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 Create Dock Appointment

 

To create a dock appointment.

Technical Data

Entity Type

Service Operation

Release State

released

Technical Name

DockAppointmentCreateRequest_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 Create Dock Appointment inbound operation is used to plan or execute the docking of a transportation unit to a door. A dock appointment is created to plan the loading or unloading of a transportation unit at a door. If a transportation unit is docked at a door, a dock appointment is created and activated, or the planned dock appointment for this transportation unit appointment is activated by setting the start processing time. The dock appointment is deactivated by setting the end processing time if the transportation unit is removed from the door. A dock appointment cannot be changed, however, it can be cancelled.

Related Operations

This is an asynchronous inbound operation, which is paired with the Confirm Create Dock Appointment asynchronous outbound operation.

The related compensation operation to delete dock appointments is the Cancel Dock Appointment operation.

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

The  Notify of Dock Appointment Creation operation is used to notify third-party systems about the creation of a dock appointment.

Features

You use the  Create Dock Appointment operation to send a request to Site Logistics Processing for the creation of a dock appointment relating to a transportation unit appointment.

The operation requires the following data as input:

  • Start and end of the planned start processing period

  • Start and end of the planned end processing period

  • Warehouse door ID (this is a combination of the warehouse number and the door)

  • Yard resource appointment ID of the transportation unit appointment

If successful, the operation returns a log that includes the dock appointment and the assigned transportation unit appointment.

Dock appointment data includes the dock appointment ID, planned processing period, processing period, locking information, and the yard bin and the warehouse bin of the door. The returned data also contains the transportation unit appointment that is assigned to the door appointment with its processing periods.

Error Handling

The Create Dock Appointment inbound operation supports Forward Error Handling . Errors of the error category DCE (Determination and Conversion Error) might occur.

Message Types

  • Dock Appointment Create Request

Notes on SAP Implementation

For more information about SAP implementation requirements, see the Dock Appointment  business object.

Enhancements

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