IB:How to update a serial Number which has Inventory Material Transactions?

Question

Dear friends
first of all thanks for your time and valuable solutions
Install base: How to update a serial Number which has Inventory Material Transactions
problem description:
Install base > quick search
Here is Installbase record, when I query from quick search
Rec#     Item          Item Instance           Serial Number          Status
1     300-7000-01      3000000           1000XXX-0538JQ0003 Return for Adv Exchange
2     300-7000-01     8000000               1000XXX-0538JQ0003-     Return for Adv Exchange
3     300-7000-01     5000000               1000XXX-0538JQ0003-A     Return for Adv Exchange
looking above data, first and third records are the legitimate serial numbers(correct according to the client specs), second record is not legitimate since it has a dash as suffix, we found there are many illegitimate serial Numbers exists, needs to be updated with the right serial Numbers which I analyzed in excel after pulling data from mtl_material_transactions , oe_order_lines_all , mtl_serial_numbers , mtl_system_items_b
basically these are all RMAs
I need to update the second record as 1094SUZ-0538JQ0003-B as per the guidelines, while updating I need to keep all the existing contracts, Warranty, what ever material transations it has, need to be same.
we have a package updating the serial numbers using IB API (csi_Item_Instance_Pub.update_item_instance) but it is updating only the records which has no serial numbers present for that instance, if there is a serial number already exists it is not working.
user define error msg "Serial Number 1094SUZ-0538JQ0003- has Inventory Material Transactions. This serial number cannot be used to update an existing Item Instance", but I need to update this anyway!! or am I missing something here, please advice me
below post looks like similar issue, talks about hard update, I have no clue, by doing that the updated serial number will have same transations, contracts, dates....attached to it like the previous serial number
IB UPDATE_ITEM_INSTANCE ERROR - doesn't allow ACTIVE_START_DATE to change
would be great If you guys help me out, really appreciated!!
unfortunately I couldn't find any solutoin in metalink for the existing serial number update
code for updating the serial number using IB API
          x_msg_count := 0;
x_msg_data := '';
p_instance_rec.instance_id := rec.child_instance_id;
p_instance_rec.serial_number := rec.child_serial_number;
p_instance_rec.object_version_number := rec.child_object_number;
p_txn_rec.transaction_id := Fnd_Api.g_miss_num;
p_txn_rec.transaction_date := SYSDATE;
p_txn_rec.source_transaction_date := SYSDATE;
p_txn_rec.transaction_type_id := 1;
csi_Item_Instance_Pub.update_item_instance
p_api_version => 1.0,
p_commit => Fnd_Api.g_false,
p_init_msg_list => Fnd_Api.g_false,
p_validation_level => 1,
p_instance_rec => p_instance_rec,
p_ext_attrib_values_tbl => p_ext_attrib_values_tbl,
p_party_tbl => p_party_tbl,
p_account_tbl => p_account_tbl,
p_pricing_attrib_tbl => p_pricing_attrib_tbl,
p_org_assignments_tbl => p_org_assignments_tbl,
p_asset_assignment_tbl => p_asset_assignment_tbl,
p_txn_rec => p_txn_rec,
x_instance_id_lst => x_instance_id_lst,
x_return_status => x_return_status,
x_msg_count => x_msg_count,
x_msg_data => x_msg_data
Thanks
Suri

Answer 1

Suri
Used this. May not be perfect but should get you there. Only if the table is registered (all the seeded tables should be registered) this will work.
select distinct a.table_name,b.column_name from fnd_tables a, fnd_columns b
where a.table_id=b.table_id
and upper(b.column_name) like '%SERIAL%'
Also this is very old one but if you need history for this change add the history insert logic as well..
DECLARE
l_return_err VARCHAR2 (80);
PROCEDURE debug (p_message IN VARCHAR2)
IS
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line (SUBSTR (p_message, 1, 255));
END debug;
BEGIN
debug('======================================================================');
debug('Switching from serial number XDT07406. to XDT07406 ');
debug('======================================================================');
UPDATE fa_additions_b
SET serial_number = 'XDT07406'
WHERE serial_number = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in fa_additions_b updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE fa_mass_additions
SET serial_number = 'XDT07406'
WHERE serial_number = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in fa_mass_additions updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE rcv_serial_transactions
SET serial_num = 'XDT07406'
WHERE serial_num = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in rcv_serial_transactions updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE mtl_serial_numbers
SET serial_number = 'XDT07406'
WHERE serial_number = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in mtl_serial_numbers updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE mtl_unit_transactions
SET serial_number = 'XDT07406'
WHERE serial_number = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in mtl_unit_transactions updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE csi_item_instances_h
SET new_serial_number = 'XDT07406'
WHERE new_serial_number = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in csi_item_instances_h updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE csi_t_txn_line_details
SET serial_number = 'XDT07406'
WHERE serial_number = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in csi_t_txn_line_details updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE csi_item_instances
SET serial_number = 'XDT07406'
WHERE serial_number = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in csi_item_instances updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE wsh_delivery_details
SET serial_number = 'XDT07406'
WHERE serial_number = 'XDT07406.';
debug('No of rows in wsh_delivery_details updated :'||sql%rowcount);
debug('======================================================================');
debug('Switching from serial number jct20591 to JCT20591 ');
debug('======================================================================');
UPDATE fa_additions_b
SET serial_number = 'JCT20591'
WHERE serial_number = 'jct20591';
debug('No of rows in fa_additions_b updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE fa_mass_additions
SET serial_number = 'JCT20591'
WHERE serial_number = 'jct20591';
debug('No of rows in fa_mass_additions updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE rcv_serial_transactions
SET serial_num = 'JCT20591'
WHERE serial_num = 'jct20591';
debug('No of rows in rcv_serial_transactions updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE mtl_serial_numbers
SET serial_number = 'JCT20591'
WHERE serial_number = 'jct20591';
debug('No of rows in mtl_serial_numbers updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE mtl_unit_transactions
SET serial_number = 'JCT20591'
WHERE serial_number = 'jct20591';
debug('No of rows in mtl_unit_transactions updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE csi_item_instances_h
SET new_serial_number = 'JCT20591'
WHERE new_serial_number = 'jct20591';
debug('No of rows in csi_item_instances_h updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE csi_t_txn_line_details
SET serial_number = 'JCT20591'
WHERE serial_number = 'jct20591';
debug('No of rows in csi_t_txn_line_details updated :'||sql%rowcount);
UPDATE csi_item_instances
SET serial_number = 'JCT20591'
WHERE serial_number = 'jct20591';
debug('No of rows in csi_item_instances updated :'||sql%rowcount);
COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
l_return_err :='Updating in one of the script has this error:'|| substrb(sqlerrm, 1, 55);
debug('Value of l_return_err='||l_return_err);
END;
Thanks
Nagamohan