Buyer

Role Role: SAP_SR_BUYER_6

The task of the Buyer comprises of all necessary activities for the external procurement of goods and services. In particular, this means ensuring that all required goods and services are ordered from and delivered by the vendor in sufficient quantities and in good time. The buyer monitors the quality of the deliveries and ensures that purchases are made at the best possible price. Using this PFCG role, buyers can perform the tasks associated with the role of buyer. This role matches the SAP NetWeaver Portal role Buyer 1.6.

This role belongs to the application components MM-PUR, MM-SRV, and EP-PCT-PUR-BP. Depending on the system landscape used, the role requires individual applications or reports from remote systems. This is the case in particular with reports (system alias SAP_BW, SAP_BI) where you have to create system connections. In most cases, the name of the system connection matches the name of the system alias, but specific connection attributes can be attached (_RFC, _HTTP, _HTTPS).

Constraints

The difference between the PFCG and Portal version of the Buyer role is as follows:

Workset Work Overview	The iView Worklist, a Buyer-specific UWL iView, is removed from the default page. The POWL-based Workflow Inbox displays instead. The iView Process Vendor Confirmation is removed from the default page. You can start this application using OBN, in the new POWL-based Workflow Inbox. The iView Purchasing Group Analysis is removed from the default page. The underlying BW report is accessible by using the Workset Reports.
Workset Master Data for Suppliers	The iView Vendor Analysis is removed from the default page. The underlying BW report is accessible by using the Workset Reports. The Start Data Analysis button is not available in the iView Vendors (Vendor POWL).
Workset Master Data for Materials	The iView Material Analysis is removed from the default page. The underlying BW report is accessible using the Workset Reports. The Start Data Analysis button is not available in the iView Materials(Material POWL).
Workset Reports	There is no difference between the NWBC, PFCG, and the Portal role. The Web Dynpro Java version of the Report launchpad is replaced by Web Dynpro ABAP version.