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 Change Vehicle Appointment

 

To request a change to a vehicle appointment.

Technical Data

Entity Type

Service Operation

Release State

released

Technical Name

VehicleAppointmentChangeRequest_In

Namespace

http://sap.com/xi/EWM/Global

Application Component

SCM-EWM

Category

SAP A2A

Direction

inbound

Mode

asynchronous

Idempotency

not applicable

Change/Update Behavior

not applicable

P2P Communication Enabled

no

Business Context and Use

You can use the Change Vehicle Appointment (asynchronous) inbound operation to request changes to a vehicle appointment.

Use Case: Planning

A planner for a retail warehouse uses an application to modify appointments for inbound transportation units. First, the planner wants to see the vehicles that are scheduled for the next day, so he or she executes the Find Vehicle Appointment by Elements operation, using the next day's date as the search criterion. He or she gets back a list of the vehicles scheduled for that day and also a list of the IDs of assigned transportation units.

As a next step, the planner updates the transportation unit appointment and the vehicle appointment with the new information using the Change Vehicle Appointment  .

Related Operations

You can use the asynchronous Notify of Vehicle Appointment Change outbound operation to inform a third party about changes to vehicle appointments.

Related Operations

You can use the asynchronous Notify of Vehicle Appointment Change outbound operation to inform a third party about changes to vehicle appointments.

The asynchronous Confirm Change Vehicle Appointment  outbound operation is used to send a response to the request of the Change Vehicle Appointment (asynchronous) inbound operation.

If you want to work with synchronous rather than asynchronous operations, you can use the synchronous Change Vehicle Appointment inbound operation.

Features

The request message for the  Change Vehicle Appointment asynchronous inbound operation specifies the following data in the VehicleAppointment element as input:

  • Vehicle appointment ID

  • External lock ID

  • Planned start of the processing period

  • Planned end of the processing period

  • Gross weight measure

  • Property information (alternative vehicle identification)

Error Handling

The Change Vehicle Appointment (asynchronous) inbound operation supports Forward Error Handling . Errors in the error category DCE (Determination and Conversion Error) can occur.

Message Types

  • Vehicle Appointment Change Request

Prerequisites

  • The  External Lock  inbound operation must be used before any change operation for this business object.

  • The vehicle appointment must exist in the back-end systerm, and must have the status 'planned' or 'active'.

Notes on SAP Implementation

Required Configuration and Master Data

The Shipping/Receiving functionality within EWM must be active.

Relevant Industries

You can use the Change Vehicle Appointment (asynchronous) inbound operation for external transportation and execution systems, transport logistics, and cross-industry warehousing sectors.

Enhancements

The  XI Message: Vehicle Assignment Request, Confirmation (/SCWM/EX_SR_BIF_VAPP_RC) Business Add-In (BAdI) is available for this operation.

Enhancements

The  XI Message: Vehicle Assignment Request, Confirmation (/SCWM/EX_SR_BIF_VAPP_RC) Business Add-In (BAdI) is available for this operation.