AP Invoices Automation

Hi,
I want to do the following AP automation project :-
1) To read vendor invoices from text file.
2) To park the invoices if there are qty variances.
3) To post the invoices if there are not qty variances.
Which is the best way of doing this automation :-
1) Using available MM configs (Is there any?)
2) Using IDOC?
3) Using BAPI?

Hi,
There is no SAP standard solution available to read data from text file for invoice verification.
the better solution is IDOC. if any variance is there the idoc will not integrate with SAP. it will be in error status 51. then you can identify the error and retrigger the idoc.
if price & quantity are matched system will post the invoice verification with idoc status 53.
i hope this could help to you.
Regards
Anand

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