The buyer can assign a purchase order to one or more cost objects.

In the case of a purchase order item that is assigned to an account, a current account assignment is set up for each account assignment.

The account assignment cannot be derived from the incoming invoice. When the invoice is entered, the system proposes the individual current account assignment.

In the case of multiple account assignment, the buyer also determines how an invoice for partial delivery is to be distributed:

On a progressive fill-up basis

Proportionally

You can assign a purchase order to various objects.

You define the type of account assignment with the Account assignment category key.

The account assignment category controls:

Whether you can post a goods receipt

Whether you can post an invoice receipt

If you cannot post a goods receipt, the system suggests the difference between the purchase order quantity and the invoiced quantity in Invoice Verification.

In Invoice Verification, the system suggests the account assignment defined in the purchase order.In conventional Invoice Verification, you can change the account assignment, providing that the following two conditions are fulfilled :

Changing the account assignment is defined for the respective account assignment category in Customizing.

No valuated goods receipts are defined for the purchase order.

You cannot change the account assignment in Logistics Invoice Verification.

If a valuated goods receipt is defined for a purchase order with account assignment, the consumption account is debited when the goods receipt is entered. The offsetting entry is made to the GR/IR clearing account and cleared by posting the invoice.

If no goods receipt or only a non-valuated goods receipt is defined for a purchase order with account assignment, the posting to the consumption account is made directly in the invoice.

In Purchasing, you can create blanket purchase orders. Each blanket purchase order has a validity period, during which invoices for this purchase order can be posted. It also has a value that the total invoiced quantity may not exceed.

When you enter an invoice for a blanket purchase order, you can enter as many account assignments as you require, along with the appropriate amounts.

SAP AGTAMM30 4.0B10-7