How to obtain the IDOC number after creation

Question

Hello everyone,
for our master data distribution via report RHALEINI (triggered via a custom report), we have some additional code in BAdI HRALE00OUTBOUND_IDOC, method IDOC_DATA_FOR_RECEIVER_MODIFY.
Everything is working fine so far. Now I need to know the Idoc number after it was created to store it in a customer table together with some additional data. Since the Idoc was not yet created when we're in the method mentioned above, I have to put my coding somewhere else.
Any that's exactly my question: Were could I put my coding? It needs to be executed after MASTER_DATA_DISTRIBUTE since this function creates the idoc in the database.
I though about the following:
- Since RHALEINI is called by a custom report, I might be able to read the idoc number from memory id COMM_HRMD_A (see RHALEINI, line 418).
- Maybe BAdI IDOC_DATA_INSERT could be used for this purpose?
What would be your approach for this?
Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Hello Markus,
EXPORT comm_control TO MEMORY ID 'COMM_HRMD_A'.
This is a nice observation!
Since RHALEINI is called by a custom report, I might be able to read the idoc number from memory id COMM_HRMD_A
Are you SUBMIT'ting the report RHALEINI in the custom program? If yes, you can access the memory COMM_HRMD_A in your program. To verify this you can check in debug mode if the memory id is populated.
I've checked the report RHALEINI & the internal table comm_control should contain the idoc number!
Maybe BAdI IDOC_DATA_INSERT could be used for this purpose
Only if the previous approach doesn't work out. Remember [K.I.S.S|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle]
BR,
Suhas