name: s4hana-create-pir
description: Create Purchasing Info Records (PIRs) in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public or on-prem private edition via OData V2 A_PurchasingInfoRecord deep-insert at API_INFORECORD_PROCESS_SRV. Use whenever the user wants to create, post, add, generate, seed, onboard, or maintain purchasing info records — phrases like "create PIRs for supplier X", "add info records", "seed PIR demo data", "maintain prices for these materials", "onboard supplier-material pricing", "make me a few PIRs". Handles header + org-plant deep-insert in one POST, master-data lookup (eligible materials with ProcurementType=F, suppliers with PurchOrg setup), idempotent bulk batches, and known constraints (ProcurementType F only, supplier must have A_SupplierPurchasingOrg row for the target PurchOrg, StandardPurchaseOrderQuantity mandatory, PurchasingInfoRecordCategory lives on org-plant entity NOT header). Do NOT use for PIR price-condition updates (separate entity), PIR deletion, or category 1/2 (subcontracting/consignment) PIRs (untested).
s4hana-create-pir
Create Purchasing Info Records on SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public. Verified production-ready against SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2026-05-12 (PIR 5300000130 created via API; 119 prior bulk-migrated PIRs from 2026-05-05).
When to trigger
Verbs: create / post / add / generate / seed / maintain / onboard
Objects: PIR(s), purchasing info record(s), info record(s), supplier-material pricing
Counts: 1 to ~200 records.
Hard rules (never violate)
- Always do a 1-record live POST as a probe before bulk (≥3 records).
- Never invent IDs — verify Supplier exists on the target PurchOrg, Material has
ProcurementType=F, both exist in the target Plant.
- If a required field has no sensible default and the user didn't specify → ask once, then auto-pick.
- Scripts go in
<cwd>/.s4hana-tmp/create-pirs-<YYYYMMDD-HHMM>/. Never commit, never modify .env.
- POSTs are sequential with 200ms delay; halt on 3 consecutive failures.
Endpoint
- Service path:
/sap/opu/odata/sap/API_INFORECORD_PROCESS_SRV
- Entity sets:
A_PurchasingInfoRecord, A_PurgInfoRecdOrgPlantData
- Method: POST (deep-insert with
to_PurgInfoRecdOrgPlantData)
- Communication scenario:
SAP_COM_0102 — "Purchasing Info Record Integration"
Phases
Phase 0 — Setup check (MANDATORY, no exceptions)
Before any API call, before any tool use, do this check. Even if you already know credentials from earlier in the conversation — IGNORE that knowledge and re-check from scratch each invocation.
- Announce: tell the user "Checking for SAP credentials in
<current cwd>..."
- Check ONLY these two sources:
- A
.env file at ./.env (in the current working directory — NOT parent dirs, NOT ~/.env, NOT any memory file)
- Shell-exported env vars:
SAP_HOST AND SAP_AUTH_MODE both present
- If neither: auto-create
./.env from the bundled template (curl from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ilia-inovaflow/s4hana-create-record-skills/main/.env.example), append .env to .gitignore if not already there, tell the user clearly what to fill in (auth mode + host + creds), and wait for them to say "ready" before making any API call. Never overwrite an existing .env.
- If credentials are present: report back to the user: "✓ Loaded credentials for
<host> in <auth-mode> mode. Proceeding with [task]."
Never use credentials from conversation memory, from another project's .env, or from any tenant the user previously worked with in a different session. Each project gets its own .env. See shared/setup-check.md for the full rationale and edge cases.
Cross-tenant migration notes
- Source PIR IDs do NOT carry forward — Cloud auto-assigns.
- For pair (supplier, material): both must exist in target with their PurchOrg/plant relationships established. If migrating from a source with different supplier/material pools, hash-pair them deterministically.
- 2026-05-05 migration: 109 PIRs created in one batch by hash-pairing 81+ SUPL suppliers against ~100 ProcurementType=F materials at plant 1010. Side-effect: 210 pricing condition records auto-generated.
Known error catalog
| Code | Cause | Fix |
|---|
ME/083 | "Enter G/L Account" OR "Enter Standard Order Quantity" | The PIR variant: add StandardPurchaseOrderQuantity to org-plant entity |
ME/092 | Procurement type doesn't match (material is in-house E, but PIR needs F external) | Filter materials to ProcurementType=F only |
06/321 | Supplier does not exist in purchasing organization | Extend supplier with A_SupplierPurchasingOrg row for the target PurchOrg first |
Property X is invalid | Header has fields that belong on org-plant (e.g. PurchasingInfoRecordCategory) | Move them into to_PurgInfoRecdOrgPlantData |
MM_PUR_PIR/xxx generic | Check innererror.errordetails | Specific field will be named |
Output structure
<cwd>/.s4hana-tmp/create-pirs-<YYYYMMDD-HHMM>/
├── eligible-pairs.json # (supplier, material) candidates after filtering
├── payloads.json
├── create-log.jsonl
├── results.json
└── verify-sample.json
Reference files
references/envelope-template.md — full schema with all optional fields
references/known-quirks.md — header vs org-plant fields, ProcurementType filter, supplier-purchorg requirement, side-effects
scripts/bulk-pir-poster.mjs — reference implementation