Error when activating Order Data Type ORDR

Question

Hi all
We were activating all the ODM components acc to note 1178483 and got the following error when trying to activate Order Data Type ORDR:
Parameter CONFSTAT in access path TSTP of order data type ORDR unknown (/SCMB/ODM_ORDTYPE043)
Do any of you know what is triggering this error?
In order to carry on we removed the CONFSTAT entry and were then able to activate ORDR afterwards. However, we would like to know what the consequences are (if any) of this action.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Dan Bruun

Answer 1

Hello Dan,
First of all you should not remove any SAP standard entry (without advice of any experts.) so now you won't  get any support from SAP for this issue.
ODM activation require for creation of  tables(which stores transactional data) in each client.
CONFSTAT  is a field in /1OM/ORDROEHD<Your_client_number> table which stores data about PO/RO confirmation status.
You got this error because of  ODM component OEHD was not activated properly.(Even it shows warning/error while component activation but it is not activated properly).
As you have removed CONFSTAT entry system won't behave normally for PO/RO creation/change/confirmation.
What you can do now restore your back-up before deletion of this entry try to do ODM activation again if you still get error then try to do force ODM activation(transaction code:/N/SCMB/ODM_GEN_ORC also checked Force Genration check box).
Even after force generation of ODM gives you error raised an OSS with SAP support for resolution.
Regards,
Nikhil