Determination of Seasons in Purchase Orders 
In purchase orders, for articles with season, the system determines season based on the Customizing activity Maintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Management and the season validity periods for purchasing. The season information is displayed at the item level.
Features
When you create a purchase order for an article with season, the system determines season based on the customizing and the following information:
The system copies the season information from the reference document, such as purchase order, into the following documents:
Order date
Document type
Vendor
Purchase organization
Purchase group
Delivery date
Article
For an article with season, the system displays a message based on the message type you maintain in the customizing, if you do not assign a valid season in the purchase order. If the message type is an error, you cannot save the document.
You can manually change the seasons for an article in the purchase order. The new season you choose is validated with the delivery date, the order date, and the season validity period. If you change the purchase organization, the purchase group, the vendor, the order date, or the delivery date, the system redetermines the season.
You can assign seasons for articles in the purchase order based on the seasons you maintained in the article master, if the following settings are true:
You have not set up season determination for the document type in Customizing for
Maintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Management 
The article is relevant for season
If the number of seasons you maintained for the article in the article master is greater than one, you can filter seasons based on a certain period (for example, list the seasons maintained in the last two years) using the user parameter FSH_SESN_YEAR.
Example
Example 1
Customizing for Maintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Management
Purchase organization | Purchase Group | Season Processing | Message Type | Season Determination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8000 | 003 | P – Check at item level | S – Specific Search |
Season Periods maintained at the Vendor level
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW1 | 001 | 0001 |
Purchase organization | Purchase Group | Vendor | Delivery Date From | Delivery Date To | Order Date From | Order Date To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8000 | 003 | VEND_5000 | 01.11.2012 | 28.02.2013 | 01.01.2012 | 28.02.2013 |
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW2 | 002 | 0001 |
Purchase organization | Purchase Group | Vendor | Delivery Date From | Delivery Date To | Order Date From | Order Date To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8000 | 003 | 01.11.2012 | 28.02.2013 | 01.01.2012 | 28.02.2013 |
Season information maintained for the article SHIRT_T
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW1 | 001 | 0001 |
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW2 | 002 | 0002 |
Purchase order
Vendor | Article | Purchase Organization | Purchase Group | Order Creation Date | Requested Del. Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VEND_5000 | SHIRT_T | 8000 | 003 | 28.02.2012 | 01.12.2012 |
The system determines the following season for the article in the purchase order based on the specific match with Purchase Organization, Purchase Group, and Vendor.
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW1 | 001 | 0001 |
Example 2
Customizing for Maintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Management
Purchase organization | Purchase Group | Season Processing | Message Type | Season Determination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8000 | 003 | P – Check at item level | G – Generic Search |
Season Periods maintained at the Vendor level
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW1 | 001 | 0001 |
Purchase organization | Purchase Group | Vendor | Delivery Date From | Delivery Date To | Order Date From | Order Date To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8000 | 003 | VEND_5000 | 01.11.2012 | 28.02.2013 | 01.01.2012 | 28.02.2013 |
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW2 | 002 | 0001 |
Purchase organization | Purchase Group | Vendor | Delivery Date From | Delivery Date To | Order Date From | Order Date To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8000 | 003 | 01.11.2012 | 28.02.2013 | 01.01.2012 | 28.02.2013 |
Season information maintained for the article SHIRT_T
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW1 | 001 | 0001 |
2013 | SW2 | 002 | 0002 |
Purchase order
Vendor | Article | Purchase Organization | Purchase Group | Order Creation Date | Requested Del. Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VEND_5000 | SHIRT_T | 800 | 003 | 28.02.2012 | 01.12.2012 |
The system determines the following season for the article in the purchase order based on the generic match with Purchase Organization, Purchase Group, and Vendor.
Season Year | Season | Collection | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | SW1 | 001 | 0001 |
2013 | SW2 | 002 | 0002 |
The best match season information (in this example, SW1) is populated in the season fields of the purchase document. However, you can select one of the seasons from the list.