PDC interface - PM/CS confirmation without Activity type

Hi,
We have a problem with PM/CS PDC confirmations in our ECC6 version of SAP. For PS & PP, the default activity type is populated automatically when doing the confirmation. But for PM/CS, the activity type is left blank. All three CONFXX idocs have no activity type specified.
The only thing I found regarding this problem/behavior is a OSS note, dated from 2001. OSS number is 0000381846. Is this note applicable for our system?
Is there someone who knows about this?
Thanks
Eric

Hi,
what you are willing to implement is not a supported functionality in the current Yard management.
If this is not yet the case, I would encourage you to open a SAP Customer message so that your question gets checked and analysed at development support.
BR
Alain

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