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Auto populate Buyer Group from Purchase Requisition to Purchase Order during Batch PO Creation

Requirement:
Auto populate Buyer Group from Purchase Requisition to Purchase Order during automatic PO creation through batch job in D365FO.

Scenario:

BuyerGroup field added in PurchTable.
Purchase Requisition goes through RFQ process.
RFQ is accepted/rejected.
After requisition approval, batch job creates Purchase Order automatically.
Requirement is to transfer BuyerGroup value from Purchase Requisition to PurchTable during PO creation.

Analysis:
Batch class PurchReqPurchaseOrderGenerationBatch only creates release strategy batch tasks and does not directly insert PurchTable records.

The actual PurchTable preparation happens in class:
PurchAutoCreate_PurchReq

Standard method identified:

public void createPurchTable()
{
    purchTable.setPriceDiscChangePolicy(PriceDiscSystemSource::PurchaseReq);
    purchTable.initInvoiceAccount();
    this.copyPurchReqDeliveryDateToPurchTable();

    purchTable.calculateRequestedShipAndReceiptDate(
        dateNull(),
        purchTable.DeliveryDate,
        SchedDirection::Backward);

    purchTable.SkipShipReceiptDateCalculation = true;

    super();
}

Question:
What is the best practice to populate custom BuyerGroup field into PurchTable during automatic PR to PO creation?

Should the value be assigned before super()?
Or should CoC extension update PurchTable after creation?
Has anyone implemented similar customization in PR → RFQ → PO auto generation flow?