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SAP MM Standard Reports: Report T-Codes for Purchasing, Stock and Audit

The SAP MM standard reports are mostly ME2x for purchase orders, ME4x for RFQs, MB51 and MB52 for stock, MB5S for GR/IR and MIR5 for invoices. The table lists each report t-code with the use case and what an auditor can take from it.

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T-code	Area	Report	Use case	Audit use
ME2L	Purchase orders	Purchasing documents per vendor	All POs for one vendor, open or delivered.	Vendor spend and concentration
ME2M	Purchase orders	Purchasing documents per material	All POs for a material, to see price and supplier history.	Price consistency checks
ME2N	Purchase orders	Purchasing documents per document number	Select POs by number range, with delivery and invoice status.	Gaps in document sequence
ME2K	Purchase orders	Purchasing documents per account assignment	POs by cost center, order or WBS element.	Charging to the right object
ME2C	Purchase orders	Purchasing documents per material group	Spend and open POs by material group.	Category spend review
ME2B	Purchase orders	Purchasing documents per requirement tracking number	Follow POs created from a given requirement tracking number.
ME80FN	Purchase orders	General analysis of purchasing documents	Flexible ALV list of POs, RFQs, contracts with many selection fields.	Ad hoc review of PO items
ME81N	Purchase orders	Analysis of order values	Order value totals by selection such as vendor or period.	Value analysis
ME23N	Purchase orders	Display purchase order	Single PO with item history, conditions and output.	Change history via the Environment menu
ME2O	Subcontracting	Subcontracting cockpit	Monitor components provided to subcontractors against PO requirements.
MBLB	Subcontracting	Stocks with subcontractors	Stock of components held at each subcontractor.	Third party stock confirmation
ME5A	Requisitions	Purchase requisitions list display	Open requisitions by material, plant or buyer.
ME5K	Requisitions	Requisitions by account assignment	Requisitions by cost center or project.
ME4N	RFQ	RFQs by RFQ number	RFQ report: display RFQs by number and see quotation status.
ME4L	RFQ	RFQs by vendor	All RFQs sent to a vendor.
ME4M	RFQ	RFQs by material	RFQs for a material, to see who was asked.
ME4C	RFQ	RFQs by material group	RFQs by material group.
ME49	RFQ	Price comparison list	Compare quotations from several vendors for one RFQ.	Evidence of competitive quotes
ME1L	Info records	Info records per vendor	Prices and conditions stored for a vendor.	Stale or missing prices
ME1M	Info records	Info records per material	Vendor prices stored for a material.
ME1P	Info records	Purchase order price history	Past PO prices for a material by vendor.	Price variance review
ME1E	Info records	Quotation price history	Past quotation prices.
ME3L	Outline agreements	Outline agreements per vendor	Contracts and scheduling agreements for a vendor.	Contract coverage
ME3M	Outline agreements	Outline agreements per material	Contracts and scheduling agreements for a material.
ME3N	Outline agreements	Outline agreements per number	Contracts by number with target and released value.	Contract value consumed
MB51	Inventory	Material document list	All goods movements by material, plant, user and date.	Movements by user, reversal checks
MB52	Inventory	Warehouse stock of material	Current stock by plant and storage location with value.	Stock to book check
MB5B	Inventory	Stocks for posting date	Stock and value on a past date.	Historical stock for period end
MMBE	Inventory	Stock overview	Stock for one material across plants, locations and special stock.
MB53	Inventory	Plant stock availability	Plant stock availability display for a material.
MB54	Inventory	Consignment stocks	Vendor-owned stock held at your site.	Consignment liability
MB5T	Inventory	Stock in transit	Stock moving between plants.	Aged transit stock
MB5M	Inventory	Shelf life expiration date list	Batches near or past expiry.	Expiry exposure
MB5L	Valuation	List of stock values for balance sheet valuation	Reconcile stock value to the general ledger.	Stock value reconciliation
MB5S	GR/IR	GR/IR balances	GR/IR clearing balance by PO item.	Old uncleared GR/IR
MR11SHOW	GR/IR	Display list of GR/IR clearing	Documents posted to clear GR/IR differences.	Write-off review
MIR5	Invoice verification	List of invoice documents	Invoice documents by vendor, date or user.	Invoices by user and period
MIR6	Invoice verification	Invoice overview	Overview of invoices and their status for a vendor.
MRBR	Invoice verification	Release blocked invoices	Invoices blocked for price, quantity or date variance.	Who released blocked invoices
MRKO	Settlement	Consignment and pipeline settlement	Settle consumed consignment stock to the vendor.
MRRL	Settlement	Evaluated receipt settlement	Automatic invoicing for ERS vendors.
MIDO	Physical inventory	Physical inventory overview	Status of count documents by plant.	Count completion
MI20	Physical inventory	List of inventory differences	Counted versus book differences before posting.	Count variance review
MIBC	Physical inventory	ABC analysis for cycle counting	Set cycle counting indicators from usage value.
MC46	Analysis	Slow-moving items	Materials with low turnover.	Obsolescence provision input
MC50	Analysis	Dead stock	Materials with no movement in a period.	Obsolescence provision input
MD04	MRP	Stock/requirements list	Supply and demand for one material.
MD07	MRP	Stock/requirements list collective display	Planner view across a plant or MRP controller.
MM60	Master data	Material list	List materials by type, group or plant.	Master data completeness
MM04	Master data	Display material change documents	Who changed what on a material master and when.	Master data change log

These are classic GUI t-codes and most still work in S/4HANA. Fiori apps such as Monitor Purchase Order Items and the stock apps replace several of them in a launchpad, but exact app names vary by release. Authorization objects control what each user can see.

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How to find the right MM report

Search by the question you have, then check the area column. For purchase orders, the ME2 family differs only by the key you start from: ME2L by vendor, ME2M by material, ME2N by document number, ME2K by account assignment, ME2C by material group. For RFQs use the ME4 family in the same way, and ME49 compares the quotations. For stock, MB52 shows today, MB5B shows a past date, and MB51 shows the movements that made the number. Start narrow in selection to avoid long runs.

PO status: ME2L, ME2M, ME2N
RFQ report: ME4N, ME4L, ME4M and ME49
Stock now or at a date: MB52, MB5B
Movements: MB51
GR/IR and invoices: MB5S, MR11SHOW, MIR5, MRBR

MM reports for audit and period end

Auditors usually ask for four things: evidence that stock agrees to the books, that goods receipts and invoices are cleared, that approvals were followed, and who changed key data. MB5L compared with the stock accounts supports the first. MB5S and MR11SHOW cover GR/IR. MRBR and MIR5 with a user filter show who released blocked invoices. MM04 and the change history inside ME23N show master data and PO changes. Save selection variants so the same report is repeatable each period.

Layouts, variants and export

Most of these are ALV lists, so you can change the layout, add columns such as the buyer or delivery date, filter, sort and export to Excel. Save a layout and a selection variant per report, and name them by purpose, such as OPEN_PO_PAST_DUE. For recurring runs, schedule them in the background with SM36 and send the spool to a shared folder or mailbox, so the report is produced the same way every time.

Common mistakes

Using ME2N without limiting the scope of list type returns the full history and times out. Reading MB52 for a past date gives today's stock, not that date, which is what MB5B is for. Mixing company code and plant filters in valuation reports gives numbers that do not agree with the ledger. And exporting from a report without noting the selection makes the result impossible to reproduce for an auditor.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the standard reports in SAP MM?

The main ones are ME2L, ME2M and ME2N for purchase orders, ME4N for RFQs, ME1L for info records, MB51 and MB52 for stock movements and stock, MB5S for GR/IR and MIR5 for invoices. The table lists more with their use.

What is the RFQ report in SAP MM?

ME4N lists RFQs by RFQ number, ME4L by vendor, ME4M by material and ME4C by material group. ME49 gives the price comparison across quotations. ME1E shows quotation price history. All of them are available in the standard menu.

Which SAP MM reports do auditors use?

Typically MB5L for stock value reconciliation, MB5S for GR/IR, MB51 for movements by user, MRBR and MIR5 for invoice release, MM04 for material change history, and ME2L for vendor spend. Save variants so the evidence can be reproduced.

What is the difference between MB52 and MB5B?

MB52 shows current stock and value by plant and storage location. MB5B reconstructs stock and value for a past posting date from the material documents. Use MB5B for month-end evidence, but check it against MB5L.

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