Use
You use this variant to pass a discontinuation notice from R/3 to the space management program.
When you plan to discontinue an article, you set a date by which the article is to be physically removed from your stores. Prior to this date, the article must be removed from its assortment and can no longer be sold. Then with this variant, the space management program is instructed to remove the article from planograms. Only after all this takes place can Workflow continue with the actual discontinuation process.
When you choose to discontinue an article, the system first checks whether the article is assigned to a layout module; if so, the article cannot be discontinued. In this case, though, you will be given the opportunity to first remove the article from all layout modules, then continue with the discontinuation.
See also:
Variant 1: Space Management for Information Only Variant 2: New Placement for an Article Variant 3: Moving an Article to a New Location Variant 4: Manual Shelf Space MaintenanceIntegration
Functions in the R/3 System
Functions in the External Space Management Program
Data Flow
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Additional BAPI Information
The reading BAPI Bapi_SiteLayMod_GetItems2 can export data for one layout module to multiple sites (site groups, site hierarchies, or all sites) or to no sites. If you choose no sites, then only the master data will be exported.
The posting BAPI Bapi_SiteLayMod_Change has the following two indicators:
The posting BAPI also modifies the assignments of articles to the layout module version (that is, it can both add and delete articles).
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