Creation of sales order with Variant configuration info

Question

Hi friends,
   I am creating sales order along with Variant configuration data. We have 3 level BOM structure.
I am using BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2 and filling in ORDER_CFGS_REF, ORDER_CFGS_INST, ORDER_CFGS_PART_OF ORDER_CFGS_VALUE, ORDER_CFGS_REFINST
tables exactly the same way BAPISDORDER_GETDETAILEDLIST FM returns.
Sales order is being created with no variant configuration information.(Not in the header level atleast)
  Can any one help me on this.
Thanks
Seshagiri

Answer 1

Updating Variant Configuration data for SO item became little tricky for us in an ongoing implementation. After spending some hours investigating the correct combination of data to pass, we were able to post the document correctly. As no detailed documentation is available online for this scenario, I hope this post will help community for similar requirements. J
For updating Variant configuration (VC) data for Sales order item, we need to populate below tables of standard FM or BAPI (e.g. SD_SALESDOCUMENT_CREATE).
Normally the standard FM or BAPI does not return any error messages in case configuration data is not updated successfully.
·         SALES_SCHEDULES_IN: The required date field should be populated with appropriate value (REQ_DATE).
·         SALES_ITEMS_IN: Field PO_ITM_NO should be populated with appropriate value.
·         SALES_CFGS_REF Table:
1.       This table should have 1 record per item.
2.       Combination of CONFIG_ID and ROOT_ID should be unique across line items.
POSEX
000010
CONFIG_ID
000001
ROOT_ID
00000001
SCE
1
COMPLETE
T
CONSISTENT
T
CBASE_ID_TYPE
G
·         SALES_CFGS_INST:
1.       This table should have 1 record per item.
2.       Combination of CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be unique across line items.
CONFIG_ID
000001
INST_ID
00000001
OBJ_TYPE
MARA
CLASS_TYPE
300
OBJ_KEY
MATNR value
QUANTITY
Quantity value
QUANTITY_UNIT
Quantity Unit
COMPLETE
T
CONSISTENT
T
OBJECT_GUID
MATNR value
PERSIST_ID_TYPE
G
·         SALES_CFGS_VALUE:
1.       Combination of CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be unique across line items.
2.       We can have multiple characteristics for a material. In that case appropriate records should be inserted in this table. Note that CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be same for all the rows you insert in this table for multiple characteristics for a material.
3.       The characteristic value should be in SAP internal format.
CONFIG_ID
000001
INST_ID
00000001
CHARC
Material characteristics
VALUE
Material characteristics value
·         SALES_CFGS_VK:
1.       Combination of CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be unique across line items.
2.       We can have multiple characteristics for a material. In that case appropriate records should be inserted in this table. Note that CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be same for all the rows you insert in this table for multiple characteristics for a material.
CONFIG_ID
000001
INST_ID
00000001
VKEY
Material characteristics