Redistribution of workload

Key Words: Redistribution, Workload, Buyer
Version: SRM 4.0 with R/3 4.6 backend
I was trying out the Redistribution of workload and a issue came up.
A SC was created and approved and a requisition was replicate (or created) in the R/3 backend. The SC and the requisition is assigned to a buyer (Purchasing Group), say buyer 190. Then I logon as a buyer and choose the Redistribute Workload. I pick the SC item and "Assign Manually" the Purchasing Group assignment from buyer 190 to buyer 215. I then rand BBP_GET_STATUS_2 to updated the SC. The SC now has a Purchasing Group of 215. This is expected. However, when I go to the backend and look at hte requisition in the backend, the Purch. Grp is still 190.
What am I doing wrong? What do I need to do? Can Purchasing Group of SAP requisitions be change from EBP?
Thank you,
Naing

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