Summary -

In this topic, we described about the One-Time Vendor and Create One-time Vendor process along with technical information.

One-time vendors are those who are not frequent to the company. Company will be using those vendors very rarely and maybe once in a life time. SAP provides a special category for those kinds of vendors. Normal vendors detail generally updated in Master Data.

But for one-time vendors, the data is not kept in Master data. While creating the one-time vendor, you need to specify the vendor is one-time vendor.

Create One-time Vendor: -

Below process shows how to create one-time vendor 57799.

Step-1: Enter the transaction code FK01 in the SAP command field and click Enter to continue.

One-Time Vendor

(OR)

Go to SAP Menu → Accounting → Finance Accounting → Accounts Payable → Master Records → FK01 - Create.

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Step-2: In the next screen, Select the one-time Vendor Group.

One-Time Vendor

Step-3: In the next screen, enter the below details and click Enter.

  • Company code where to create the vendor
  • Unique Vendor id according to number range in Account Group

Optional - In the Reference section:

  • Vendor field
  • Company Code field

Reference section details needs to be filled when the vendor creating using an existing vendor as a reference.

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Step-4: In the next screen, enter the below details in Address tab.

  • Name of the Vendor
  • Search Term for searching the Vendor Id
  • Street/House Number
  • Postal code/City
  • Country/Region
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Step-5: Click on the Next page icon until it reaches to Accounting Information Accounting page.

One-Time Vendor

Step-6: Enter the below information in the Accounting Information Accounting page.

  • Reconciliation Account
  • Cash Management Group
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Step-7: Click on the Next page icon to move to the Payment transactions Accounting page.

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Step-8: Enter the Payment Terms information in the Payment Transaction Accounting page.

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Step-9: Once all the details entered, click on the Save button to save the changes.

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Status bar displays the status message once the one-time vendor created successfully.

Technical Information: -

  • Transaction Code: - FK01
  • Navigation path: - SAP Menu → Accounting → Finance Accounting → Accounts Payable → Master Records → FK01 - Create