Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) can accept or reject change messages for inbound deliveries from SAP ERP. EWM uses inactive and active document versions for this. If warehouse activities (follow-on activities) have already begun forinbound deliveries, EWM rejects change messages from SAP ERP. For example, EWM has already created a warehouse task (WT) for an inbound delivery. In doing so, EWM has also already set the status type
Warehouse Activities
to the status value
Partially Completed
. In the case of outbound deliveries, EWM can only accept a reduction of the quantity from SAP ERP. If warehouse activities (follow-on activities) have already begun for inbound deliveries, EWM rejects the message from SAP ERP.
You have determined the document type for the Post Processing Framework (PPF) action for activating an inbound delivery notification or the outbound delivery request
3 Immediate Processing
. You do this in Customizing for the PPF in the action profile in EWM. To do so, in Customizing for
Extended Warehouse Management
, choose
. Select the action profile for an inbound delivery notification (/SCDL/IDR) or for an outbound delivery request (SCWM/ODR). Choose
Action Definition
in the dialog structure and go from there to the
Action Definition
tab page in the
Action Settings
screen area for processing time
3 Immediate Processing
.
In Customizing, you have assigned the defined action profile to a document type.
For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for
Extended Warehouse Management
under
,or under
.
In the case of inbound deliveries, the status type
Warehouse Activities
has the status value
Not Started
in the document. On the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
At header level, check whether the status type
Warehouse Activities
has the status value
Not Started
.
The following conditions have been fulfilled in the case of outbound deliveries:
The status type
Warehouse Activities
has the status value
Not Started
in the document. On the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
or
Maintain Outbound Delivery.
At item level, check whether the status type
Warehouse Activities
has the status value
Not Started
for the respective delivery item.
The status type
Locked (Overall Status)
has the status value
No
in the document. On the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
or
Maintain Outbound Delivery.
At item level, check whether the status type
Locked (Overall Status)
has the status value
No
.
Neither you or the system have assigned a wave to the delivery item in the document.
You create a new document (for example, an inbound delivery) in SAP ERP and you save it.
SAP ERP informs EWM of this and EWM creates a corresponding inactive document, for example, an inbound delivery notification
IDN
.
Depending on your Customizing settings for the PPF, the following is either performed by you or by EWM.
If you determined document type
3 Immediate Processing
in the PPF Customizing settings in the action profile in EWM, EWM automatically activates the inactive document. As a result of this activation, EWM creates the active successor document. For example, EWM automatically activates an inbound delivery notification
IDN
and creates an active inbound delivery
ID
.
If EWM cannot perform the PPF action due to an error, EWM creates an inactive document, in other words, an inactive inbound delivery notification or an inactive outbound delivery request. You can manually activate and save these. To do so, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
and then one of the following options:
Activate
pushbutton.
Activate
pushbutton.
If you have
not
determined document type
3 Immediate Processing
in the PPF Customizing settings in the action profile in EWM, EWM always creates an inactive document. You can manually activate and save these. To do so, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
and then one of the following options:
Activate
pushbutton.
Activate
pushbutton.
You change an SAP ERP inbound delivery, for example, you change the quantity and save this change. SAP ERP creates a new document with a temporary document number.
SAP ERP notifies EWM to replace the inactive inbound delivery.
EWM creates a corresponding inactive document for the existing document. In other words, EWM creates an inactive inbound delivery notification for an existing active inbound delivery notification. The inactive document has the same document number as the existing active document. The active inbound delivery notification
IDN
corresponds to the active inbound delivery
ID
in EWM that contains the unchanged quantities.
EWM carries out one of the following options:
If EWM has not yet carried out any changes for the active document (that is, the status type
Warehouse Activities
still has the status value
Not Started
), EWM accepts the message from SAP ERP.
Depending on your Customizing settings for the PPF, the inactive document is either activated by you or by EWM. EWM copies the changes to the active document. For example, EWM activates an inactive inbound delivery notification with a quantity change from SAP ERP. EWM copies the quantity changes to the inbound delivery, that is, the inactive inbound delivery notification overwrites the active inbound delivery notification.
If EWM has already carried out changes for the inactive document, or it cannot carry out the quantity change from SAP ERP, EWM rejects the change message from SAP ERP. EWM does not copy the changes to the active document. For example, EWM has already created a warehouse task for an inbound delivery and has set the status value
Partially Started
for the status type
Warehouse Activities
. If you now make another change to the inbound delivery in SAP ERP, EWM does not copy this change to the active inbound delivery.
EWM informs SAP ERP of the rejection or acceptance.
SAP ERP deletes the temporarily created SAP ERP document number again.
In SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM), the quantity of an order is reduced and SAP CRM sends this quantity change to SAP ERP.
SAP ERP then sends the quantity change to EWM.
Note
In contrast to inbound delivery cases, EWM does not create a corresponding inactive document (in other words, an inactive outbound delivery request) for the existing active document in the case of outbound deliveries.
EWM carries out one of the following options:
If EWM has not yet carried out any changes for the active document (that is, the status type
Warehouse Activities
still has the status value
Not Started
), and the other prerequisites for outbound delivery cases apply (see ‘Prerequisites’), EWM accepts the message from SAP ERP. EWM copies the quantity reduction to the active document.
If EWM has already carried out changes for the active document, or it cannot carry out the quantity reduction from SAP ERP, EWM rejects the message from SAP ERP. EWM does not copy the quantity reduction to the active document.
EWM informs SAP ERP of the rejection or acceptance.
If necessary, SAP ERP changes its outbound delivery in accordance with the message.
Note
For more information about document control and processing checked deliveries in SAP ERP, see the SAP Library under