Making Settings for Local Purchase Contracts (SAP Library - Configuration Content for Plan-Driven Procurement)

Making Settings for Local Purchase Contracts

Use

You can create a local purchase contract manually in the contract management transaction of SAP Enterprise Buyer or, you can create a contract in the sourcing application of SAP Enterprise Buyer or as a follow-on document from SAP Bidding Engine.

For information on how you can configure contract management across the SRM and backend system(s) and what logic the system uses when creating a contract from the sourcing application of SAP Enterprise Buyer or from SAP Bidding Engine, see Configuration Options.

Prerequisites

You have defined the following:

· A number range for purchasing contracts

For further information, refer to section Defining Number Ranges.

· When creating a contract from the sourcing application of SAP Enterprise Buyer or from SAP Bidding Engine, you have determined a transaction type for purchasing contracts (such as PCTR) using one of the following ways:

¡ In the organizational plan, you have assigned the CT_PROC_TY attribute to the responsible purchasing group.

¡ Or, you have specified a transaction type in the customizing for follow-on documents of a bid invitation.

For further information, refer to section Defining Transaction Types for Sourcing.

Procedure

Configuring the Transfer of Contract Data to the SAP Catalog

Transaction Code	SPRO
IMG Path	SRM Server ® Technical Basic Settings ® Define Backend Systems

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Note

Only if you specify a catalog system in this activity, will the contract management application in SAP Enterprise Buyer enable the function distribute contract to catalog in the user interface.

1. To enable the transfer of contract data to the SAP catalog, define a table entry that uses system type catalog.

Determining the Visibility of User Interface Objects

Transaction Code	SPRO
IMG Path	SRM Server ® Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) → Interface Configuration → Input Helps and Search Helps.

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1. Set up Business Add-In BBP_UI_CONTROL_BADI if you want to control the visibility and the ready-for-input status of user interface objects in the purchase contract application.