How can you automatically update the conditions in an already created purchasing info record?

Question

Options

• ASelect the Info Update indicator when maintaining a contract
• BSelect the Info Update indicator when creating a contract release order
• CSelect the Info Update indicator when maintaining a quotation
• DSelect the Info Update indicator when creating a purchase order

• A
  7% (4)
• B
  4% (2)
• C
  14% (8)
• D
  75% (42)

Explanation

Selecting the Info Update indicator when creating a Purchase Order (D) is correct because a PO represents a confirmed purchasing transaction with finalized conditions (net price, payment terms, delivery terms), making it the appropriate trigger to automatically write those conditions back into the existing purchasing info record in SAP MM.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (maintaining a contract): Contracts are outline agreements that set framework conditions, but maintaining a contract does not use the Info Update indicator to push conditions into an info record.
• B (contract release order): Release orders draw from a contract; they don't have an Info Update mechanism that feeds back into the info record.
• C (quotation): Quotations are pre-purchase comparison documents - they may create a new info record in some flows, but they are not the standard method for updating conditions in an already existing one.

Memory tip: Think "PO = Price Official" - a Purchase Order is the first legally binding document with finalized pricing, so it logically triggers an update to the info record's stored conditions. If you're committing to a vendor price, SAP records it.

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