In this step, you define the profiles for external procurement of services and materials.
In the external processing profile, you can store default values to generate purchase requisitions from maintenance orders.
In each profile, you can store a default value for:
During external processing, a distinction is made between the external procurement of materials and the allocation of complete order operations to vendors.
Since both of these procurement processes generally require different data for purchasing, for example, different purchasing groups or different cost element accounts, you should also define different profiles for them.
You should therefore define different profiles for:
In a further step, you can assign two profiles to each user.
The assignment of profiles can, of course, also be made dependent on other parameters, such as plant or order type.