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 | EXT_SRCH |
| Short Description | Extended Source Determination |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | EXT_SRCH | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Ext. SDt |
| Medium | 15 | Extended SDt |
| Long | 20 | Ext. source determ. |
| Heading | 31 | Extended source determination |
Documentation
Definition
Determines the plant/supplying plant combination for which extended source determination is to be carried out.
Use
The source determination process identifies not only vendors that directly supply the ordering plant but also those that supply possible supplying plants of the ordering plant.
You can specify the plant/supplying plant combination for which an extended source determination process is possible (value X - Extended Source Determination Possible).
If no source could be determined in the procuring plant in the course of the automatic source determination process (in the background), only the procuring plant can be assigned instead (value Y - Procurement via Procuring Plant).
Dependencies
If you use the three-step stock transfer procedure, you should simultaneously use the extended source determination facility. You activate the three-step stock transfer procedure in Customizing for Purchasing under Purchase Order -> Set Up Stock Transport Order -> Purchasing Document Type.
Example
Extended Source Determination Possible
If a source determination process is carried out in the purchase requisition for a material in plant A, not only the vendors and plants that directly supply plant A are determined, but also those supplying the procuring plants B and C assigned in Customizing.
If the procuring plant B is assigned in the purchase requisition, the following sources will be determined:
- Supplying plant B (vendor master record plant B)
- The procuring plant B assigned in Customizing
- Vendors of plant B
If no procuring plant is assigned in the purchase requisition, the following sources will be determined:
- The supplying plants B and C
- The procuring plants B and C assigned in Customizing
- Vendors of the plants B and C
Procurement via Procuring Plant
In a purchase requisition, a material is to be procured for plant A.
In Customizing, plants B and C have been assigned to plant A. In addition, Y - Procurement via Procuring Plant has been defined.
The (procuring) plant B has been maintained in the source list for the receiving plant A, plant B having been defined as a fixed source (Fixed indicator).
The vendor B has been flagged as the fixed source in the source list for the procuring plant B.
If, for example, the automatic source determination facility is invoked during the assignment and processing of purchase requisitions, the system attempts to determine a unique source of supply.
First the procuring plant B is taken into account, since it is flagged as a fixed source in the source list.
The system then attempts to determine a fixed source for plant B. Since vendor D is flagged as a fixed source in the source list for plant B, this vendor is assigned.
Note
If the system is unable to determine a valid source of supply in plant B, the procuring plant B is then assigned as the source because it is flagged as Fixed.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20011002 |
| SAP Release Created in | 46C |
