Check In Transportation Unit Appointment

To request Site Logistics Processing to activate the transportation unit appointment for processing in the yard.

Technical Data

Entity Type	Service Operation
Release State	released
Technical Name	TransportationUnitAppointmentCheckInRequest_In
Namespace	http://sap.com/xi/EWM/Global
Application Component	SCM-EWM
Category	B2B
Direction	inbound
Mode	asynchronous
Idempotency	not applicable
Change/Update Behavior	not applicable
P2P Communication Enabled	no

Business Context and Use

The Check In Transportation Unit Appointment (asynchronous) inbound operation is a request to Site Logistics Processing to activate the transportation unit appointment for processing in the yard.

You can use this operation to register the arrival of a transportation unit at the checkpoint of the yard. The status of the transportation unit appointment becomes "active" and is ready for further processing, such as loading or unloading.

Example

A transportation unit arrives at the checkpoint of the yard and the gate keeper finds the related transportation unit appointment. If everything is fine with the transportation unit, the gate keeper allows the transportation unit to check in.

Related Operations

The Cancel Check In Transportation Unit Appointment (asynchronous) inbound operation deactivates the processing of transportation unit appointment in the yard.

Related Operations

The Cancel Check In Transportation Unit Appointment (asynchronous) inbound operation deactivates the processing of transportation unit appointment in the yard.

The Confirm Check In Transportation Unit Appointment (asynchronous) outbound operation sends a response to the request of the (asynchronous) Check In Transportation Unit Appointment inbound operation.

If you want to work with synchronous rather than asynchronous operations, you can use the synchronous Check In Transportation Unit Appointment inbound operation.

Features

The request message specifies the following data as input:

Technical lock UUID
Yard resource appointment ID of the transportation unit a ppointment
Yard checkpoint ID, which is derived from the warehouse number and the checkpoint

Error Handling

The Check In Transportation Unit Appointment inbound operation supports Forward Error Handling . Errors of the error category DCE (Determination and Conversion Error) might occur.

Message Types

Transportation Unit Appointment Check In Request

Prerequisites

The transportation unit appointment already exists and has the status "planned".

The transportation unit appointment is not assigned to a vehicle appointment. If it is assigned to the vehicle appointment, use the Check In Vehicle Appointment (asynchronous) inbound operation.

Before activating a transportation unit appointment, set an external lock on it with the External Lock inbound operation.

Notes on SAP Implementation

Enhancements

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