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How to solve SAP Purchasing organization XX not responsible for plant YY

When facing the error SAP Purchasing organization XX not responsible for plant YY while creating a Purchase Info Record (PIR), the root cause is most likely pretty simple : the purchasing organization hasn’t been defined for the plant. See detailed discussion on SAP.com

How to solve SAP Purchasing organization XX not responsible for plant YY : Error in Purchase Info Record creation screen
Error in Purchase Info Record creation screen

As described in the Performance Assistant, some customization must be missing – if the values used are correct only, of course, as it might be that wrong values are being used.

How to solve SAP Purchasing organization XX not responsible for plant YY : Purchasing organization not responsible for plant error description in Performance Assistant
Purchasing organization not responsible for plant error description in Performance Assistant

In transaction SPRO, find Enterprise Structure > Assignment > Materials Management > Assign purchasing organization to plant

How to solve SAP Purchasing organization XX not responsible for plant YY : Purchasing organization to plant assignment in SPRO
Purchasing organization to plant assignment in SPRO

Here, add an entry with the required POrg and the Plant.

How to solve SAP Purchasing organization XX not responsible for plant YY : Entry of a new purchasing organization to plant assignment
Entry of a new purchasing organization to plant assignment

Select a customizing request

How to solve SAP Purchasing organization XX not responsible for plant YY : Customizing request prompt
Customizing request prompt

And the new entry should now be there, therefore not having anymore the issue while creating a PIR

How to solve SAP Purchasing organization XX not responsible for plant YY : Purchasing organization assignment to plant saved
Purchasing organization assignment to plant saved