GR/IR difference visible in MB5S but not clearing via MR11

Question

Dear gurus,
I am facing abnormal behaviour of the system. System is showing few POs in MB5s but not showing it in MR11 for clearing purposes. Has anyone faced the same situation ?
Regards,
FR

Answer 1

Transaction MB5S is used to analyse the purchase order history and will list all entries where the goods receipts quantity is not equal to the invoice receipts quantity. The report looks at the purchase order
from a logistics viewpoint.
What MB5S does is to look in table EKBE where the PO history is
stored.If there is any balance between the GR/IR , this is shown
in the report. Sometimes there is confusion in the interpertation of the results of
RM07MSAL.  The aim of this program is to show how the GR is effectively valuated
if the existing invoices are taken into account, independently from how the GR itself was valuated (or not valuated).
MB5S is not the appropriate functionality for analysis of the clearing account.
Transaction MR11 will only pick up variances in quantity, not in values.
The aim of MR11 is to clear the GR/IR account, not the quantities.
However, an open item on the GR/IR account can only exist, if the
quantities are different (for normal POs with valuated GR).
MR11 posts like an debit/credit note with value 0 and the open quantity.
This clears the GR/IR account, and the quantities are cleared as well,
but only as a by-product of this mechanism.
POs with non valuated GR never have open items on GR/IR account,
because neither GR nor IR post to the GR/IR account.
For additional information about the MR11 transaction please check
the SAP note 10757  FAQ: MR11, clear GR/IR clearing account.