Request Transportation Request 
To request the creation of a transportation request or the change of an existing transportation request.
Technical Data
Entity Type |
Service Operation |
Software Component Version |
SAP APPL 6.06 |
released |
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POP_TransportationRequestSUITERequest_Out |
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http://sap.com/xi/APPL/Global2 |
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SAP A2A |
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outbound |
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asynchronous |
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no |
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no |
Business Context and Use
You carry out transportation planning for purchase orders in an external transportation management system (TMS) as part of a procure-to-pay process, for example. In this process, the external TMS plans the transportation capacity and resources for the orders and creates optimized delivery proposals. You can send a purchase order to an external TMS using the Request Transportation Request operation, which requests the creation of a transportation request of the category order-based transportation requirement (OTR) in the external TMS.
You can also use the Request Transportation Request operation to send stock transport orders to an external TMS as part of a replenishment process, and to send returns purchase orders as part of a returns process, for example.
Related Operations
In a procure-to-pay process, you can use the Create Inbound Delivery operation ( Inbound Delivery business object) to receive an optimized inbound delivery proposal from an external TMS. After creating deliveries in SAP ERP, you can send them to the external TMS to execute the transportation activities. To send an inbound delivery, you can use the Request Transportation Request operation ( Inbound Delivery business object). In this case, the operation requests the creation of a transportation request of the category delivery-based transportation requirement (DTR) in the external TMS.
In a replenishment process or a returns process (for example, vendor returns), you can use the Create Outbound Delivery as Bulk operation ( Outbound Delivery business object) to receive optimized outbound delivery proposals from an external TMS. To send an outbound delivery to an external TMS to execute the transportation activities, you can use the Request Transportation Request operation ( Outbound Delivery business object). In this case, the operation requests the creation of a transportation request of the category delivery-based transportation requirement (DTR) in the external TMS.
To request the cancellation of an OTR, you can use the Request Transportation Request Cancellation operation.
Features
The Request Transportation Request operation is triggered when an order is created or changed. When an order is created, it sends the order to the external TMS and requests the creation of an OTR. When an order is changed, it sends the entire order again and requests the update of the OTR. (There is a one-to-one relationship between an order in SAP ERP and an OTR in an external TMS.) When the external TMS receives an order, it creates or changes the OTR and carries out transportation planning. The planning process may lead to order combinations or order splits, for example.
For more information about the data sent by this operation, see Data in a Request Transportation Request .
Error Handling
If errors occur during message output, they are written to the relevant processing log (for example, to the SXMB_MONI technical monitor for errors related to XML processing).
Each time an order is retransmitted (for example, because order quantities have changed), the Request Transportation Request operation requests the update of an existing OTR. If the external TMS cannot identify the corresponding transportation request, appropriate error handling measures have to be carried out in the external TMS.
Message Types
TransportationRequestSUITERequest
Constraints
Note that although this operation is a request operation, it does not have a corresponding confirmation operation. A request operation has been used to reflect the fact that the operation requests the creation or change of an OTR in the receiving system.
Notes on SAP Implementation
For more information, see the documentation of the Intracompany Transportation Requesting Out interface.
Enhancements
The Business Add-Ins (BAdI) SHP_BADI_FILL_XI_MESSAGE and PUR_SE_TRQ_SUITEREQUEST_ASYN are available for this operation.