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Function documentationClosing of Shipments (Report)

 

You can close shipments using the Close Shipments report (/SCA/SHIPMENT_CLOSE). This allows you to close shipments with the statuses Published and Partial Goods Receipt that are no longer needed.

Caution Caution

With the report, you only close shipments locally in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC). SAP SNC does not send a message to the back-end system of the customer or of the supplier.

End of the caution.

Prerequisites

You have system administrator authorization for the SAP SNC system.

You have activated the business function Supply Network Collaboration 1 (SCM_SNC_GEN_1).

Features

Selection of Shipments to Be Closed

On the report entry screen, you specify which shipments you want the report to close. As selection criteria, you can enter business partners, shipment numbers, numbers of advanced shipping notifications (ASNs), the shipment status, and delivery dates. To determine the delivery date of the shipments to be closed, you have the following options:

  • If you only enter a delivery date, the report closes shipments whose delivery date is on or before the specified delivery date. If the delivery date is left empty, the system uses today’s date.

  • If, in addition to the delivery date, you enter an offset time in days, the report calculates an earlier delivery date by subtracting the offset time from the specified delivery date. The report closes shipments whose delivery date is on or before the calculated delivery date.

Simulation Mode

You can also run the report in a simulation mode. In the simulation mode, the report lists the shipments that correspond to the selection criteria, but does not close them.

Closing of Shipments

For each shipment, the report sets the Closed status for the shipment header.

Recommendation Recommendation

The report does not close the shipment items (ASNs). Therefore, we recommend that you also run the Close ASNs (/SCA/DLV_COSE) report (see Closing ASNs in System Administration).

End of the recommendation.

Activities

To run the report online, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Supply Network Collaboration Next navigation step Delivery Next navigation step Shipment Next navigation step Shipment Processing Next navigation step Close Shipments End of the navigation path.