Automatic Purchase order approval

Hi Friends,
we are generating Automatic purchase order for drop shipping material.And business clients wants to have automatic approval. Is there any configuration settings to have Automatic approval for Automatic Purchase Order?.
Thanks

Hi,
Can you provide additional clarification of how the WF can be used for automatic release as to my best understanding, WF will only be used for agent determination as well as e-mail notification transmission.
Cheers,
HT

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Automatic Purchase Order upon Goods Receipt 101/161

Hi Guys,
Hope everyone is well. I would like to know in as simple terms as possible, what is the use of Automatic Purchase Order upon Goods Receipt mvt 101 or 161. Can someone explain to me the purpose of this? or applicable in which type of business scenario?
Because i think, if it is upon Goods Issue, then it is understandable, you would want to top up the stocks, but upon GR? Why?
This is a non configuration question, just a business process question..

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Nazrin84 wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Hope everyone is well. I would like to know in as simple terms as possible, what is the use of Automatic Purchase Order upon Goods Receipt mvt 101 or 161. Can someone explain to me the purpose of this? or applicable in which type of business scenario?
>
> Because i think, if it is upon Goods Issue, then it is understandable, you would want to top up the stocks, but upon GR? Why?
> This is a non configuration question, just a business process question..
This process is used in case of emergency when stock is required in the plant and we dont have time to first create PO and then get its approval and follow the normal process. In the case of emergency, we tell the vendor to deliver the material and on receipt of this material we take it into the system through GR and the corresponding PO is automatically generated.
Usually this is option available in system, but it depends on the clients requirement whether they want this option available to end users or not. Mostly our clients prefer not to have this option enabled, as this way can lead to irregularities by the users.
So they prefer to follow the normal process, but this process for above scenario is followed on war footings that way the GR takes place immediately when Goods are received.

Making Purchase Order approval window to pickup custom rtf template.

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We customized our purchase order using rtf method. I changed the print option to text from PDF in Purchasing options so that it will pickup the "print purchase order" which is a program based on rdf.
My rtf is getting input from this program (POXPRPOP.rdf) Every thing is working fine except that when you say print from purchase order approval window the pdf wont get generated. You had to run another program "XML REPORT PUBLISHER" to get the PDF output.
This is causing problem in automatic dispatching of Purchase Orders. Can any one help me in how to make the approval window pickup the Custom template while running the "print Purchase Order Program".
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Vish ,
I am also working on that....
Tell me one thing How you are viewing the XML Data ...Is it from the XSL-FO template??.... In XSL-FO template all the XML data is not present which is generated by Java Program.....
Check for The Views.... PO%XML.... In these Views whatever the Column names are present you can use those columns as a tag field in your XSL-FO template.....
Normally in Java program they are taking the all the columns of these views to generate the XML DATA..... But in XSL-FO Template they had not mentioned all the fields..because Many of the columns are not having any data.....
This is the part of my new R&D..... I still need to apply this thing.....
Let me know if you have any update for me.......
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Automatic Purchase Order Creation

Dear All,
I would like to test the scenario of automatic creation of PO. I have already checked the Auto PO indicator in material master and vendor master record. Info Record and Source list also exist. In MRP view i have maintained manual reorder point planning.
When I run the MD02, system creates the Pur. Req. but automatic PO generation doesn't exist. Please let me know what else I need to check or there is any more setting, which I have to do.
Thanks and Regards,
Vineet

Dear Vineet,
In SAP, the automatic Purchase Order(PO) creation is possible via ME59- which via Purchase Requisitions. I would like to remind you, the automatic PO creation is possible only if Purchase requisition exists with required pre-requisites.
Not possible to create the PO from Requirements. I mean to say not possible thru MRP. Where MRP is a requirement planning, order proposal. Order placement is an another process, which can be automated thru ME59- when PR exists.
Hope this helps.
Njoy SAP
-Saravanaganesh

Purchase Order Approval through Mobile Phone / BlackBerry

Dear fellows i am interested in Purchase Order Approval through Mobile Phone / BlackBerry. I have seen MSCA Mobile Supply Chain Application Guide but that is for telnet only devices and specific to supply chain. What are setup requirements to make PO approve though "Web App" or "Mobile App" as show in below image URL. We need to work it primarly on BlackBerry.
http://www.exforsys.com/images/OracleApps/t10_files/image010.gif
That will require logging in to EBS through Mobile and Making EBS available on Public IP !?! If this all fuss needs to be done then is there some Notification Alert type mechanism which sends email, but here a user could also reply that email with keywords to Approve or Reject that PO !?!
Thank you.

Dear Hussein, ur links are iPhone specific and also BPEL Connector specific ("Oracle Buisness Approvals for Managers" BPEL Connector). The links for Blackberry assume that i am atleast already getting emails on blackberry through EBS. Our env is through MS Exchange Server. Where as i believe from ur suggected docs that the EBS needs to have its own direct setup with blackberry
In our current env we are using Oracle Alerts to Just send an email to user that PO for approval is waiting. We are NOT using "Oracle WorkFlow Notification Mailer". For blackberry will we be locked to use Workflow Mailer (i see patch 6802716 pre req also)!?! or we can still use simple Alerts!?!
following thread says type "approve" in reply whereas metalink guides tell a URL to click in email. will it be a ...
href="mailto:[email protected]?body=approve"
type URL!?!
http://oracle.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/oracle-apps-l/po-approval-through-mail-3077383
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There are a couple of steps that need to be complete before this will work.
Pre- Req's
1. Associate all apps users / approvers with email addresses
2. sync apps users with workflow
3. Check workflow users to make sure email is set to HTML.
4. Configure and enable workflow mailer. You will need configuration information for the email service being used and a mailbox on the email service.
5. Send a test message from workflow mailer to an apps user.
If this is successful, then email based approval will work. If the user tries to approve using a smart phone (blackberry, etc.) they will have to hit reply and type approve as the message for approval to work.
this guy also points to this idea.
http://secure.meetingexpectations.com/oaug/eLearning/elSchedule.aspx?DayOfWeek=3&mtd=8/1/2007
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August 21, 2007
Session 2
August 21, 2007 12:00 PM U.S. Eastern (New York) Time
Approving Requisitions/PO’s in Oracle E-Business Using Blackberry Devices
Presentation of a solution using Blackberry Devices to approve requisitions and purchase orders in Oracle E-Business Suite. This solution required creating a text message to send to Blackberry users, and modifying the Workflow Java Mailer to be able to correctly read the default messages being sent back from blackberry devices. In addition, profile options were created that allowed simple key strokes to be translated into Approve or Reject options recognized by Oracle Workflow Java Mailer.
Session Closed
Presenter, Company: Bolton Carroll, The Revere Group
this one too...
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http://oracle.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/oracle-apps-l/iexpense-approval-via-blackberry-and-iphones-3047841
This one is DIFFERENT!
METALINK: List Of Certified Devices For Mobile Field Services and Field Service Wireless [ID 793392.1]
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Also, recently we have developed something called 'MiniWireless Server', which is a light weight server replacement of Oracle Wireless Server and can be run along with Mobile Server of Oracle Lite. Please refer Metalink note 758680.1 for more details. You may want to communicate this to customer if they are planning for fresh implementation.

Fiori Purchase Order Approval - inexplicable missing work items

I'm asking this here because I have run out of things to try. At the moment we have users of the Purchase Order Approval app finding that some work items don't appear in Fiori, when they have work items visible in business workplace.
I did the following things in the live system to check the user's work items:
used function SAP_WAPI_CREATE_INBOX to check which work items they should have
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I can't see any obvious way the Fiori app itself would filter the results.
I've not found relevant SAP notes.
Any suggestions on other things to check?

I've added the GET_LIST output and the worklist function which should show the contents of the user's inbox.
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Issue with Automatic Purchase Order creation.

Hello
I am creating Automatic Purchase Order via transaction ME59N.
I have 1 Purchase Requistion for 2 line items having 2 materials .When I create PO the system is creating 2 different PO's instead of one PO even though the Vendor is same.I am not able to understand why 2 PO are created even though PR is 1 .
I would like to have one Purchase Order with 2 line items in the same way I have 1PR with 2 line items.
Regards

Hi Satish
Thanks for the reply.
I checked the parameters and it is creating 2 PO when the Indicator Ordering address is set.If I uncheck this Indicator then only one PO is created.
But now my question is from where is the Ordering address taken because for both line items Vendor is same and ordering address is also same.
Then why the system is creating new PO?
Regards
Vaibhav Mahajan

Automatic Purchase Order Rounded Quantity

Hello Everybody,
I have a doubt with automatic purchase order, here is the situation:
Purchase Requisition (ME51N) reference on a Contract
ITEM 1 - Quantity 750,920 (Total Value $750,92)
ITEM 2 - Quantity 29.041,640 (Total Value $29.041,640)
Total Value PR: $29.792,56
Automatic Purchase Order (ME59N)
ITEM 1 - Quantity 750 (Total Value $750)
ITEM 2 - Quantity 29.041 (Total Value $29.041)
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I would like to know if when I execute the ME59N to generate automatic PO, the quantities from PR always will get rounded? It's possible to adjust manually (standard way) to generate them with all the quantity of the PR?
Thank You!
Best Regards,
Raphael Palmieri

HI,
"CUNI is only for display, in background system will consider decimals in table level."
Rephrase - CUNI you can only define how the decimals are presented to the user, but stored in tables is always with 3 decimals.
Note: 23771,
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To SET -UP message type 5 External Send to the purchase order approver

Hi All
Please help me to To SET -UP message type 5 External Send to the purchase order approver
Susan

Susan,
This to me sounds like a release strategy setup using workflow. Could you please set up Release strategies initially and and then the workflow part couldd be handled by a workflow personnel.
Else, Setup teh message type with medium 7, and partner function MP, put the user name in the partner field. Go to communication method, choose the recipient type and fiull other required parameters and you should be set.
Edited by: Pavan Kumar on Apr 6, 2010 12:27 PM

Conversion of sales order to automatic purchase order

hii
experts,
i m doing automatic purchase order from sales order.my questions are as follows:
1. can i create automatic purchase order from sales order . if yes then what r the steps involved.
2. what r the account assingnment category and item category that i have to provide in purchase requisition.
waiting for ur valuable inputs.
warm regards
thanks
subhash kulkarni

HI,
You can not create PO automatically from Sales Order, You can create PR automatically from Sales Order if it is a Third Party Process. Normally in Third party process , when you create Sales Order the PR will be created automatically. Through this PR Number you can create PO either manually or automatically(me59n). For this you need to configure some settings.
In Material Master item category group should be -BANS (Standard).
In Sales document type should be assigned with Item catagory -TAS.
In Schedule lin category -CS you have to maintain the item category -S and order type- NB. And account assignment category-X.
After this config when you create Sales Order , PR will be created automatically. In that PR you can see the item category -S and acct assignment -X.
Regards,
abi

Issue in Purchase Order approval

Hi All,
I am facing an issue in purchase order approval process . Need suggestion from your end.
Purchase order approval gor failed in the work flow stage 'Get PO Attributes'.
I could find that this is because one of the line distribution has quantity ordered as 0 .
And the proc (PO_POAPPROVAL_INIT1.GET_PO_ATTRIBUTES) which is attached to the node 'Get PO Attributes' is ending in error (Divide mby zero error in the proc )
Workflow is failing on the node 'Get PO Attributes' .
Function which is getting called : PO_POAPPROVAL_INIT1.GET_PO_ATTRIBUTES
Since the quantity_ordered in one line Distribution is zero, the function is giving error (while trying to divide by zero).
Query which is failing is
" SELECT SUM( ROUND (POD.nonrecoverable_tax * DECODE(quantity_ordered, NULL, (NVL(POD.amount_ordered,0) - NVL(POD.amount_cancelled,0)) / NVL(POD.amount_ordered, 1), (NVL(POD.quantity_ordered,0) - NVL(POD.quantity_cancelled,0)) / NVL(POD.quantity_ordered, 1) ), X_precision ) )
INTO l_tax_amount
FROM po_distributions_all POD
WHERE po_header_id = POHdr_rec.po_header_id;"
My question is that, how to fix this issue now (any data fix possible? ). As far as I know I will not able to amend the PO now. Kindly give me a work around for this.
Thanks,
Arun

There is a generic datafix script shipped as a patch. This script will help in resetting the document to Incomplete / Requires Reapproval status. There after you can adjust the PO to have correct quantities and re-approve it.
The datafix script is $PO_TOP/sql/poxrespo.sql. Please read the documentation and try out in test instance first.

TAX CODE not reflecting in automatic purchase order

Dear MM/SD Gurus,
We are in process of Transportation. Flow of business scenario is mentioned below.
Sales order-> Delivery->Shipment->Shipment cost.
After creation of shipment cost document, as configuration system is generating automatic purchase order for
freight vendor and also post service entry sheet.
But in purchase order genereted in back ground , there is no tax code in invoice tab though we had maintained
master info record for Vendor,Material group,Plant,Purchasing org level.
PO is genereted in D (Item Category) and K (Account assignment category) withouth any master data.
So we maintained Info record on base of material group.
Thanks & Regards
Rajan

Hi
check your Po and see info record number is there or not and check your tax code in that info record again
Regards
kailas Ugale

Purchase Order Approval Notifications and Multiple Currencies

All,
If I have a user who creates a requisition in EUR and then submits the requisition for approval to someone who has a default currency of USD, the workflow notification will show the value of the requisition in both EUR and USD. This is because the ICX: Preferred Currency profile option has been set at the user level.
However, this does not work for purchase order approval notifications, just requisitions. This makes my management unhappy. Oracle Support indicates this is an enhancement request. However, I have a difficult time believing there is not something in the Oracle apps that allows this functionality in the PO Notification. We are on 11.5.10.2.
Many thanks,
Jeremy

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MIGO 101 automatic purchase order creation

Hi!
We have Release 640 or at least 4.6C. We need to turn on the process, automatic purchase order creation by MIGO with movementtype 101 for two materials. So far the function in customizing is turned on (marked as on) but no reaction if I try it. The documentation is not very exactly than only to turn on which is already now! Can I fix this process just for two materials? What is wrong? Why does it not run? Do I need an additional note or any exit? Thanks for your support and help for more information for this process.
Hi!
So far I solved it on my own. It is an program error and solved with the note 324517.
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Thanks a lot in advance and waiting to your reply asap.
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Kind regards
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Message was edited by: Herbert Brunner

Hello Herbert,
perhaps you could use the BAdI MB_MIGO_ITEM_BADI to implement a check for the 2 given materials & issue an error message for everything else.
Cheers,
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One step purchase order approval

Hi,
I have activated the one step PO approval workflow. How do I assign the agents. I have tried to do it in SPRO - Maintain agent assignemnet for tasks but was unable to do it as I did not get the link.
Any help is appreciated.
Joe Vellaiparambil

Hi
In the SRM transaction OOCU, use path / link
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Please refer to these links as well.
one step approval
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