Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component⤷
CA-GTF-TS (Application Component) Technical Application Support⤷
BMG (Package) Material Master: Componentization Interfaces
Basic Data
| Data Element | EKGRP |
| Short Description | Purchasing group |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | EKGRP | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 3 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 3 | |
| Value Table | T024 |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | EKG | |
| Default Component name | PUR_GROUP | |
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Purch. grp |
| Medium | 15 | Purch. group |
| Long | 20 | Purchasing group |
| Heading | 3 | PGr |
Documentation
Definition
Key for a buyer or a group of buyers, who is/are responsible for certain purchasing activities.
Use
- Internally, the purchasing group is responsible for the procurement of a material or a class of materials.
- Externally, it is the medium through which contacts with the vendor are maintained.
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0001
Procedure
Enter the key of the purchasing group responsible.
Any value that you enter in this field will appear in each item as the default value.
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0002
Use
A purchasing group is
- responsible internally for procuring a material or class of materials,
- externally, the vendors' contact in most cases.
The procurement of a material is allocated to a purchasing group.
Procedure
- If you have entered a material number, the system proposes the number of the purchasing group responsible for this material, as long as this has already been entered in the material master record.
- Enter the 3-character name of the purchasing group.
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0003
Use
A purchasing group can be responsible for a purchase requisition.
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0004
Use
A purchasing group can be responsible for a request for quotation (RFQ).
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0005
Use
A purchasing group can be responsible for an outline agreement.
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0006
Procedure
Procedure
You can enter your selection criteria for this field in the following ways:
- You enter an individual value in this field.
- You enter an interval of values in this field and in the adjacent field.
- You enter several intervals.
All purchase requisitions that satisfy your selection criteria will be displayed.
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0007
Procedure
You can enter your selection criteria for this field in the following ways:
- You enter an individual value in this field.
- You enter an interval of values in this field and in the adjacent field.
- You enter several intervals.
All documents that satisfy your selection criteria will be displayed.
Specify the key of the purchasing group whose purchasing documents you want to display.
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0008
Use
Procedure
You have the following options for entering your selection criteria for this field:
- Enter an individual value in this field.
- Enter an interval of values (from - to) in this and the adjacent field.
- Click on the arrow next to the field to enter several intervals or individual values.
All stock balances that satisfy your selection criteria will be displayed. (Copied from TX,SELECT_CRITERIA)
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0010
Procedure
Enter your selection value here, or press F5 to enter a selection interval.
Supplementary Documentation - EKGRP 0011
Procedure
Enter the number of the purchasing group whose purchase requisitions you want to list.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19981111 |
| SAP Release Created in |
