This business process allows you to transfer data entered in a distributed retailing system (DRS) to the central SAP system.

Goods receipts that were entered in a distributed retailing system (DRS) in a store are transferred in the form of intermediate documents (IDocs) to the POS interface - inbound and subsequently processed in SAP Retail. Processing takes place automatically in the background and is only canceled if inconsistencies or plausibility problems are detected in the data transferred. If this is the case, worklists are created and the work items passed onto the employee responsible for processing.

At goods receipt processing the following occurs:

• The accuracy of the IDoc data is checked
• Missing data is added
• Documents are created in SAP Retail

1. If no reference transaction exists, the system searches for open purchase orders.
2. If the reference transaction is a delivery, the system checks the delivery reference. If a delivery exists, it then checks if a preceding document exists.

• If no preceding document exists, it checks the open delivery stock. If open delivery stock exists, the goods receipt is posted referencing the delivery item. Otherwise the item is compared with the items already posted and the document flow is updated.
• If the preceding document is a purchase order, see step c).

3. If the reference transaction is a purchase order, the system determines the correct item in the purchase order. If the purchase order item cannot be determined or if no reference transaction exists, the system tries to determine a purchase order and an order item. If it is successful, it then checks the open order stock of the item and updates the purchase order history.
4. If the goods receipt cannot be matched with a reference transaction, it is posted as an Other Goods Receipt.

2. If the data transferred per IDoc is incomplete or if a document or item cannot be matched uniquely or if quantity differences exist between the reference document and the goods receipt data, a worklist is created and the work items passed on via Workflow to the employee responsible for processing. The worklist is deleted after it has been processed.
3. The status and the document flow are updated in the POS interface monitor.