SAP ABAP Data Element BSGRU (Reason for Ordering)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   SRM-EBP (Application Component) Enterprise Buyer
     BBP_APPLICATION (Package) Structure Package EBP
       ME (Package) Application development R/3 Purchasing
Basic Data
Data Element BSGRU
Short Description Reason for Ordering  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type BSGRU    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 3    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 3    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Ord. Reas. 
Medium 15 Reason for Ord. 
Long 20 Reason for Ordering 
Heading OrRea 
Documentation

Definition

Indicates why the purchase order was created (for example, following contact made with a vendor's representative at a trade fair). In the case of returns items, the reason for ordering documents the reason for the return (such as quality defects or a recall by the vendor).

Use

When generating purchasing statistics, you can use the reason for ordering as a selection criterion in the dynamic selection.

Procedure

Examples

Dependencies

You can freely define reasons for ordering in Customizing and tailor them to meet your company's requirements.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981111 
SAP Release Created in