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 Monitoring Info Records

Displaying an Info Record

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path Master data Next navigation step Info record Next navigation step Display Next navigation step . End of the navigation path

  2. You can enter either the number of the info record or the following data on the initial screen:

– The vendor number

– The material number, if the info record relates to a material master record

– The number of the purchasing organization or plant, if the info record relates to a certain organizational level

  1. PressENTER .

  2. The screen showing the general data is displayed.

  3. Choose Start of the navigation path Edit Next navigation step Org. levels Next navigation step to display an overview of the purchasing organizations and/or plants which are listed in the info record. End of the navigation path

  4. Choose an organizational level.

  5. The data of the chosen organizational level is displayed.

  6. Choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Administrative data Next navigation step to find out when and by whom the individual organizational data of an info record was created. End of the navigation path

  7. To display a change log for the info record, choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Changes Next navigation step . Enter the date as of which the changes are to be displayed. End of the navigation path

Displaying Statistical Data

You can display all the statistical data relating to an info record. To view info record statistics, choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Statistics Next navigation step while displaying an info record. End of the navigation path

Displaying Vendor Evaluations

You can display the most recent evaluation of a vendor, created using the MM component Vendor Evaluation . To do so, choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Vendor evaluation Next navigation step . End of the navigation path

For further information on this topic, refer to the MM Vendor Evaluation documentation.

Displaying Reference Documents

You can display the purchasing documents relating to an info record by choosing Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Purchasing org. data Next navigation step 2. This will allow you to view the last PO entered with respect to this info record, for example. End of the navigation path

Note Note

If no net price is defined in the info record, the conditions from the most recent purchase order or the most recent outline agreement are adopted in a new PO. On the Purchasing org. data 2 screen, you can identify the document from which the conditions were adopted.

End of the note.

Analyses of Info Records

You have the option of running reports analyzing info records according to a variety of criteria. Choose Start of the navigation path Master data Next navigation step Info record Next navigation step List displays. End of the navigation path The following analyses are available:

  • Vendor

Listing of all info records for one or more vendors.

  • Material

Listing of all info records for a certain material. Enables you to determine which vendors supply a certain material.

  • Material group

Listing of all info records for a certain material group. Shows the info records that belong to this group and do not reference specific material master records.

See also:

Carrying Out a Net Price Simulation

Reporting in Purchasing

For more information on analyses and reports in the SAP System, refer to the documentation Getting Started with the SAP System (section Reports ).