Bid invitation XML

Hi,
I want to send the bid invitation to vendor via XML. I choose output media XML and publish the bid invitation.
I get a success message that the Action is successfully completed, but I don't know what happened.
Does it works with XI?
Thank you
joseph
Edited by: joseph fryda on Jan 2, 2008 9:28 AM

Hi
Which SRM / SUS version are you using ?
You can create a Bid Inv in SAP EBP from the SC item. You do not set up Bidding Engine separately. It is part of EBP, you just need to enable the Sourcing/Bidding transactions, Assign Roles and Authorizations.
It is LAC, SUS, CCM, those are setup separately.
Bids are created in SRM Bidding Engine (ABAP part). If you don't want to use SRM Bidding Engine, then you should use the DPE scenario where the RFQ is not created in SRM but in your external Sourcing tool (Exostar).
This scenario is still present in SRM 4.0 or 5.0 (even if not intented to a futur extension).
You will trigger this RFQ export manually from Sourcing Cockpit, except if you have customized "automatic creation of bid invitation for items without source of supply" in SPRO --> SRM --> Sourcing --> Define Sourcing for Product Categories (this option is not available in EBP 3.5, thats' why I was asking about your SRM release).
Related links ->
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/33/16533d6dd60610e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
The bid invitation creation service is bbp_bid_inv.
Please look at following thread:
Email to Vendor and Creator while creating PO
Run report RSWUWFMLEC to convert work items to mail. In transaction SCOT you can send it to preffered vendors.
Related notes:
Note 837179 - SUS3.0: Possible changes for e-mail-notification
Note 738370 - E-mail notification: Composite SAP note
Re: Create and Send Bid Invitation
Hope this will help.
Regards
- Atul

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