Entering content frameFunction documentation Physical Inventory in SAP Retail Store Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

This function is used for the following purposes:

Internet Application Component (IAC) type

Intranet component

Prerequisites

The SAP Retail Store physical inventory requires a special kind of Customizing which you can find in the Implementation Guide (IMG) under SAP Retail Store. You must enter the basic settings for the physical inventory there. The following settings are also required for the PDC link:

You also need to make the following settings for creating physical inventory documents under Materials Management ® Inventory and Physical Inventory ® Default Values Relevant for Batch Input:

Users of this function are store associates responsible for physical inventory. Associates who use the functions Enter Count and Enter PDC Count can be the associates who carried out the physical count. Only users responsible for posting differences have authorization to use the Edit differences function.

Important comment on PDC procedure mass maintenance:

The PDC procedure is based on the store physical inventory IDoc; read the notes in the IDoc documentation (IDoc type WVINVE03). To be able to use the PDC functionality to the full in SAP Retail Store – especially to be able to assign the PDC process to a physical inventory document, the inbound IDocs that are structured by the PDC device must fulfill the following criteria:

Authorization/security

Authorizations are only required for the functions Create document, Enter count, Change count and Post differences (authorization objects M_ISEG_WIB, M_ISEG_WZL and M_ISEG_WDB) for Inventory Management - Physical Inventory.

Standard settings and predefined data

On the left-hand side of the screen you can select different sub-functions in the physical inventory application. The sub-functions include:


Subarea Execution

In the initial screen of the application, the store’s current physical inventory number is displayed in the physical inventory number field. The input help contains all the physical inventory numbers for a period in the past and you can select one of these. You can make settings for this period for SAP Retail Store in Customizing. The entry Create in PDC Entry is also displayed in the input help. If you select this entry, you can enter a new physical inventory number using the function, Enter PDC Count.

In the screens for the functions Enter Count and Process Differences, the system displays the day’s date as the count date or the posting date.

Subarea Document Creation

The following fields are displayed on the initial screen of the physical inventory document creation:

Subarea PDC Monitor

The following fields are displayed on the initial screen of the PDC monitor:

Features

This Internet scenario is linked to physical inventory in the SAP System using the following BAPIs: GetList, GetDetail, Count, ChangeCount and PostDifferences.

The functions differ to the standard SAP R/3 transactions as follows:

Use the program, R_SRS_PDC_PI_DELETE_EVENTS (transaction WSTI_R_PDC_PI) to reorganize the PDC transactions for physical inventory in SAP Retail Store.

Adjustment options

The service name of this Internet Application Component is WSTI. You can find all the related files under this service name in Structure linkSAP@Web Studio. The services, WSTI_DOC (document creation) and WSTI_MON (PDC monitor) are started from the service, WSTI when the processing area is changed.

R/3 development objects

The following development objects are relevant for this IAC:

Package:

WOST

WOST_CORE

Transaction:

WSTI

Function groups for entry transaction:

SAPLWOSI

SAPLWOSI_INV

SAPLWSTI_DOC

SAPLWSTI_MON

BAPIs:

MaterialPhysInv.GetList

MaterialPhysInv.GetDetail

MaterialPhysInv.Count

MaterialPhysInv.ChangeCount

MaterialPhysInv.PostDifferences

Material.GetDetail

 

See also:

ISR – SAP Retail: Structure linkPhysical Inventory

 

 

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