Purchasing group for a materail???

Hi Experts,
I hv the inputs of material, plant, quntity, date, so, am looking forward to pull the Purchasing group-ekgrp value for these inputs, so, pls. let me know that, Where I hv to look? which table?
from other threads, I came to know that, its in materail master, purchase view, but, I am looking to pull into my prog.
My requirement is that, creating the Pur. requisations in DB-EBAN.
thanq

Hi srinivas
Please check
EKKO                           Purchasing Document Header
EKPO                           Purchasing Document Item
EKET                           Scheduling Agreement Schedule Lines
EKBE                           History per Purchasing Document
Best regards,
raam

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