Acknowledgement required indicator in me31k

Hi Experts,
I want to know what is the use of Acknowledgement required indicator in me31k. If we select that in what way the business procress work.
Thanks,
Kiran

it is based on your customizing for confirmation control whether you allow a receipt despite a missing confirmation or not.
And reminders can be used to remind your vendor to send an acknowledgement, which is as well based on customizing, especially setting up the message determination for reminders and designing the form.

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Order Acknowledgment Requirement Indicator

Hello,
I am a developing consultant. Curious to know the reason why 'Acknowledgment Reqd' indicator is read only in Purchasing tab of MM01. I am aware that this flag can be set in Vendor master. Would like to know in which material types, the indicator can be set in material master.
Thanks,

Hello,
You cannot change it in MM01, the value comes from customizing table, and depend on the purchasing value key.
you can chage it in spro- materials management - purchasing - material master - Define Purchasing Value Keys.
Regards,
Mauro

PO Acknowledgement Required triggers

Hi,
I was convinced that the Conf. Req. field in the PO line item was automatically triggered when the vendor or material is setup with Acknowledgement Required indicator "on".
However when I create a PO for a certain vendor / material combination where both are in status "off" in the master data, the Conf.Req. check box is still automatically checked, no matter what PO type used. For other combinations it is not checked.
What are other triggers for this field I should take into account?
Thanks for your help!
Best regards,
Geert

Hi Greetings!
It seems there is a miss understanding. Confirmation control key is nothing to do with the " acknowledgment requirement" functionality.
It flows to the material master and then to purchase order based on the purchasing value key configuration. please check the configuration of purchasing value key assigned in the material master.
Gobinathan G

Purchase Order-Confirmations Tab-Acknowledgement required

Hai Friends,
When ever i create a P.O, by default the check box "CONFIRMATION REQUIRED" is checked in the confirmations tab in the item details view. I want the check box "unchecked" by default.
I unchecked the 'Acknowledgement required ' check boxes in Material Master and Vendor Master for which i want to create a P.O
Still it is coming 'checked' by default in the P.O
How to fix this issue?
Thanks

Please could you check in ME21N
Personal setting->Default values ->PO item->'Acknowledgment Rwqd' is not ticked and also the 'Always
Propose' is not SET
Hope this helps you.

Note 533276 - Setting the batch management requirement indicator

Hi;
we have found an oss note for setting the batch management requirement
indicator.. but the program mentioned in oss note does't exist in the
attachement part.. we urgently need your help..
how can we find program RVBCONVMAT2BM?
Note 533276 - Setting the batch management requirement indicator
Solution
Here, the standard procedure is to clear stocks of the current and the previous period as well as to complete the open documents. Note 30656 provides further information about this.
Alternatively, in the case of a large data or document volume, you can use a conversion report from the batch development that sets the batch management requirement indicator without the necessity of manual preliminary works such as the posting of the stocks or the completion of open documents.
We have developed the main features of this report, but it must be adjusted to individual business processes in a customer project that is subject to charges.
If you require further information about functions of this tool or about running such a customer project, you can send an e-mail to the consulting department ([email protected]).

Hi,
You also need to check for open sales order, open production orders, open WM transfer orders and open deliveries. These documents needs to be closed/completed.
Check OSS notes 533276 - Setting the batch management requirement indicator.
Following is the details of this notes;
Summary
Symptom
The attempt to set the batch management requirement indicator for a
material in the material master record maintenance fails because there are
stocks or documents that are not completed such as production orders, sales
orders, deliveries or WM transfer orders.
More Terms
MARA-XCHPF, MARC-XCHPF, RVBCONVMAT2BM
Cause and Prerequisites
Solution
Here, the standard procedure is to clear stocks of the current and the
previous period as well as to complete the open documents. Note 30656
provides further information about this.
Alternatively, in the case of a large data or document volume, you can use
a conversion report from the batch development that sets the batch
management requirement indicator without the necessity of manual
preliminary works such as the posting of the stocks or the completion of
open documents.
We have developed the main features of this report, but it must be adjusted
to individual business processes in a customer project that is subject to
charges.
If you require further information about functions of this tool or about
running such a customer project, you can send an e-mail to the consulting
department (BMToolsatsap.com).
Regards,

Order acknowledgement required in PO

I have set up Order acknowledgement required at the vendor level (in purchasing tab), so all purchase orders created for the vendor have the order ackowledgement reqd checked (EKPO-KZABS)
What is noticed is this is not trued for items which are direct materials. When I create a PO for a material from material master to the same vendor, the order ack field is not set.
I checked the purchasing key for the material and it has order ack checked.
I then even put a confirmation control key to the PO item with order acknowledgement, but still same result
Can anyone help me understand what I am missing here?
Thanks,
Musta.

Problem solved....
The info record was taking precedence.

Acknowledgement Required in Purchase value key

Hi
Can any one tell what is this Acknowledgement Required in Purchase value key
where it will be help ful in which case???

Hi,
You can use this key while creating a PO when you want the Vendor to confirm the Quantities and the Date/time of the Delivery after they have received your order and the vendor will supply the material according to your requirement.
After the Vendor confirms the delivery Qty and schedule dates, the user will need to Update the same in the Confirmation TAB. Also used in for EDI cases.
If you check the Acknowledgement required in Pur Val key, (in the Material Master), like other Values, the Tolerance, Reminders etc. , this Confirmation Check will be enabled in PO Confirmation TAB using Material Master Settings. (Used for EDI)
Some companies use this requirement to plan their Logistics and MPS (Master Production Schedule) for the availability of Material or use it as to plan Inbound Deliveries or Rough GR depending upon the Business Scenario using EDI set up.
Please check the following links :
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_45b/helpdata/en/75/ee140f55c811d189900000e8322d00/content.htm]
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/1c/deffb0844f11d2b471006094b9476a/content.htm]
Hope this helps,
Best regards
Amit Bakshi

Batch management requirement indicator

Dear experts,
Due to an error during test-conversion, I have a number of materials that should have gotten the Batch management requirement indicator. At this moment the system does not allow me to change this indicator, because it detects stockpostings.
Since it is an inactive client I have the possibility to change whatever is needed, so I removed the stock. But apparantly this is not enough.
Does anyone know a way to enforce the Batch management requirement indicator?
Thanks for your help!
Best regards, AJ

Hi,
You also need to check for open sales order, open production orders, open WM transfer orders and open deliveries. These documents needs to be closed/completed.
Check OSS notes 533276 - Setting the batch management requirement indicator.
Following is the details of this notes;
Summary
Symptom
The attempt to set the batch management requirement indicator for a
material in the material master record maintenance fails because there are
stocks or documents that are not completed such as production orders, sales
orders, deliveries or WM transfer orders.
More Terms
MARA-XCHPF, MARC-XCHPF, RVBCONVMAT2BM
Cause and Prerequisites
Solution
Here, the standard procedure is to clear stocks of the current and the
previous period as well as to complete the open documents. Note 30656
provides further information about this.
Alternatively, in the case of a large data or document volume, you can use
a conversion report from the batch development that sets the batch
management requirement indicator without the necessity of manual
preliminary works such as the posting of the stocks or the completion of
open documents.
We have developed the main features of this report, but it must be adjusted
to individual business processes in a customer project that is subject to
charges.
If you require further information about functions of this tool or about
running such a customer project, you can send an e-mail to the consulting
department (BMToolsatsap.com).
Regards,

Activate "Value Adjustment Required Indicator" Field in FMX1

Hi Expert
Transaction Code FMX1/FMX2/FMX3 (Earmarked Fund Maintenance), in More Button of earmarked fund line item, there is no Indicator Field for "Value Adjustment Required" marking.
This is the new SAP client setup. I have config field selection string and assigned. I set Opt. Entry for "_Indicator: Amount Change Only with Value Adjustment Document_" but in Earmarked Fund Maintenenace still not be appeared.
I would like to use earmarekd fund with Value Adjustment function (FMXPM1 - FMXPM3) so I need to mark the Value Adjustment Required field in FMX1/FMX2.
Could you please advice, how to show Value Adjustment Required indicator in Earmarked Fund Maintenenace Transaction?
Rgds
Ton

Hi,
Did you switch "IMG - Public Sector Management - Funds Management Government - Funds Management-Specific Postings - Earmarked Funds and Funds Transfers - Maintain Global Settings" indicator for value adjustment?
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Individual/Collective Requirement indicator in MTS

Hi Gurus,
Can you please let me know what is the relevence of individual/Colelctive Requirement indicator from MRP4 view of material..
for Finished product as well as its sub assembliees in case of make to Stock planing strategies.
i know how it works in MTO and how depednent requirements can be grouped together or sepated based on this indicator.
When i tested the same in case of MTS, i found for dfinished product as well as sub assemblies behaviour is always like collective irrespective of MRP4 indicator.
any thougts lets me know.

Dear Santhosh,
MRP-4 as 1 : In individual planning, this indicator is used to display the dependent requirements of a component separately.
MRP-4 as 2 : In collective requirements, this indicator is used to display the dependent requirements of a component grouped together.
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Ramagiri

FormItem required indicator on left side

Hi All,
I need to put he Required indicator on a FormItem on the
left side in stead of the right. Can this be done with css or are
other drastic changes required?
Thanks

Mine default to the left side if I put the control in the
FormItem container. I actually don't know how to put it on the
right side. Odd huh?
Or do you mean on the left side of the label?

MRP dependent requirements indicator

Hi,
Can anybody please let me know use of MRP dependent requirements indicator in MRP4 view?
Regards,
Samir Wadajkar

Dear,
You only use this indicator in connection with planning strategies for make-to-stock production, assembly planning. Note that the indicator Dependent requirements not relevant to MRP should only be used when, for example, planned independent requirements exist for an assembly.
EX... If you manufacture the chemical product say named ABC and you use water as component to manufacture it , and you dont want to plan the WATER quantity as it is used in bulk . So you can exclude the material water from the MRP run and only the Chemical product is planned and not the WATER.
Edited by: Girishprasad Subhash Pawar on Jun 24, 2010 9:13 AM

Automatic Delivery Completion Required Indicator to be defaulted to "SET"

Hi Guru's,
My client's requirement is whenever there is a GR posted in the system the system should automatically set the "Delivery Completion indicator" to complete even though there are open items in the purchase order.
The reason is to discourage backorder PO processing and Goods Receipt should be happen only once for a PO.
What we are aware is,
1. I know the PO can be made for the quantity to be received, but that cannot be done since this is a service customer
     and there are mutiple sites where materials can be delivered.
2. we are not using MRP as all are cost objects consumed materials for customer service order or cost center till we go
    to material requirements planning.
3. 'DCI indicator in Mm->Inventory Management -> Plant Parameters or set DCI in SPRO does not solve the purpose, as we
     want the setting to be Always "SET" in the MIGO screen.
4. Manually we can do this by settinng this in MIGO, but it should be automatic as the user may forget to maintain that and
    there will be more GR.
Kindly let me know if you have any ideas around it.
Regards and thanks in advance.
Swagat

Hi,
Under the IMG path:
Materials Management
-> Inventory Management and Physical Inventory
   -> Goods Receipt
      -> Set "Delivery Completed" Indicator
the flag for the automatic setting of the "delivery completed"
indicator (V_159L_E-XELIK) should be set for the Site .
The system will automatically flag the purchase order
item as delivery completed, if the full ordered quantity is
received. If NOt set,
the user has to set the flag manually while receiving the
purchase order item. In MIGO, this is made in the "Purchase Order Data"
tab, when the "Del.Completed" Ind. is set to "2 - Set".
Please, see the note 1093582 in this regard:
"2. Question
Is it possible to set automatically the ELIKZ during goods receipt?
Answer
In Customizing for Inventory Management/Goods Receipt/Set Delivery
Completed Indicator, you can define at plant level that the "delivery
completed indicator" is set automatically in the order if:
     o the total quantity was delivered
     o the underdelivery or overdelivery lies within the tolerances"
Therefore, the system will only flag the indicator automatically if this
has been customized previously.
For STO
Kindly review the attached note 34737 which explain the logic of the
delivery complete indicator for STO.
I hope this helps you
BR
Nadia Orlandi

O13C - Process message charateristics required indicator

We can use the indicator in O13C to decide if a message characteristic is required/mandatory or not. Is there a similar setting for process instruction characteristics?
I have a Z characteristic for which the value will be blank sometimes (which is allowed in the business). where can I say that the value for this characteristic is optional and not mandatory? I don't want control recipe creation to be rejected just because this characteristic value is blank in the process instruction.
Thx
Swathi

hi swati ,
we cannot change characteristics in CT04 for standard SAP PPPI-* charcaterisics , i.e. we cannot put it as mandatory in CT04 as SAP does not allow the change.
so we should use O13C to make the characteristics mandatory .
also 2nd point is if you make Z characteristics mandatory in CT04 it will be applicable acroos all plants and message category you use it.
but O13C will give you flexibility to have it mandatory for plant related or message category.
regards,
satish

COnfirmation/ Order acknowledgement in PO

Hi
Any body is worked on Confirmation / acknowledgement .
Hi all ,
You can see the PO item level confirmation. if you aware please let me know the IMG setting and IDES function ( BOTH Purpose of Confirmation )
How we do step by step procedure of confirmation..
If u have any related documents please send me on [email protected]
Thnx in adv.
Waiting for very valid reply
Best regards
SK

Hi
Check help provided by SAP
Monitoring Vendor Confirmations
Use
The confirmation monitoring facility enables you to check whether the expected confirmations have been received and whether the delivery quantities and dates are as you requested. The list analyses that are available for monitoring purposes provide you at all times with an overview of the status of your purchase orders and their influence on materials planning and control.
Prerequisites
_ Analyses are only possible for items having a confirmation control key.
_ You can specify the deadline for receipt of confirmations for each confirmation category in
Customizing for Purchasing (Confirmations _ Set up confirmation control under Confirmation
sequence.)
You can specify in Customizing that you wish to see the following in the monitoring list,
for example:
_ Which order acknowledgments have still not been received a certain number of days
after the PO date
_ Which shipping notifications have still not been received a certain number of days before
the delivery date
Activities
To monitor vendor confirmations, choose <Purchasing document> ___Reporting___Monitor
confirmations.
Order Acknowledgment Expediters
Use
You can send messages to vendors urging them to submit outstanding order acknowledgments.
You cannot issue such messages with respect to other vendor confirmation categories.
Prerequisites
A prerequisite is that the Acknowledgment requirement indicator has been set in each relevant
PO or scheduling agreement item.
Activities
<b>Choose <Purchasing document> _ Messages _ Monitor order acknowledgment</b>.
If the indicator has been set, the system proceeds as follows when the reminder program is run:
It checks whether the confirmation control key has been set:
1. If it has not, it checks whether the acknowledgment number has been entered. If there is
no such number, a message urging the vendor to submit the overdue acknowledgment is
issued.
2. If it has, the sum of the quantities from all previous order acknowledgments is calculated.
If the result is less than the order quantity, an urging message (expediter) is issued.
Creating a PO or Outl. Agreement w. Acknowl. Reqt.
1. Create a purchase order or an outline purchase agreement and maintain the items.
2. Select the item to be acknowledged by the vendor and enter a confirmation control key in the
Deadline monitoring area of the item detail screen.
If the confirmation control key provides for the submission of order acknowledgments by
the vendor, and you wish to urge the latter to do so in the event that they are still
outstanding after a certain period of time, set the Acknowledgment requirement indicator.
3. Save the purchase order.
If you wish to work exclusively with order acknowledgments (i.e. without using a
confirmation control key), your only option is to set this indicator. You need not make
any other entries.
Monitoring Confirmations
Monitoring Confirmations in PO or Outline Agreement
1. Select the item for which you wish to see the accumulated confirmations and choose Item _
Confirmations _ Lists.
2. Then branch to one of the following lists:
Quantities relevant to MRP
Quantities that have been reduced/offset with regard to MRP
Cumulative quantities
A line from a PO delivery schedule covering 100 tons of steel is reduced to zero as a
result of the relevant order acknowledgment for 100 tons. The subsequent inbound
delivery of 100 tons in turn reduces the order acknowledgment quantity to zero, and,
finally, the GR of 100 tons completely offsets the inbound-delivery quantity.
Monitoring Several POs or Outline Agreements
1. Choose Purchase order _ Reporting _ Monitor confirmations.
2. Specify an interval of purchase orders and enter the category of confirmations to be
monitored (for example, AB for order acknowledgment).
3. Choose Program _ Execute.
You obtain a list of all variant quantities and delivery dates.
Manual Maintenance of Confirmations
1. Change the purchase order or scheduling agreement.
2. Select the item for which you wish to enter a confirmation and choose Item _
Confirmations _ Overview.
3. On the confirmation overview screen, maintain the confirmation category, date, time-spot,
and quantity, as well as the confirmation number used by the vendor.
You can also receive a confirmation with respect to a material with a manufacturer part
number (MPN). For more on this topic, refer to Manufacturer Part Number (MPN) [Page
452]).
If you work exclusively with order acknowledgments (i.e. without using a confirmation
control key), enter the acknowledgment number on the item detail screen. This
number can be any identifier customarily used in your enterprise (e.g. the date of the
order acknowledgment or an external document number).
If you wish to enter the same number for each item, choose Edit _ Fast change.
Quantity Checks
_ If a vendor notifies a quantity that is greater than the still-open notified quantity, the system
issues a warning message.
_ If the cumulative quantity from all inbound deliveries relating to a PO item exceeds the order
quantity (taking the overdelivery tolerance into account), the system issues a warning
message.
This warning can also be defined as an error message on a user-specific basis.
_ If the cumulative notified quantity is less than the quantity already delivered, a warning
message is issued.
Depending on your settings in Customizing, an indicator showing whether or not the data in the
confirmation is used in materials planning is set in column D. If the indicator has not been set, the
data is for information only.
In column E, you can see whether the confirmation was entered manually in the PO (1), or
generated automatically upon entry of a shipping notification using the function Create inbound
delivery (2).
Creating Inbound Delivery Against Shipping Notif.
1. Choose Purchase order _ Inbound delivery _ Create.
2. On the initial screen, enter the vendor, the delivery date and the PO number. You also have
the option of entering a transport identification code (e.g. a vehicle registration number). In
this way, deliveries for several purchase orders can be grouped together.
If you do not know the PO number, choose Inbound delivery _ Select purchase orders
and enter selection criteria.
Choose Program _ Execute.
You obtain a list of the purchase orders from the specified number interval that contain
still-open notified quantities.
Select the relevant purchase orders and choose Adopt selected.
3. Press ENTER. The overview screen with the suggested quantities appears.
The default quantity is taken from the PO item. However, you can overwrite this
suggested quantity and enter a different unit of measure. In order for this to be possible,
the desired unit must be defined as an alternative unit of measure in the material master
record with the appropriate conversion factor.
All quantities (e.g. the notified quantity) are converted into the order unit and recorded in
the purchase order by the system.
You have a PO for 100 tons of Steel 1, and the vendor sends you a shipping
notification for 5 crates. You wish to enter the inbound delivery in the unit of
measure crate. The system checks whether the alternative unit of measure can be
converted into the order unit. If so, you can save the inbound delivery in the
alternative unit.
A batch split can be made in the inbound delivery, which is taken into account in the
confirmation overview for the purchase order and at the time of goods receipt. If the
batch split is to be taken into account at the time of goods receipt, the confirmation
category Inbound delivery must be confirmation-related (GR assignment indicator).
4. Check the data and make any necessary changes.
5. Save the document.
After this, the confirmation overview is updated in the relevant purchase orders.
Vishal...

Acknowledgement required indicator in me31k

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