Inbound Delivery: Inbound WHSCON IDoc with Batch Split - HowTo...?

Question

Hello
We have another tricky problem to solve on our ERP 6.0 system.
My colleagues of Lindt UK create manually inbound deliveries (VL33N) which are replicated to the warehouse (DESADV IDoc -> TRADACOMS.ORDHDR).
When the goods arrive at the warehouse they send back a good receipts message (TRADACOMS.DLCHDR -> WHSCON IDoc).
In some cases we have a batch split because the goods have been put into different storage locations. Example:
- item 10: 200 Cases of product 4711, batch 10-2011,  in storage location '0001' (free available for Sale)
- item 10:     5 Cases of product 4711, batch 10-2011, in storage location '0004' (damaged)
I am aware that in the inbound WHSCON item 10 is a main position and the two actual batch split positions are sub-items (900001 & 900002 with HIPOS = '10'). I tried to used E1EDL19-QUALF = 'BAS' (= batch split) with the sub-items but failed so far to update the inbound delivery that I can see the batch split.
I have managed to get one sub-item but not 2 of them. Somehow the system aggregates the quantities for both sub-items into the single item that shows up in the inbound delivery.
When we send the inbound delivery to the warehouse the item looks like this:
- item 10: 200 Cases (no batch yet, Putaway quantity = 0, because these data are coming from the warehouse).
QUESTION: Has anybody else been faced with a similar (if not identical) problem and how did you solve it?
Thanks a lot in advance for your valuable input.
Regards
  Uwe

Answer 1

Hello Finbarr
I assume that you do NOT send any (suggested) batches to your warehouse. Otherwise you would have the same problem like we have that the WHSCON cannot overwrite a (suggested) batch.
However, if you just send the quantity per item then the batch split is much simpler than you suggested:
"First E1EDL24 segment:
POSNR     50
MATNR     000000000000602006
MATWA     000000000000602006
CHARG     L1519   " <<< first batch
LFIMG     37.000
VRKME     CT
"Second E1EDL24 segment:
POSNR     50
MATNR     000000000000602006
MATWA     000000000000602006
CHARG     L1880   " <<< second batch
LFIMG     37.000
VRKME     CT
Well, and as qualifier we use: E1EDL19-QUALF = 'XYZ'  " a dummy
The SAP system is smart enough the realize that these two E1EDL24 segment belong to the same item yet have different batches and, therefore, yield a batch split in the delivery. The system generated the 9xxxxx numbers for this sub-item lines automatically.
Although I believe that it is not possible to change a batch in the delivery using an inbound WHSCON I would appreciate to have a final proof of this assumption. I could imagine that if you first delete the item containing the suggested batch and then add a new item with the actual batch from the warehouse it might works. However, this would require to implement a user-exit which I do not prefer.
Regards
  Uwe
PS: It seems I gave an answer to the wrong question (should be EDI (DESADV): Can batches be overwritten by an inbound WHSCON (pick conf)? )