Purchasing Menu 

Use

This section describes the menu that constitutes the starting point for purchasing activities in the SAP System:

The Purchasing menu is the point from which you begin all the operations described in this documentation. Your attention will be expressly drawn to individual cases where this does not apply.

You can access the SAP System via the SAP Menu or the User Menu SAP Easy Access:

●     The SAP Menu shows you all the available menus of the SAP System.

For more information, refer to the documentation Introduction to the SAP System under SAP Easy Access.

●     Via user menus, you can access the transactions, reports, web-based applications etc. contained in roles. A role comprises activities the user needs to participate in one or more business scenarios. At the same time, the authorizations necessary for these activities are assigned to the user via the role. The system administrator can assign one or more roles to a user.

As of Release 4.6C, a roll-based portal is available to users to assist them in carrying out their tasks.

See Roles

Features

Displaying the Purchasing Menu

To display the Purchasing menu, do the following:

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       1.      Log on to the system. The SAP Menu appears.

       2.      Choose Logistics ® Materials management ® Purchasing, to access the Purchasing menu.

About the Purchasing Menu

The tasks you can perform from the Purchasing menu are organized by purchasing document. For example, to display a purchase order, choose Purchase order ® Display from the Purchasing menu.

The Master data menu contains functions for creating and displaying info records and vendor and purchasing master data.

When you complete a purchasing function - creating a purchase order, for example - choose Purchase order ® Exit, to return to the Purchasing menu.

Standard Menu Functions

The following list describes the standard menu options for purchasing documents:

Create
Use this option to create a purchasing document.Enter the required information and save the document. The document is then stored under a unique number.

Change
Use this option to change a purchasing document. You need the document number in order to access the document.

Display
Use this option to display a purchasing document. You cannot change or add any information to the document that is displayed.You need the document number in order to access the document.

List displays/reporting
Use these options to generate reports analyzing purchasing documents (for example, a list of all purchase orders for vendor Miller Corp.). How to generate reports and analyses is described in Reporting in Purchasing

Follow-on functions
This option comprises functions that are associated with (follow on from) purchasing transactions but are not considered part of Purchasing functionality. Such functions enable you to enter goods or invoice receipts, for example.

Messages
This option enables you to print or transmit documents in message form (for example, transmission of POs as faxes or via electronic data interchange (EDI), etc.).