Creating Central Contract Using Ref Purch Org

[xavierdph]

Hi,

We have setup a reference purchasing organization to be able to create central contracts that is independent of company code and plant. We only define company code and plant once we do the release order or the SA againt it. However whenever we create the central contract using the reference purchasing organization, the system will not proceed unless we define a company code. Is this normal or we may have missed something during configuration.

We have followed SAP documentation recommended setup of the reference purchasing organization however we seem to be missing something. Please help us.

Thanks a lot.

Xavier

[professional1966]

This is strandard sap functionality where the company code is to be defined if you are creating a contract using reference purchasing organization.

[Ha Tran]

Hi,

This requirement will only be made when there is not any assignment of your purchasing organization to your company code. If you have defined and assigned -

Purchasing Organization A to Company Code A
Purchasing Organization B to Company Code B
Reference Purchasing Organization X to Purchasing Organization A
Reference Purchasing Organization X to Purchasing Organization B

Then no related message is populated at the initial screen of your ME31K transaction.

Cheers,
HT