Validation of Supplier Confirmations
SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) performs a standard validation for the following supplier confirmations:
● Scheduling agreement (SA) confirmations
●
Purchase order (PO) confirmations created in
Extended
Confirmation Management (ECM)
● Location product confirmation (LP confirmation)

LP confirmations are only relevant for shortage analysis in Service Parts Planning of SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO). For more information, see SAP Library for SAP APO under Service Parts Planning ® Analysis, Monitoring, and under Reporting for Service Parts Planning ® Shortage Analysis ® Shortage Monitor ® Processing Location Product Confirmations.
In this document, you find an overview of the processes in which SAP SNC executes validation, and the standard validation profiles that SAP SNC uses for these processes.
The following table contains processes and profiles for activities on the Confirmation tab page for SA confirmations and on the ECM confirmation screen:
Process |
Technical Process Name |
Validation Profile |
Note |
The supplier saves the confirmation as a draft (by using the Save function for a confirmation that has the status To Be Saved as Draft or Draft). |
SCONF_SAVEDRAFT |
SCN2 |
None |
The supplier publishes a confirmation (by using the Save function for a confirmation that has the status To Be Published). |
SCONF_SAVEPUB |
SCN1 |
Relevant for PO confirmations: If the PO
confirmation has been successfully validated and saved with the status Published, SAP SNC updates the PO using the ORDERSCON_SAVE process: SAP SNC copies the confirmation schedule
lines to the purchase order and updates the confirmation status of the PO. For
more information, see
|
The supplier publishes a confirmation that has already been published once (by using the Save function for a confirmation that has the status Published). The customer reviews a confirmation and changes the review status to Reviewed or On Hold. |
SCONF_SAVE |
SCN0 |
Relevant for PO confirmations: If the PO confirmation has been successfully validated and saved, SAP SNC updates the confirmation schedule lines and the confirmation status of the purchase order. For more information, see note for SCONF_SAVEPUB process. |
The supplier cancels a confirmation. |
SCONF_CANCEL |
SCNX |
The SCNX profile is used for manual cancellation on the confirmation screen and for background processes (see below). Since these processes must always be possible, the profile does not contain validation checks in the standard system. |
For
more information, see
Creating Scheduling
Agreement Confirmations and
Processing of SA and
PO Confirmations on the Confirmation Screen.

On
the ECM confirmation screen, the supplier can publish a purchase order (by using the
Publish PO function for a PO confirmation that has the status
Published). This process (ORDERSCON_PUBLISH) uses the standard validation profile POC3 for the publication of POs. For
more information, see
Validation in Purchase
Order Collaboration.
The background processes use the SCNX profile. Since these processes must always be possible, the profile does not contain validation checks in the standard system (also see manual cancellation in the Validation of Activities on the Web User Interface (Web UI) section above). The following table contains the background processes:
Process |
Technical Process Name |
Validation Profile |
Note |
The supplier sends a purchase order confirmation from his or her backend system to SAP SNC by EDI. |
SCONF_SAVEPUB_EDI |
SCNX |
Since
the SCNX profile does not contain
validation checks (see above), SAP SNC checks the purchase order using the
validation checks of the REPLORDER_CONFIRMATION purchase order process. For
more information, see
|
The report for updating the statuses for confirmations on the basis of ASNs assigns ASNs to a confirmation. For more information, see Update Confirmations Based on ASNs. |
SCONF_CLOSE_BY_ASN |
SCNX |
None |
The
report for updating the confirmation based on ASNs closes an overdue
confirmation. For more information, see
|
SCONF_CLOSE_ODUE |
SCNX |
None |
SAP
SNC closes an obsolete confirmation schedule line when a changed purchase
order arrives. For more information, see
|
SCONF_CLOSE_BY_POCHANGE |
SCNX |
None |
SAP
SNC generates a confirmation request for a request schedule line of a purchase
order or a release. For more information, see
|
SCONF_REQUEST |
SCNX |
None |
The preprocessing program for archiving sets the status o a confirmation to Archivable. |
SCONF_ARCHIVE |
SCNX |
None |
The following table contains background processes that are only relevant for SA confirmations:
Process |
Technical Process Name |
Validation Profile |
Notes |
SAP
SNC closes an obsolete SA confirmation when a new release is received. For
more information, see
|
SCONF_CLOSE_BY_RELEASE |
SCNX |
For more information about the SCNX profile, see section Validation in ECM Background Processes above. |
SAP SNC updates the release number in an SA release that is still up-to-date when a new release is received. |
SCONF_RELEASE_UPDATE |
SCNX |
For more information about the SCNX profile, see section Validation in ECM Background Processes above. |
The
supplier sends an SA confirmation to collaborative release management (CMDS)
in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO). For more information, see
|
SCONF_SEND |
SCN3 |
None |