| Business partners specific authorization roles and levels in
Purchase fulfillment activitiesThe table explains the various roles that can be defined for the
purchase fulfillment activities for Business Partner. The authorization levels defined for the associated
attributes of all the Business Partners-related tasks are also
listed. Authorized Roles | Tasks | Associated Attributes | Permissions |
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Purchase Requester
(employee outside the purchase organization requesting goods or services to be
provided but has no authority to place the order) | - Creates requisition for goods or services to be bought
- Submits requisition
- Monitors requisitions that are submitted for approval
and/or fulfillment
| Other Attributes: - Requisitions
- Project
- Items
- Catalogs
| - Use, view only assigned business partners (based on
business partner, enterprise unit, purchase office, buyer, business partner
type, area, line of business, price lists, financial supplier group)
- Use only business partners that are assigned to a
certain Price List
- Modify, use, view only assigned requisitions
- Use only assigned projects
- Use, only assigned items
- Use, only assigned catalogs
| Buyer (fulfillment activities) | - Validate and check requisitions
- Prepare requisitions for processing
- Process requisitions to orders or requests for
quotations
| Other Attributes: | - Use, view only assigned business partners (based on
business partner, enterprise unit, purchase office, buyer, business partner
type, area, line of business, price lists, financial supplier group)
- Use only assigned requisitions
- Use only assigned projects
- Use only assigned items
| | - Creates purchase orders for goods or services to be
bought
- Processes signals from Enterprise planning
- Monitors purchase orders (e.g. timely receipt)
- Receives cost items (not via warehousing)
- Changes prices after receipt
| Other Attributes: - Purchase Order
- Project
- Item
| - Use, view only assigned business partners (based on
business partner, enterprise unit, purchase office, buyer, business partner
type, area, line of business, price lists, financial supplier group)
- Modify, use, view only assigned purchase orders
- Use only assigned projects
- Use only assigned items
| | - Monitor and maintain purchase schedules and
releases
| NA | - Use, view only assigned business partners (based on
business partner, enterprise unit, purchase office, buyer, business partner
type, area, line of business, price lists, financial supplier group)
| Payables Administrator | - View unmatched purchase orders
- View unmatched purchase schedules
- Use purchase order data for matching with purchase
invoices
- Use purchase schedules data for matching with purchase
invoices
| Other Attributes: - Purchase Orders
- Project
- Finance Company
| - View only assigned business partners (based on business
partner, enterprise unit, purchase office, buyer, business partner type, area,
line of business, price lists, financial supplier group)
- Use only assigned purchase orders
- Use only assigned projects
- Only data from assigned finance company (via AMS)
| | | Other Attributes: | - View only assigned business partners (based on business
partner, enterprise unit, purchase office, buyer, business partner type, area,
line of business, price lists, financial supplier group)
- View only assigned projects
- Only data from assigned finance company (via AMS)
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