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Purchase Order Version Management – S/4HANA Materials Management
Hello everyone,
This document explains the steps required to configure Version Management for Purchase Order in Materials Management module.
First we will set up Version management for External Purchasing Documents.
Purchasing Document Category will be F
I am using Purchasing Document Type PLRM
Don’t forget to check both Version Active and Version 0 OK
Also select the Field Selection as maintained below. For Reason we will make it as Required Entry.
Now we will define Reason for Change. It is located in the same area in SPRO
Two reasons have been maintained apart from standard available reasons
Now we will set up change displays
Here I have used the required Purchasing Document Type with table EKET and Field name as EINDT
Which is basically Delivery date in EKET table
Now we create a purchase order, you can see version 0 has been created
After adding the new version, we do a change in the Delivery date
We give the reason as ‘budgetary issues’
Now we select the version and click on display changes
Here you can see the old value of the date delivery date is 29.01.2020 and the new value is 31.01.2020
This can also be done for the management of any changes in order value, quantity and any other important fields depending on the scenario.
If you have any queries please feel free to ask.
Hi Mr. Hammad,
If I am wrong please correct me. The use of Version is just to check the new and old value on PO level?
Thanks,
Hi Sanan Afridi,
In S/4 HANA it can be used to restart flexible workflow for purchase order or requisition.
Not all field are used in the standard structure.
Hello Alexis Siegel,
How version can be used to restart flexible workflow? Could you please elaborate on that?
Also for version to work, your output type should be set as 4 or everytime user need to use ME9F to generate the output first before making the changes in PO and get a new version?
Best Regards,
Hi Muhammad,
Thanks for sharing this. Very helpful.
I have a question about not to trigger version if a field in PO is changed. Is there a way we can setup SAP not to trigger new version if a particular field (say EINDT) in SAP is changed?
Hello Parag,
If you don't want any field to trigger version, then don't include it in the customization.
SPRO --> MM---> Purchasing ---> Version Management ---> Set Up Change Displays
Best Regards,