Call up the Planning Workbench .

In the requisition list, select a purchase requisition with serialized material.

Choose Stock Situation.

In the stock/requirements list, the system displays the current stocks and movements of the issuing force element.

In this list, switch to the material number view by choosing  Matl No. Serial No.

In the stock/requirements list, select a stock line (record type Stock ) with serialized material.

Choose Request.

The system checks whether purchase requisitions with an identical supplier and recipient already exist for the material. The purchase requisitions must not have the status Released .

If all these conditions are met, the Assign Purchase Requisitions screen appears with the query Serial Number PReq Exists. Assign?

Answer the question with Yes .

The system displays an overview of the appropriate purchase requisitions.

Make a selection.

The Change Purchase Requisition screen appears. On the Items tab page, you can see an overview of the material items. The system enhances the purchase requisition selected under Step 2 to include the material item from Step 5.

Choose Save.

In the requisition list, the system displays a new item line for the selected purchase requisition.

Select one of the items and choose Release .

The system releases all of the items that belong to the purchase requisition.

Select an item line again and choose Convert Plan/PReq .

The Convert Purchase Requisition screen appears.

Choose Save.