Process Controls in Procure to Pay Process

Dear experts,
I wonder wether there are predefined process controls in the Purchase Process / Procure to Pay Process?
Does anybody have an overview about this topic?
Regards,
Bernhard Lichtinger

Hi Lichtinger,
SAP Provided Process control ID's , we need to upload that one, but still they are not providing directly.

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