Last Updated on August 4, 2022 by admin

Purchase requisition (PR) is an internal request to purchasing.  You can ask the buyer to provide a certain quantity of a material or service on a certain date. A purchase requisition can be created automatically by Material Requirement Planning (MRP) or manually created.

PR is created to indicate purchase department to procure materials or services with details like how much quantity is required, what type of materials or services to be purchased, and when required.

How to Create Purchase requisition (PR) in SAP

A Purchase requisition can be created in SAP using transaction code “ME51N” or by navigation menu path.

  • SAP R/3 Menu Path: – SAP menu > Logistics > Materials Management > Purchasing > Purchase Requisition > Create
  • Transaction Code: –   ME51N

Refer below for step by step procedure to create new purchase requisition in SAP system using the transaction code ME51N.

 Step 1 : Enter transaction code “ME51N” in SAP command field.                                        

Step 2: – On the Create Purchase Requisition screen, enter the following entries 

  1. Purchase Requisition Type: Select document type for PR
  2. Material: Enter material code in the material field and short text will automatically updated based on material text. 
  3. Quantity: Enter quantity of material
  4. Deliver Date: Update delivery date
  5. Plant: Enter respective plant code
  6. Storage Location: Enter corresponding storage location
  7. Requisition: Enter PR creator user id

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Step 3: – Update purchase requisition text such as Department Account number, Signature by an Authorized Department, Delivery instructions, terms and conditions, references etc. 

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Step 4: After updating all the mandatory fields in PR creation screen, click on save button to save the purchase requisition in SAP system.

Successfully we have created purchase requisition for stock material in SAP System.

Important Transaction Code to Remember

  • ME51N – Create Purchase Requisition
  • ME52 – Change Purchase Requisition
  • ME53 – Display Purchase Requisition.

After creation of PR in SAP, the next step is creation of Purchase Order for Stock Material in SAP.