Processing SA and PO Confirmations on the Confirmation Screen

Use

You use the confirmation screen of SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) to create and process scheduling agreement (SA) and purchase order (PO) confirmations in Extended Confirmation Management (ECM).

Note Note

For processing scheduling agreement confirmations, you can also use – depending on Customizing for ECM – the Confirmations tab page in the release details (see Confirmations Tab Page). However, you can only create and process purchase order confirmations in ECM on the confirmation screen. If ECM is active, the purchase collaboration Web screens only display purchase order confirmations.

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Prerequisites

You have activated ECM. You make this setting in Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration, under Start of the navigation path Delivery Next navigation step Extended Confirmation Management (ECM) and Location Product Confirmations Set Up ECM and Location Product Confirmations End of the navigation path . For more information, see Extended Confirmation Management and Confirmation Screen.

Features

The following functions are available on the confirmation screen:

Create one confirmation for one schedule line
If you want to create one confirmation for one schedule line, select the schedule line and choose Create 1 Conf. The system makes the confirmation-relevant fields in the row ready for input. The system copies the request data from the schedule line into the fields for the confirmed quantity, the confirmed shipping date, and the confirmed delivery date. The Status field displays the status To Be Published. Change the confirmation data as required. For example, specify a different delivery date or – if you only want to deliver a partial quantity on this date – reduce the confirmed quantity. If you want to create a note-only confirmation, specify the quantity as zero.
Create several confirmations for one schedule line
If you want to create several confirmations for one schedule line, select the schedule line and choose Create Multi. Conf. The system shows the Multiple PO / SA Confirmations screen area with two input-ready rows containing the request data. (The PO / SA Confirmations screen area is no longer input-ready.) In these rows, you process the confirmation data (see “Create one confirmation”). If you want to create more than two confirmations, you can insert more rows using Copy. When you are finished editing and want to transfer the data, choose OK, otherwise choose Cancel.
General functions for confirmations
The following functions are affected:
- Undo entries
- Save confirmation
- Check of Confirmation
- Cancel confirmation
- Publish confirmation
  For more information, see General Functions on the Confirmation Screen.
Send purchase orders with purchase order confirmations to the customer back-end system
If you want to send a purchase order with current confirmations on the confirmation screen to the customer back-end system, select at least one schedule line of the purchase order and choose the option to publish POs. SAP SNC publishes the purchase order with all confirmation schedule lines that have the status Published. You can also send several purchase orders. To do so, select at least one schedule line for each purchase order. For more information, see Purchase Order Collaboration: Standard Process.
Sending Scheduling Agreement Confirmations to SAP APO
It is not possible to send scheduling agreement confirmations to collaborative demand planning in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) on the confirmation screen. To do so, you have to use the Confirmations tab page in the release details. For more information, see Sending Scheduling Agreement Confirmations to SAP APO. Note that this function is only relevant in the service parts management scenario.