The Buyer defaults from during Req/PO creation?

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Hi All,
Here is the reply I made in metalink forums to one query just to share with all of you here,

1 - Buyer is defaulted from Item (Org-Level) specified under Purchasing tab on Purchase Requisition lines. Say we assigned item 1 buyer A. Now as we are creating PR then it is understood we will create PO from this requisition. Now there must a a buyer user with employee assigned A who will be buyer A. Now when he will login with this id then all the requisitions will display in the Autocreate (PO).
Now if you want to change the Buyer then user Purchasing > Management > Manage Buyer Workload. Like if PR is for Buyer B and you are interested that the Buyer should be A then you need to change the Buyer.

2 - There is no requisition and you are creating direct PO. Default Buyer will be the employee who is creating PO. Now here the question is that he can change buyer or not.

a. To restrict Purchasing > Setup > Organizations > Purchasing Options (Control Tab) then enable Enforce Buyer Name. With this option the user who is creating PO will be the Buyer of that PO and he will not be able to change it.

Form: Purchasing > Purchase Orders > Purchase Orders
b. To remove restriction Purchasing > Setup > Organizations > Purchasing Options (Control Tab) then disable (uncheck) Enforce Buyer Name. With this option the user who is creating PO will be able to change Buyer.

Hope now the things would be clear if still any further query then let us know.