yet been completed.

Supplier. Maximum length: 10.

Supplier's Telephone Number. This entry is for information only. It is not copied into purchasing documents. Maximum length: 16.

Quotation Number. Number of supplier's quotation. Maximum length: 10.

Responsible Salesperson at Supplier's Office. Maximum length: 30.

Supplying (issuing) plant in case of stock transport order. Describes the plant from which the ordered material is supplied. The supplying, or issuing, plant is only entered in the case of stock transport orders. Maximum length: 4.

Goods Supplier. Key identifying the supplier within the SAP system. If the supplier from whom the goods are ordered is not the actual goods supplier, you can enter the account number of the goods supplying business partner here. Maximum length: 10.

One-to-many navigation property to the PurchaseOrderItem entity.

End of Validity Period. Date up to which services can be performed or materials delivered. In the case of outline agreements:End of the stipulated validity period of the agreement.In the case of RFQs:End of the period in which the quotation is to be submitted.In the case of POs:End of the period in which the service is to be performed or the material delivered.NoteNo further service entry sheets can be created after this date.

Start of Validity Period. Date as of which services can be performed or materials delivered. In the case of outline agreements:Start of the stipulated validity period of an outline agreement.In the case of RFQs:Start of the period in which the quotation is to be submitted.In the case of purchase orders:Start of the period in which the service is to be performed or the material delivered.NoteService entry sheets can only be created within the specified period.