Status of Supplier Confirmations
This section contains information about the possible status of the following supplier confirmations:
● Scheduling agreement confirmations
● Purchase order confirmations in Extended Confirmation Management (ECM)
● Location product confirmations

Location product confirmations are only relevant for the Service Parts Planning shortage analysis in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO). For more information, see SAP Library for SAP APO under Service Parts Planning ® Analysis, Monitoring, and Reporting for Service Parts Planning ® Shortage Analysis ® Shortage Monitor ® Processing Location Product Confirmations.
The following table contains the status of normal scheduling agreement confirmations, purchase order confirmations, and location product confirmations:
Status |
Description |
Draft |
Until now, the supplier has only saved the confirmation as a draft, in other words, it has not yet been published. The customer cannot see the confirmation. |
Published |
The supplier has closed the confirmation in SAP SNC. The customer can see the confirmation in the receipts/requirements list. A confirmation can acquire this status as follows: · The supplier has created the confirmation schedule line manually and has published it (on the Confirmations tab page in the release details or on the confirmation screen of ECM). · The supplier has sent a purchase order confirmation by EDI to SAP SNC from his or her back-end system. |
Partially Shipped |
This status is only relevant for ECM. ASNs are assigned to the published confirmation in SAP SNC. The assigned ASN quantity only partially covers the confirmed quantity. For more information, see Update Confirmations Based on ASNs. |
Shipped |
This status is only relevant for ECM. ASNs are assigned to the published confirmation in SAP SNC. The ASN quantity covers the confirmed quantity completely. |
Closed |
The confirmation or confirmation request
is no longer up-to-date. If necessary, the supplier must create a new
confirmation. If the conditions are met, SAP SNC automatically generates a new
confirmation request. For more information, see
|
Canceled |
The supplier has canceled the confirmation manually. |
Request |
This status is only relevant for ECM with confirmation requests. The status shows that SAP SNC has generated a confirmation request for the release schedule line or purchase order schedule line. Suppliers see this status if they have not yet entered confirmation data (confirmed quantities and dates/times) in the confirmation request or have not yet saved the confirmation data. Once the supplier has entered confirmation data, the confirmation request becomes a confirmation. The customer sees this status if the supplier has not yet published confirmation data. |
Closed Request |
SAP SNC has closed the confirmation request that is in the meantime obsolete, and replaced it with a new confirmation request. You can recognize an obsolete and closed confirmation request since it contains no confirmation data. |

We use the superordinate term Completed for the following statuses:
● Canceled
● Shipped
● Closed
The following table contains the status of note-only confirmations (possible for scheduling agreement confirmations and location product confirmations):
Status |
Description |
Draft Note |
Until now, the supplier has only saved the note-only confirmation as a draft, in other words, it has not yet been published. The customer cannot see the note-only confirmation. |
Published Note |
The supplier has published the note-only confirmation. The customer can see it in the receipts/requirements list. |
Closed Note |
SAP SNC has closed the note-only confirmation, for example upon receipt of a new release or – in EWM – upon the update of confirmations based on ASNs (see Update Confirmations Based on ASNs). |
For more information, see
Note-Only
Confirmation.