Linking a manually created PO with a PR

Question

Hi
Is it possible to link a manually created purchase order with a PR in database?
regards,

Answer 1

Hi,
Please refer the below MOS Note : How to Get the Purchase Order (PO) Number From a Requisition Number Via the Tables (Doc ID 169095.1)
To get a PO number from a Requisition number via the tables, run the following
script:
SELECT poh.segment1, pol.line_num, poll.shipment_num
FROM po_headers_all poh, po_lines_all pol,
po_line_locations_all poll,
po_requisition_headers_all porh,
po_requisition_lines_all porl
WHERE porh.requisition_header_id = porl.requisition_header_id
and porl.line_location_id = poll.line_location_id
and poh.po_header_id = pol.po_header_id
and pol.po_line_id = poll.po_line_id
and porh.segment1 = ####;
If you check the above query, you will understand- how they are linked.
porl.line_location_id should be equal to poll.line_location_id.
However, I wont suggest you to manually create the link, as it may cause few problems:
The approved requisition will have separate entry in Supply tables (mtl_supply) and PO will have separate entry . (ideally, if it is autocreated - it should have a single entry).
If you have encumbrance enabled, it might cause other issues with requisition encumbrance and po encumbrance
If you cancel the PO, not sure whether the backing requisition too will get canceled without any issue.
Personally i feel, it is not the good practise to establish the link manually.