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Procedure documentation Creating a Purchase Contract  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

  1. Choose Logistics ® Exchanges ® Exchange operations ® Exchange agreements ® Change exchange agreement. This takes you to the initial screen.
  2. Enter the number of the exchange agreement to which you would like to assign the purchase contract, and choose ENTER .

    3. The system displays the contract assignment data entry screen.

  3. Choose the Purchase contracts tab.

    4. The system displays a list of the assigned purchase contracts.

  4. Choose Edit ® Assign Document.

    5. The system displays the initial screen for creating a contract. The exchange partner is used as the vendor; that entry cannot be changed.

    Maintain the remaining data on the initial screen and choose ENTER to go to the header data screen.

    Note

    If the period of the contract was already copied from the exchange agreement, the system automatically branches to the item overview. In that case, continue with Step 6.

  5. Enter the validity period for the contract. Check the other data (for example the payment terms).

    6. Choose ENTER to branch to the item overview.

  6. For each item, enter the required data (for example, material number, target quantity, price, receiving plant).
  7. To access the detail data for an item, select the item and choose Item ® Details.

Data from the exchange header will now have been copied into the detail screen:
  1. On the detail screen for the item, it is possible to:

Note

If the same material is entered for several items, you will have to then always enter the same base product. The base product cannot be changed in subsequent documents.
  1. Save the contract.

The system now displays the data screen for contract assignments. Within the Purchase contracts tab, the document number of the purchase contract is displayed.