Service Entry sheet creation - Using a diffent contract diff from line item

Question

Hi,
Here is the scenario...
I have a services purchase order referring to contract  and its service item with services ( service masters) attached to it.
And the PO  item is a limit item with some limits maintained on the limits tab, but contract reference is specified at the limits level it is only at the line item level.
System version : ECC 6.0
Lets say PO number : 123456789
Lets say contract number and item is : 2323232323  item 10 ( Account assignment U )
My supplier is : 111111111
Now I am creating the Service Entry sheet  and I am trying to add the services  ( services selection button)  I get a pop up to  search for services  by certain selection criteria  and one of them is purch document ( remember it doesn't pre-populate and grey out the purch doc field with that the contract number from the item level) and now I can select any service contract that belongs to any supplier and select the services from it and complete my  SES.
So lets say the contract from which I chose the service is : 3232323232
And the supplier on the contract is 2222222222
Is this a valid scenario or not?
Has any body ran into this situation  before?
Hope I was clear in explaining my scenario....  
Thx,
Krishna.

Answer 1

Hi Krishna,
the External Services Management distinguishes between planned and unplanned services.
In case you have ONLY limits, no planned services in the PO item, it does not matter if you have entered a contract number into the PO item - in this case this contract will be not a real reference for your services.
If you have entered limit values only as overalllimit and expected value and you did not enter a contract limit on the contract limit tab, then you will not have a special contract reference on unplanned level neither.
In this case it is NOT an error when you start the entry sheet creation and you can select services from other contracts or purchase orders against your limit values in the PO into the entry sheet.  The system does NOT check for a different vendor when you select services from other documents than the contract which you have specified in your PO item, because it is NOT a real reference - nor on services level as you have only limits in your PO item, nor on limit level since you have NOT entered a contract limit into your PO item.
In order to understand this process please study the unplanned scenario and contract reference scenarios.
Regards,
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