SRM, Self-Service Procurement

Technical Data
Technical Name of Business Function	`SRM_SELF_SERVICE_1`
Type of Business Function	Enterprise Business Function
Available As Of	SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP SRM 7.0
Technical Usage	SRM
Application Component	Shopping Cart (SRM-EBP-SHP)
Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

You can use this business function to benefit from the new shopping cart features and to allow occasional users to order products or free-text items with a few clicks.

Note Note

You can revert this business function. To do so, perform the following steps:

Check whether there are limitations at Customizing switch level. You can find this information in the business function description and in the documentation of the Customizing switch in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management. If there are no limitations, deactivate the Customizing switch or switches in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management.
Run transaction Switch Framework Customizing (SFW5), select the business function, and deselect the Revertible checkbox. To do this, you need special authorizations.
Save and activate your changes.

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Note Note

If you do not deactivate all the Customizing switches assigned to a business function, a warning is issued.

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Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

Type of Component

Component

Is Needed Only for the Following Features

Software Component

SRM_SERVER 701

To use the new user interface, you must have assigned the role SAP SRM: Employee (/SAPSRM/EMPLOYEE_EHP1) to your employees.

Features

Simplified Shopping Cart

The simplified shopping cart is a one-screen shopping cart with a new, easy-to-use user interface that allows you to search for products in catalogs, compare the search results, and add items from the catalogs to the shopping cart.

To implement this function, activate the Customizing switch Simplified Shopping Cart (SRM_701_SIMPLIFIED_SC) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under: SRM Server Cross-Application Basic Settings Self-Service Procurement Activate/Deactivate Simplified Shopping Cart .

Note Note

The Customizing switch Simplified Shopping Cart (SRM_701_SIMPLIFIED_SC) is compatible with Procurement for Public Sector (PPS) with the following restriction: hierarchies are not supported. It can be reverted.

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For more information, see Simplified Shopping Cart.

Budget Check in Shopping Cart

You immediately receive an error or warning message when the budget for a newly created shopping cart is exceeded.

To implement this function, activate the Customizing switch Budget Check for Shopping Cart (SRM_701_BUDGET_CHECK_SC) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under: SRM Server Cross-Application Basic Settings Self-Service Procurement Activate/Deactivate Budget Check for Shopping Cart .

Note Note

The Customizing switch Budget Check for Shopping Cart (SRM_701_BUDGET_CHECK_SC) is compatible with Procurement for Public Sector (PPS) and can be reverted.

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Automatic Assignment of Sources of Supply

You can automatically assign sources of supply in shopping carts.

To implement this function, deactivate the Customizing switch Disable Auto Assignment of Source of Supply in SC (SRM_701_AUTO_SOS_ASSIGN_OFF) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under: SRM Server Cross-Application Basic Settings Self-Service Procurement Disable/Enable Automatic Assignment of Sources of Supply .

Note Note

The Customizing switch Disable Auto Assignment of Source of Supply in SC (SRM_701_AUTO_SOS_ASSIGN_OFF) is compatible with Procurement for Public Sector (PPS) and can be reverted.

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Ship-To Address for Shopping Cart

You can create individual ship-to addresses for multiple employees and use them as alternate addresses

To implement this function, activate the Customizing switch Individual Ship-to Address in Shopping Cart (SRM_701_SHIP_TO_ADDRESS_SC) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under: SRM Server Cross-Application Basic Settings Individual Employee Address Activate/Deactivate Individual Ship-To Address in Shopping Cart .