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Function documentationTwo-Step Confirmation of Purchase Order Items

 

In the default delivery, the supplier saves and publishes purchase order items in the purchase order worklist in one step by choosing the Save & Publish pushbutton. It is however possible to use two separate queries in the worklist: one for saving purchase order confirmations, and one for publishing saved purchase order confirmations.

Prerequisites

  • You have activated the two-step save method (Publish Separately) in Customizing.

    For more information, see Customizing by choosing Start of the navigation path SAP Supply Network Collaboration Next navigation step Purchase Order Next navigation step Make General Settings for Purchase Orders End of the navigation path.

  • You have defined and activated a new “to be published” query.

    For this, we deliver the object type ICH_POPENDING_S (Purchase Orders to Be Published). You use this object type when you define your new query (see Defining Queries). A query that uses the "To Be Published" object type displays purchase orders with purchase order items for which the supplier has created new confirmation schedule lines. The supplier has not yet published the purchase orders. The supplier can select one or more purchase orders and publish them by choosing the Publish pushbutton. You use the PO_CONFIRMATION_COMPLETE validation check to check that all items of a purchase order are confirmed before publishing. If this validation check is active, the supplier cannot publish a purchase order that is not completely confirmed.

Features

When the two-step save method is activated in Customizing, the Save & Publish pushbutton is not displayed in the Process Due Confirmations list or in the Change Confirmations list. Instead, a Save pushbutton is shown.

Activities

The supplier first edits and saves purchase order items in the Process Due Confirmations list or in the Change Confirmations list. The supplier then publishes saved confirmations using the new query that you have created.