Post on 19-Jan-2017
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Approval Applications for SAP-MM
Flow Automation between SAP Backend and Mobile Application
Created By,Sivakumar M (ABAP Consultant)
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Creating a Purchase Requisition in the SAP-Backend
Creating a PR using
T-Code ME51N
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Saving Purchase Requisition
Saving the requision in the backend will display a confirmation message as shown above.
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Purchase Requisition – Mobile Application
Launching the Purchase Requisition Approval Application, one can see a list of Purchase Requisitions which are created and in ‘UnReleased’ state.
This list varies with every user and role as defined in the organisation.
Selecting any of these requisitions will display the related line of items as shown in the next slide.
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Line of ItemsCreated in SAP-Backend
List of items as displayed in the mobile application relating to Requisition No 10000140.
Selecting an item from the list will display the details of the item.
List of items as created in the backend for Requisition No 10000140.
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Item Details
Depiction of details of Item 00010 when selected from the list.
The top portion shows details about the item from the item master.
Bottom portion shows related information entered in the requisition.
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Item Status as in the Backend
This picture shows the status of Release Indicator as in SAP-Backend,
marked as ‘X’.
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Status shown in SAP
Status indicator as seen in SAP.
For Item 10.
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Approval Method
In the mobile application, to Approve an item, One needs to select the ‘Approve’ button, coloured in ‘Green’.
One will be presented with options as shown on the left, whether to go ahead with approval by clicking on ‘OK’ button (or) Cancel this process.
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Approval Confirmation
Upon Confirmation for Approval, a Status Message will be displayed as shown in the picture.
This marks the item as confirmed for release.
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Status in SAP after confirmation
One can see the status has changed to Green as approved.
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Change of Release Indicator
Image shows the change in Release Indicator, showing as ‘2’ in the table.
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Updation in Line of Items
The approved Item ‘00010’ does not appear any more when Requisition ‘10000140’ is selected again.
This completes the Approval process with respect to Purchase Requisitions.
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Purchase OrderCreating a Purchase Order in SAP
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List of Purchase Orders
List of Purchase Orders as shown in the
Mobile Approval Application
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Purchase Order Status
Status of Purchase Order No.6200000029
as shown in the SAP Table - EKKO
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Material Details
Image shows Material Details pertaining to Order Number 6200000029 as seen in the Mobile Approval Application.
One can ‘Approve’ or ‘Reject’ this order at this point.
Approval process is similar to the one we saw with Requisitions
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Rejecting a Purchase Order
If an user selects to ‘reject’ a purchase order,
One needs to specify the reason for rejection.
The text entered here is updated in SAP, as is normally done in Manual Proccess.
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Rejection ConfirmationImage shows a status message after the rejection has been effected in SAP.
Please note, similarly any error with respect to an operation will be notified and user can repeat the proccess as the case may be.
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Change effected in the List of Orders
We rejected P.O. No. 6200000029 in the earliersteps, and it does not appear in the list as shownhere.
In this demo, we saw steps for
‘Approval’ of a Purchase Requisition
‘Rejection’ of a Purchase Order
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