Combining 2 Sales Orders - 'Complete' with 'Partial' Delivery into 1 Delv

Question

Hi folks,
I have a typical requirement from my client and it is as follows:
My client want to combine 'Sales Orders' marked with 'Complete Delivery' indicator(VBAK-AUTLF check-box is checked) at the Header -> Shipping, with Sales Orders marked for 'Partial Delivery' (VBAK-AUTLF is not checked) in the Header-> Shipping.
Although all the other business conditions/fields values at the Header levels,like Ship-To_party, Shipping Conditions, Incoterms, etc. are same across both these Sales Orders; SAP as a standard Business Process Flow, doesnot allow <u>COMBINING</u> of  2 such orders into a <u>SINGLE Delivery</u>, since their 'Headers' seem to differ for that ONE field value.
I have searched through all user-exits, SAP Help forums as well as OSS notes to get a solution to this problem but could not find any (bad luck).
Will anyone of you who has come across this particular scenario or know a way to get around this problem, be able to contribute with his/her ideas? I would be
grateful, thanks in advance.
Regards,
Shripad

Answer 1

Hi iim nava,
Thanks for your reply.
However in our case, the system does throw that error, when i try to combine the second order (partial) into the delivery created for the first order (complete).Here is the log for your reference, when I try to add the second(partial so items) into the delivery created for the first (complete delivery SO):
Diagnosis
    Item 000010 cannot be shipped in the same delivery with the
    other items in the document because the header data (AUTLF)
    is different. The field AUTLF for the item has the value &4,
    yet in the delivery it has X.
System Response
    The system issues this message if a delivery split is
    necessary.
    This message either appears in the collective processing log
    or during creation of outbound deliveries from projects or
    for subcontracting. It informs you that the item specified
    will be shipped in a delivery other than the delivery that
    includes the other items from the same document. If there was
    a general problem with shipment of the delivery, a different
    message appears.
    If this message appears when you are creating an outbound
    delivery with reference to a sales order in the foreground,
    it indicates that the order item cannot be shipped with the
    current outbound delivery.
By any chance, did you actually try simulating my scenario in your system. If you have and the same works fine in your system, then pls help me by sending your 'copy control' settings, to help me compare. We run SAP 4.6 and my settings for copy control are as follows:
<u>LF <-> OR (Header)</u>:
             Data Transfer (VBAK) = 001 [HEADER]
             Data Transfer HU = 000 [blank]
             Order Requirements (VBAK) = 001 [HEADER]
             Combination Requirements = 651 [051 w/o Comp dlv]
<u>LF <-> OR <-> TAN (Item)</u>:
               Item Data = 101 [ITEM]
               Order Requirements (VBAK) = 101 [ITEM]
               Business Data = 2 [BUSINESS DATA]
               Buss Data Reqmt = 151 [COMBINATION]
Hope the feedback can you will help me solve my problem. Thanks once again.
Regards,
Shripad