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 Read Warehouse Area

 

To find and read detailed information about a specific warehouse area or range of warehouse areas.

Technical Data

Entity Type

Service Operation

Release State

released

Technical Name

WarehouseAreaByIDQueryResponse_In

Namespace

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

Application Component

SCM-EWM

Web Service Definition (Back End)

/SCWM/BIF_WHAREA_ID_QR

Direction

inbound

Mode

synchronous

Idempotency

no

Change/Update Behavior

not applicable

P2P Communication Enabled

true

Business Context and Use

The Read Warehouse Area inbound operation reads the contents of a warehouse area(s).  For each warehouse area, the operation returns basic information including storage type role, storage behavior, pick point, and description.The Read Warehouse Area operation can be used by graphic applications to provide a visual depiction of a warehouse, or used by optimization applications to view or optimize warehouse storage facilities.  To support these purposes, the Read Warehouse Area operation can be used in conjunction with other operations, such as Read Warehouse and Read Warehouse Sub Area .

A warehouse area ID is a combination of warehouse number and storage type. For example, for warehouse number 0001 and storage type 0050, a warehouse area ID of 00010050 is used.

Related Operations

The Read Warehouse operation reads the contents of a specific warehouse.The Read Warehouse Sub Area operation reads the description of a specific warehouse sub area or range of warehouse sub areas.For more information about related operations, see the Warehouse Area business object.

Features

You use the Read Warehouse Area operation to read the contents of a specific warehouse area or a range of warehouse areas, and return their basic details. The unique ID of the warehouse area is used as input to this operation.  Alternatively, you can specify a range of warehouse areas.

The operation returns detailed information for the selected warehouse number and storage type, including the following:

  • Storage behavior (WarehouseAreaStorageTypeCode)

  • Storage type role (WarehouseAreaFunctionCode)

  • Pick point (PickPointActiveIndicator)

  • Identification point (IdentificationPointActiveIndicator)

  • Description

If the warehouse area does not exist or cannot be found, an error message is returned.

Error Handling

The operation returns an error if the warehouse area data cannot be retrieved.  This can occur, for example, if the warehouse area has been deleted.  This can also occur if the warehouse area specified is incorrect or invalid.

Message Types

  • WarehouseAreaByIDQuery_sync

  • WarehouseAreaByIDResponse_sync

Notes on SAP Implementation

Values for storage behavior and storage type role are defined in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM).For more information about SAP implementation requirements, see the Warehouse Area business object.

Configuration

You can define Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management, under SPRO -> SCM Extended Warehouse Management -> Extended Warehouse Management -> Master Data -> Define Storage Type .

Enhancements

The BAdI for WarehouseAreaQueryResponse (/SCWM/EX_WHSE_BIF_WHAREA) Business Add-In (BAdI) is available for this operation.

Enhancements

The BAdI for WarehouseAreaQueryResponse (/SCWM/EX_WHSE_BIF_WHAREA) Business Add-In (BAdI) is available for this operation.

More Information

For more information about warehouse areas, see the Warehouse Area business object.