FAQ KB0399766
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What is the default behavior on bill to, ship to, and deliver to fields in a purchase requisition?
Symptom

Can I change the default values for the bill to, ship to, and deliver to fields in a purchase requisition (PR)/ order (PO)?


Resolution

The Bill To, Ship To, and Deliver To fields, along with other accounting fields, are typically defaulted from the master data that is loaded in your buying solution, for all users and commodities.

You can override these values manually at header and/or line level when creating a PR. The defaulting mechanism is not triggered again if you have manually changed the values at any point when creating the PR.

In particular, the Ship To and Deliver To fields are set as follows:

  • If you change the header-level Ship To or Deliver To fields, then the Ship To and Deliver To is set to the header values on all existing line items on the PR unless you have previously modified the values at the line level.
    Note: Line-level changes take precedence over header-level changes.
  • If you have manually changed the line-level Ship To or Deliver To field from the initial default value, these manually changed values are not re-defaulted and can only be changed through an explicit user action. Subsequent edits to the line items will not trigger the defaulting mechanism to re-default the Ship To and Deliver To fields.
  • Any new line items added to the PR after you have changed the Ship To and Deliver To fields at the header level will then inherit the changed values.

See Also
Your buying solution can be configured to ensure that the re-defaulting mechanism is not triggered in the following cases:
  • The requester of an ordered requisition is changed while a change order is initiated.

  • The user profile of the requester (based on the master data uploaded in the buying solution) of a requisition is changed.

  • A user reassigned as the requester of a requisition initiates a change order action.

The following table lists the address and the accounting fields for which the values do not change when ordered requisitions are revised:

Field category

SAP ERP

PeopleSoft ERP

Simple Generic ERP

Address

Plant

Ship To

Ship To

  • Deliver To

  • Bill To

  • Purchase Group

  • Deliver To

  • Bill To

  • Deliver To

  • Bill To

Accounting

  • Company Code

  • Purch Org

  • Cost Center

  • GL Account

  • Business Unit

  • GL Business Unit

  • Location

  • Account

  • Department

  • Statistics Code

  • Product

  • Company

  • Business Unit

  • Cost Center

  • Account

  • SubAccount

  • Purchasing Unit



Applies To

Core Procurement > Core Administration > Core Accounting
Purchasing

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