SAP PP Assign Purchase Organization to Company Code

Before you go ahead and make the assignment, you should ensure that both the company code and purchase organization must already be defined.

When you “assign a Purchase Organization to a Company Code”, you’re telling SAP: “This purchasing structure operates for this legal entity”. Without that link, you may run into procurement postings that are not correctly tied to a legal entity’s accounting.


Here’s a step-by-step to assign a purchase organization to company code –

Step-1: - Enter the transaction code OX01 in SAP command field and press Enter to continue.

Assign purchase organization to company code

Step-2: - Change View “Assign Purchasing Organization –> Company Code”: Overview window appears. Click on “Position” button.

Assign purchase organization to company code

Step-3: - A prompt box appears as Another entry, enter the Purchasing Organization code and press Enter to continue.

Assign purchase organization to company code

Step-4: - Enter the company code in CoCd field.

Assign purchase organization to company code

Step-5: - After updating the Company code, click on Save to save the details.

Assign purchase organization to company code

Step-6: - Select the “customizing request” and click on right mark to continue.

Assign purchase organization to company code

Step-7: - Status bar displays the below message once the values saved successfully.

Assign purchase organization to company code

Thus, the Purchase Organization is assigned to Company code.

Technical details –

  • Transaction code: OX01
  • Menu path: SPRO → IMG Reference → Enterprise Structure → Assignment → Material Management → Assign Purchase Organisation to Company Code.