Automated Runtime Configuration for External Services

Hello,
in relation to my bachelor thesis I was wondering if there is API or another way to set the backend systems destinations for external services dynamically and not by entering the information in CAF Runtime.
Thanks,
Petromil

Hello Bonnie,
Here is some documents which will help you to setup External Service Management.
http://help.sap.com/bp_bblibrary/500/documentation/U42_BB_ConfigGuide_EN_BR.doc
<a href="http://help.sap.com/bestpractices/BBLibrary/documentation/J24_BB_ConfigGuide_EN_UK.doc">SD/MM Services</a>
Regard,
Arif Mansuri

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Hi,
we are working in SRM40 sp09 & back end ECC.50
In the Limit PO:
we are able to create Limit PO from a shopping cart.The follow on documents in ECC, it is creating a PO with Item category "B" and the "invoices" are only possible.
The Issue:
The Client wants the Confirmation/GR functionality to be enabled and the Invoices.
but for Limit PO, with follow on documents--"Confirmation" is checked, we have a error messagecombination of GR/IR is not allowed for external services".
Is there any addition configuration or steps involved.
Thanks and Regards,
RK.

Hi
<b>Please go through the links below, which address the same issue -></b>
Limit PO(Item category D instead of B)
SRM: Item category B/D for limit PO
Re: Problem with Unknown account assignment with limit order...reply soon...
Do let me know.
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- Atul

Billing for External Services to Customer

Hi All,
Please advice how to bill customer for External Services like civil work etc.
My client uses services from external companies so if they have contract with customer for that,after completing the work they want to bill it to customer ,pls advice.
Muzamil

Muzamil,
If you are using projects, you can create an external or service activity depending upon whether you are entitling the vendor to perform some work or a service. Once you create and release the network activity, a purchase requisition is created, which then will be converted into a purchase order by your purchasing department. The purchase requisition/order commitment will appear on the network activity (project) and when the vendor sends you a goods receipt/invoice (depending on configuration), your project receives the cost. Then, depending on how you are billing your customer, you could incorporate these costs also into your customer billing.
If you need further explanation on billing, please write back with details about how you are billing your customers currently (if based on a project).
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Limit PO Err Combination of GR/IR control not allowed for external services

Hi,
I am having a problem while replicating free text Limit PO's to R/3 in SRM 4.0 SP 13. The issue is while creating Free Text Limit SC with the "Confirmation and Invoice" option checked in, the PO's get created in SRM but fails while replicating to R/3 and in RZ20 errors as "Combination of GR/IR control not allowed for external services" although in vendor master i don't have check for the field "GR-Based Invoice Verification".
On the contrary while creating SC with the "Invoice Only" the PO is successfully replicated to R/3 with item category as B for limit orders.
Now i have noticed if i make changes in the vendor master data i.e. check the flag "GR-Based Invoice Verification" then the PO in my first scenario gets replicated successfully and also with respect to the second scenario but it gets replicated in both the scenarios as item category "D".
As far as SRM standard it should have ideally behave like the below:
Limit SC with GR AND Invoice -> item category D
Limit SC with invoice only -> item category B.
Now my question is why do my PO's fail in R/3 in the first scenario and also if i check the flag in vendor master for GR-Based Invoice verification then in the second scenario the item category is "D" instead of "B".
Thanks in Advance.
Best Regards
Anirban

Hi Georg,
We don't have any active implementation for the BADI BBP_PO_INBOUND_BADI.
Best Regards,
Anirban

Combination of GR/IR Control not allowed for External Services-SRM PO error

Hi All,
SRM 5.0 ECS R/3 4.6C
We have a service PO, for which an error Combination of GR/IR Control not allowed for External Services is being displayed.
The PO is in error in process at this moment. And is not in R/3
On SRM PO we have Confirm Performance of Service/Goods Receipt checked and Invoice Expected checked.
Confirmation-Related Invoice Verification is not checked. Any thoughts on this!!
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Krishna

Hi
<u>Please go through the following SAP OSS Notes -></u>
Note 725824 - MB5S: Error with purchase orders for external service
Note 781014 - Clearing values in purchase order currency are too high
Note 991800 - MB5S: Error in delivery costs (2)
Note 960789 - Wrong Values in MM Document for Service Based Invoice
Note 778562 - MM-IV: invoices are entered before the goods receipt
Note 578531 - Incorrect FM update for service purchase orders
Note 635864 - ME2S: Invoice value is calculated incorrectly
Note 570409 - Unplanned account assignment in invoice for service PO
Note 545684 - MIR4 for SRV: Incorrect data displayed if deletion indicator
Note 544567 - Transaction MIRO: incorr. default values at (parked) invoice
Do let me know.
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How download data of me2s 'po order for external services: in cxcel'

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Moderator message: please do not open multiple threads for the same or similar issue.
Edited by: Thomas Zloch on Jan 7, 2012 10:22 PM

Hi
T165A is used for 'Services Pricing'.
Please note that for Services PO, you will have two pricing schema.
1) At PO-Item Level : RM0000 (or whatever you define in schema determination in Purchasing ->Conditions IMG and assign in your vendor master)
2) At service line level : Based on settings in T165A.
If you check in Services level conditions screen and click on Analysis, you will find that ZS0001 is triggered.
Best regards
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Default GL account (cost element) for external service contracts

Hi everybody,
question about GL being defaulted from contract for external services
The requirement is to have GL (cost element) being defined per service sub item defaulting to work order. Account assignment is unknown, because the costs might be settled later to cost center or AFE or else.
You could default cost element either through material group (which doesn't enable cost element to contract) or with account assignment category 'K' or 'F' which do not suit, cause the former requires cost center, that is unknown yet, whereas the latter requires assignment to order which doesn't make sense at all. Theoretically, it could be done with acc assignment cat 'U' , but cost element is not enabled with that category..
I was assuming that cost center which you are required to enter along with cost element while creating service sub item referring to some sort of internal accounting. The system also requires service sub item acc assignment category being aligned with requisition (which is 'F') and would in fact create PR referrencing actual work order number. But still, doesn't it make sense having contract referencing another order.. Also, we don't use default values for PM ext operation data.
So, the question is how to accomplish the requirement with Unknown assignment category? what is the point of defining cost center in the contract in given circumstances? Is there any work around exists?
Thanks in advance
Sergey

Hi,
Try this: IMG -> Plant Maintenance and Customer Service -> Maintenance and Service Processing -> Maintenance and Service Orders -> Functions and Settings for Order Types -> Create Default Value Profiles for External Procurement.
After that assign it to order type: Default Values for Task List Data and Profile Assignments.
Regards,
Rogério Reis

Inspection lot for external service

Hi Gajesh/ Sujit/shyamal/ all
we are planning to use service master for external vendor's service, i have couple of questions
please share your experience, if anyone of you come across this kind of requirement
1. is it possible to create an inspection lot for external service?
2. we want to capture / validate the vendor's external service, weather it is accepted or not? sometime we need to enter quantitative value also
3. is there any setting or config for assign /create inspection lot for service master?
what I know is without material master we cannot create inspection lot but i don't know about service master.
thanks
Sami

Gajesh,
thanks for quick response.
2 business req. are as follows
1. vendror is performing periodic service, MM side external service order (service contract/PO)created, bsaed on thatPO vendors performing service.
service entry sheet they are capturing man hours and date of service.
business wants quality of service to be captured in QM inspectiion lot.
2. production order ---> routing -- operation ---> vendor & service PO number assigned external work --> now inspetion lot will be created for that material/production order.
how can we link service master, service entry sheet and inspection lot?
how to map for this req.?
again is't possible to create inspection lot for service master?(without material master)if your answer is yes, then where/how can we assign inspection type ? which inspection type?
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Condition-pricing for External Service Management

Dear Support,
Please provide the detail document for pricing for External Service Management,and the use of procedure MS0000 (Performance Procedure) & procedure MS0001 (Perf.Procedure f.Master Cond.)

Hi,
please read the following SAP notes:
499722
25357
27024
691852
438718
798798
353482
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Best practise for external service when amount is not sure

Hi friends ,
What could be the best practise from the PM side when we want to send an equipment for external repair
and the service cost is not sure .
Also if we will create only service PR and not PO then there could be some legal problems while sending the equipment outside.
What I am thinking is to create a service PR -> PO and then setting the actual cost while invoicing .
Is it fine ?
We would prefer if we can take some print out of the external service mentioning following data through standard SAP :
1) Vendor Name
2) Our Co name .
3) Address from where the equipment is dispatched
4) Address where equipment is to be sent .
5) Contact No .
6) some Dates
Any suggestions.
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AM
Edited by: Amehra on Jul 7, 2011 1:53 PM

Hi,
it is not necessary to enter the exact amount for external service in PM order ,
exact amount must be confirmed during service entry sheet ml81n
or it also be adjusted during miro ( invoicing )
and for prininting , most of the part as u said are covered in standard printing of Maintenance order, PR and PO
otherwise there must be customized PO printing in ur organisation that can be change if ur requirements does not meet
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Jitender

Combination of GR/IR control not allowed for external services

Hi,
I need to uncheck the field GR-Based IV (EKPO-WEBRE) in the SERVICE PO but I receive the message :
"Combination of GR/IR control not allowed for external services"
I want to allow the user to receive Invoices (MIRO) before the Service Entry (ML81N).
Thanks.
Carlos Durazo

HI,
This is a "hard coded" option and cannot be removed.
If you want to be able to post invoices for services before the GR (acceptance) then you could consider using "normal" POs for these (without item category "D") abd use material masters (DIEN material type) or describe the service in text.
External services POs are only really suited to complex services or services that need a two step GR process (Service entry and acceptance).
Far too many organisations use the service entry sheet option when "normal POs" would be far better.
Steve B

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What accounts need to be configured for a service tax 10%,a balance sht a/c

This below error occurred while clearing the entries.
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Sudhir Krishna Kumar Singh

Hello Sudhir,
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Hope this could help.
regards
Ray

Idoc Communication Configurations and Proxy Runtime Configurations for PI

We have a fresh PI 7.1 system, fresh ECC6 system, and an existing 4.6C system.
is there any blog/doc with step-by-step instructioins/screenshots for following tasks:
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2. Configuring for IDOC communication between ECC6 and PI 7.1
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https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/XI/SAPR3%28Idocs%29ToXI--Steps+Summarized
http://www.riyaz.net/blog/xipi-settings-in-r3-partner-system-to-receive-idocs/
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http://www.riyaz.net/blog/beginners-guide-to-ale-and-idocs-a-step-by-step-approach/
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Header conditions for external services

Hi all,
How to make header conditions of PO to be consider in external services ?
The issue is that in the service entry sheet the header conditions from PO are not consider in service.
Regards,
Tiago Ferreira

Hi Tiago,
as per note 353482 it is possible to maintain header condition
on the SERVICE OUTLINE LEVEL. This note explains what condition
types are available.
There is no condition type for fixed amount
that would be distributed proportionally to accepted quantity,
like header conditions in the purchasing level!
These conditions are related to outline levels and the header of the
service package and can also be maintained there. They can be maintained
in quotation, purchase requisitions, purchase orders and contract (as
master conditions). However, in contracts outline conditions can only be
saved for such outline levels that contain services.
In the other documents these conditions are in any case
displayed (when determined by price determination) on service condition
level, which means if you had planned services in your PO item and you create the entry sheet based on this PO item, if you had header conditions on outline level in your services, the same conditions will be overtaken into the entry sheet, but you can see them in the condition screen (mark the service line in the entry sheet, check conditions), not at outline level.
I would advice you to test first with using the condition type KR01 in the PO at service outline level and to check the same condition in the entry sheet (which was created based on this PO) on the condition screen.
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