Report needed - Open materials on PO, sorted by material and not PO number

Question

Hello,
I've been trying to obtain a report that can give me a list of materials that are open for all PO numbers.  Instead of this being sorted by PO number, I want it sorted by material number.
I've gone through all the ME2 transactions (i.e. ME2L, ME2M, ME2N, etc.) and all iterations of the scope of list with the selelction parameter WE101, but every time it comes up sorting by Purchase Order and then listing the open materials on the specific PO.
I've gone through transaction ME80FN, which gives all the proper information I need, but there's no indicator in there looking for materials with only open quantities...it only gives both open and closed.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a standard SAP report that can be accessed?
Edited by: Andy Slania on Sep 27, 2010 9:15 PM

Answer 1

Andy,
I don't think there is one in the older R/3 systems.  I don't really know, because I quit looking after I discovered SAP Query (SQ01)..
If a standard SAP report doesn't meet business requirements, one can have an ABAPer create a custom (Z) report.  However, another path is to use SQ02/SQ01 to create reports that may meet the needs, without commissioning a new ABAP report.
In 4.6C it is possible to create Queries that have all the data found in the ME2* reports, but additionally can have ALV output.  Of course, in your case, since you can define 'sorts' in queries, ALV becomes a moot point.
A Query expert can create enhanced PO reports that will satisfy most any requirement.  If the query infoset uses a SAP database, such as MEPOLDB, then it is not even necessary to create joins of tables - SAP has already done the heavy lifting.
Best Regards,
DB49