Who is Buyer

Question

Hi All,
I want to add buyer information like buyer no and name of buyer in my Zreport.
The report is used to identify POs that we have received the goods for, but no invoice.The Zreport currently outputs the individual who is performs the GR.  Typically this is not the individual who would be contacting the vendor to resolve the issue.  The Resolution should be completed by the buyer.
In this case who is the Buyer.
Thanks,
Subbu.

Answer 1

Dear Subbu,
SAP Role “Buyer”
The role supports buyers in their day-to-day purchases (operational procurement) as it provides for both materials and services procurement.
Target Group: Main target group is operational buyer mostly involved in ordering activities (operational procurement) as well as reporting. Targeted purchasers may operate in several industries (cross-industry role) and buy direct materials, MRO’s and as well as services.
Work Overview
Here you obtainan overview of your daily work. The purchasing work list is the point of entry for the processing of your current workflow tasks, such as the release of purchase requisitions and POs or the processing of faulty vendor confirmations. You can obtain information about forwarded workflow tasks and obtain an overview of the tasks you have completed. The purchasing group analysis provides an overview of the workloads of the individual buyers and buyer groups within your enterprise. For this purpose, the system accesses enterprise-wide consolidated data of the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW). The purchasing group analysis affords you the option of defining and saving your own views of the data.
Transaction Processing
Here you obtain an overview of your purchasing documents (such as POs and purchase requisitions). With the aid of queries, you can assemble your transactions to be processed in any number of worklists. You thus have the opportunity of structuring and performing your daily work in accordance with your own needs. The integration of the SAP document storage system Collaboration Folders (cFolders) allows you to display the attachments to your purchase transactions directly in the portal.
Vendor Information
Here you obtain an overview of your vendors. You can display contact data and partner roles of your vendors. You can use a source-of-supply overview to obtain an overview of the assortments of products offered by your vendors. The vendor analysis informs you of the goods supplied and services performed by your vendors. In the process, the system accesses enterprise-wide consolidated data stored in the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW).The vendor analysis affords you the option of defining and saving your own views of the data.
Information on Material
Here you obtain an overview of your materials. You can display master data for and stocks of your materials, or obtain information on the possible sources of supply of those materials. The material analysis informs you about the materials procured by you. In the process, the system accesses enterprise-wide consolidated data stored in the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW). The material analysis affords you the option of defining and saving your own views of the data.
Service Procurement
Here you can perform all tasks and access all documents involved in the procurement of external services. You can start the sourcing application, or process documents of all types. Alternatively, you can open the work lists for the different documents, which are invoked on the basis of pre-specified selection criteria. If you know the document number, you can also open documents directly.
Use Standard transaction code ME2L, ME2M, ME2K, ME2C, ME2N so on.
Bye,
Muralidhara