Get Person who released PO before saved

Question

Hi Experts!!
We are implementing POST method of BADI ME_PROCESS_PO_CUST. From ME29N when the release happens, and when saved, this badi will be called and I can get the current data like the release status and so on through GET_DATA of IM_HEADER (which is an interface). But I want to get the person who released this. I cannot get this info from CDHDR or CDPOS, as the release is not yet saved but the control is in BADI.
Can somebody help me if there is any way to get the person who released the PO? Is there any FM or BAPI for this?
Your help is highly appreciable.

Answer 1

Since the PO is already existing in database by the time someone releases it in ME29N, you can compare the release status (frgke) from the PO with that of EKKO. If it is blank in EKKO and non blank in the PO that is being posted, you know the user in SY-UNAME is the user who is releasing the PO.
Like in the below code that you can put in ME_PROCESS_PO_CUST~POST method
  DATA: ls_header TYPE mepoheader,
        lv_frgke TYPE ekko-frgke.
  ls_header = im_header->get_data( ).
  SELECT SINGLE frgke INTO lv_frgke FROM ekko WHERE ebeln = ls_header-ebeln.
  IF sy-subrc = 0.
    IF lv_frgke IS INITIAL AND ls_header-frgke IS NOT INITIAL.
      "SY-UNAME is the user who released the PO
    ENDIF.
  ENDIF.