HI rami,
you will need the manager role and purchaser role to approve a Purchaser Order as he has to access the PO first and then approve it.
Regards
Sam
Hi,
OK, but can't I create a role without the authorization to change PO ?
In SRM 5 the approver has no authorization to change PO's.
Regards,
Rami
Hi Rami,
I am not sure.
Create a z role with std role /sapsrm/op_purchaser role. Select that role and click on role button.
Goto the authorization tab in the view. Click on the display authorization data -> come to edit mode
Remove the settings for change PO ..give the display PO option.
Check in the bbp_component node.
Just a rough idea. There can be better way of handling it, which I am unaware.
Regards,
Robin
Hi,
When I remove the setting for change PO, the user can't approve the PO.
Where can I find the bbp_component ?
I assume there's another way, and that's why I posted the question here.
Regards,
Rami
HI Rami,
Did you end up resolving this issue? I actually have the same question / issue. Any way to approve a PO in SRM 7 without giving full PO change access?
cheers,
AD
Hello AD,
I could not find any standard solution for this problem, so I created a new authorization object and changed the check BADI, so that it checks whether the user has the object I created.
If he has the object, he can change, I he doesn't have, he can't change.
The approvers of PO's don't have this object.
If you have another idea, I will be glad to learn about it.
Regards,
Rami Kleiman
Hi Rami,
Based on my research and testing, it seems there is no standard solution. I also came across a similar post, http://scn.sap.com/thread/1951139 which describes another solution approach, however it is also requires development.
cheers,
AD
Hi Rami,
One other question:
We ended up using this solution – if the approver tries to change the PO (and does not have the custom authorization object), the system issues the error message and doesn't allow them to save or order the PO. 
However, we identified an issue - after implementing this badi, the approver cannot approve/reject the PO anymore (and they should be able to), as it seems the badi is also being called in the approval screen. Is there a way to restrict this badi to be called only during the PO change screen?
Let me know.
Cheers,
AD
