Knowledge Management

Question:
We have a condition where we want to use a customized partner function (copied from VN) in rare cases where another vendor number must be indicated for a purchase order.
If I also use the GS (Goods Supplier) and PI (Invoice Presented by) partner functions along with this customized function, I can get MIGO and MIRO to re-direct receipt and invoicing history to the new vendor number.
My question is this: is there any method where if the user inputs the customized vendor partner function on the PO header, that the other two (GS and PI) could default in and be populated by the vendor number for the customized partner function? The value for the vendor number is populated in table EKPA for the customized function.
Would this be a configuration solution for getting the other two functions or a programming solution?
Thanks!
Answer:
We have a condition where we want to use a customized partner function (copied from VN) in rare cases where another vendor number must be indicated for a purchase order.
If I also use the GS (Goods Supplier) and PI (Invoice Presented by) partner functions along with this customized function, I can get MIGO and MIRO to re-direct receipt and invoicing history to the new vendor number.
My question is this: is there any method where if the user inputs the customized vendor partner function on the PO header, that the other two (GS and PI) could default in and be populated by the vendor number for the customized partner function? The value for the vendor number is populated in table EKPA for the customized function.
Would this be a configuration solution for getting the other two functions or a programming solution?
Thanks!
Hi,
Please maintian the data in MN04 transaction, I think you will get your point.
Thanks and regards.
Sulman
Answer:
Thank you for your reply, Sulman, however this is not an output issue - we aren't printing these documents.
This is an issue of within ME21n or within ME22n, we are adding partner functions at the purchasing document level. If the user needs to add one function, I want two others related to it to also default into the partner functions screen and be populated with the value in the first partner function.
Thanks!
Answer:
Thank you for your reply, Sulman, however this is not an output issue - we aren't printing these documents.
This is an issue of within ME21n or within ME22n, we are adding partner functions at the purchasing document level. If the user needs to add one function, I want two others related to it to also default into the partner functions screen and be populated with the value in the first partner function.
Thanks!
Hi,
I am sorry that I cant understand properly your question, I think that what you want is to maintain partner function in Vendor Master through MK02 transaction, than please let us know the result.
Thanx and regards
Sulman
Answer:
Agreed, were it always the case for the vendor, but it's not always the case, so we want to maintain it at the document level, using the partner schema, if possible. Else, we need to come up with a programmable solution for defaulting in the other two partner functions when the customer-defined one is entered.