Validation Checks for Supplier Confirmations

The following table lists the validation checks for supplier confirmations (purchase order confirmations created in Extended Confirmation Management, scheduling agreement confirmations, and location product confirmations:

Validation Check	Short Text	Description
SCONF_CHANGES_2_PUBLISHED	User Has Not Changed Published Supplier Confirmation	In the standard system, you define whether a published confirmation can be changed. You do this in Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration under Delivery Extended Confirmation Management (ECM) and Location Product Confirmations . This validation check is therefore not relevant for the standard system. You can, however, use this validation check if you want to modify the confirmation screen.
SCONF_DELIVERY_DATE_MISSING	Supplier Confirmation Contains Delivery Date	The supplier confirmation contains a delivery date.
SCONF_DELIVERY_LT_SHIP_DATE	Delivery Date of Supplier Confirmation Is After Shipping Date	The delivery date of the supplier confirmation is after the shipping date.
SCONF_DELIVERY_LT_TODAY	Delivery Date of Supplier Confirmation Is Not in Past	The delivery date of the supplier confirmation is today or after today’s date. The check is not relevant for note-only confirmations.
SCONF_NEW_NOTE_DIRECT	Create New-Note Alerts for SA Releases and SA Confirmations Directly	If you create a new note for a scheduling agreement (SA) release or an SA confirmation, the system generates an alert (7105 alert type). This validation check creates a new-note alert directly in the background. If you deactivate this validation check, the system uses the Post Processing Framework to create new note alerts.
SCONF_NOTE_MISSING	Note-Only Confirmation Contains Note or Note Reason	The note-only confirmation contains a note that has been entered manually or a note reason.
SCONF_NUMBER_DUPLICATE	Manually Entered No. of Supplier Confirmation is Unique	The number of the supplier confirmation that you entered manually does not yet exist in SAP SNC.
SCONF_NUMBER_DUPLICATE_SUPPL	Confirmation No. Is Unique for Supplier	The supplier confirmation number is unique for the supplier.
SCONF_PO_CONF_CONTROL_KEY	Confirmation Is Allowed for the PO Item	In the standard system, confirmations are only permitted for a purchase order item if the following conditions are fulfilled: Confirmation control permits confirmations. The status of the purchase order item and the purchase order permits a change. This validation check is therefore not relevant for the standard system. You can, however, use this validation check if you want to modify the confirmation screen.
SCONF_PRODUCT_LOCATN_INVALID	Customer Location Product and Transportation Lane Exist in SAP SNC	The product exists as a customer location product in SAP SNC. There is a transportation lane between the ship-from location and the ship-to location. If the confirmation does not contain a ship-to location, a transportation lane must exist between the ship-from location and the customer location.
SCONF_PUBLISH_DIRECT	Send Supplier Confirmations Directly	This validation check sends the XML message for a supplier confirmation directly in the background to SAP APO. If you deactivate this validation check, SAP SNC uses the Post Processing Framework to send XML messages.
SCONF_SA_CONF_CONTROL_KEY	Confirmation Is Allowed for the SA Item	In the standard system, confirmation control defines whether the user can create scheduling agreement (SA) confirmations for a release item. This validation check is therefore not relevant for the standard system. You can, however, use this validation check if you want to modify the confirmation screen.
SCONF_SA_LOCFROM_DIFFERS	Supplier Confirmation Contains Same Ship-From Location as SA Item	The ship-from locations in the scheduling agreement (SA) confirmation and in the purchasing document are the same.
SCONF_SCHEDULE	Confirmation Contains Delivery Date or Shipping Date	The supplier confirmation contains the delivery date and the shipping date. If one of the dates is missing, the system calculates the complementary date using backwards or forward scheduling, respectively.
SCONF_SHIP_DATE_LT_TODAY	Shipping Date of Supplier Confirmation Is Not in Past	The shipping date of the supplier confirmation is today or after today’s date. The check is not relevant for note-only confirmations.
SCONF_SHIP_DATE_MISSING	Supplier Confirmation Contains Shipping Date	The supplier confirmation contains a shipping date.
SCONF_USER_IS_CUSTOMER	User is Assigned to Supplier	The user is assigned to the supplier. A user of the customer should only process a confirmation if he or she is authorized to do so (for example, when the supplier has sent a fax with a confirmation).