Changing Item Purchasing Class

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Jeremy
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If we have an item master item that does not have purchasing class assigned and the item has been used previously, we encounter issues if we then add a purchasing class.  Specifically, if we try to make a change to a PO line that has this item on it, we have we get an error stating "cannot use different purchase class for I and N types."  This sounds easy to fix:  Just change the purchasing class on the item on the PO Line, too, to match what we just assigned on the IC11.

But, the problem is we are doing this to about 2,000 items and we have thousands of open PO lines.  Is there not some PO audit setting that we could change to make it "ignore" the fact that the PO line's item has a different purchasing class form what is assigned in IC11?

JonA
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Not to my knowledge. You can use Addins to update everything though- IC11, PO20, PO22 to release the POs after making the change. Before you release make sure their not set to resend to the vendor.
Jon Athey - Sr. Supply Chain Analyst - Materials Management - MyMichigan Health
Kat V
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We had to do this for some PPE items for covid - and yes, what Jon said. Run PO220 for the items, upload: Company Procurement Group PO Number PO Release PO Code PO issue method: D (Do not print) Revisions Include N (Not/Applicable) Position To: the line number FC: C (change) Purch Major Class Purch Minor Class Upload as change Only to PO20.1 Then upload: Company Buyer Code Position To PO Number Position TO Release Number Position To PO Code FC: R Upload as Change only to PO22.1
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For the items that were wayyy too old/complex PO situations, I uploaded to the PO99.2 and changed the Purch Major Minor there - but that's really not reccomended. Map Procurement Group PO Number PO Release PO Code Line Number Purch Major Class Purch Minor Class Upload as Change Only to PO99.2