You can use the functions of store goods receipt for stores that donot have a direct link to the central SAP System and therefore post their goods receipt in a store merchandise management system. This goods receipt data is then transferred in the form of an IDoc to the central SAP System, where it is processed automatically. If the data is complete and error-free, the goods receipts of the stores are posted in the central system.

In IDoc inbound processes, exceptions may occur, and you can process these using workflow. Exceptions are situations in which the system is not able to process data automatically, because information on the goods movement item is missing.

Exceptions therefore usually apply to a single goods movement item. Exception handling is required, for example, if one of the following situations occurs:

• The open goods receipt quantity is too low
• Quantity variances were determined in the goods receipt check
• The system could not uniquely assign a purchase order or delivery to the store goods receipt
• The system could not determine a purchase order or delivery to the store goods receipt
• The system could not expand a shipping unit into its individual articles

The workflow described below is used to handle these exceptions.

A store associate enters goods receipts and other goods movements in a store's merchandise management system.

As a result, IDocs of type WPUWBW01 are created and used to transfer the information relating to goods receipt to the central SAP System automatically. The central SAP System posts the IDocs in the background.

If one of the above-mentioned exceptions occurs during inbound processing for the IDoc, the system triggers workflow for the item concerned, and creates a work item. The person responsible for processing the exception receives the work item in his/her integrated inbox.

Workflow is complete when no further errors occur for a goods movement item, which means that the data can be successfully posted in the central SAP System.