PO Confirmation with Delivery Date Validation Check

Question

Dear Experts,
We have requirement in SNC to restrict PO confirmation within a agreed Delivery Date tolerance. This Delivery date validation should work similar to the Quantity validation we have in SAP standard through the PO_ITMUNDERDELIVERY/ PO_ITMOVERDELIVERY validation profiles.
So the business wants that the Suppliers can only Confirm a PO when the Delivery date in the confirmation is within agreed tolerance (-5 / +1 day ) of the requested delivery date.
Can you please let us know if there is some standard way through configurations to achieve this. I looked for validation profiles available for delivery date, but could see only for Quantity validations.
Another option we looked for was to have a Z Table to store this Delivery date tolerance (-5/+1 days), and implement the BAdi /SCMB/BOL_VALFRMWRK to achieve through custom developments.
Please let me know what solution options we can have for this requirement, as it is urgent.
Thanks & Regards.
Shiv.

Answer 1

Hi Shiv,
I think there is no need for Z-customization and you can achieve this standard way only thing you have maintained OWN validation:
After below setting whenever Supplier try to give confirmation which is out side tolerance then system won't allow him to save the confirmation and if supplier is EDI which sends ROC_IN confirmation XML will fail in SNC (You can see that XML in SXI_MONITOR tcode in SNC).
SPRO>Supply Network Collaboration>Basic Settings> Validation>Own Settings-->Maintain Settings in Validation Profiles
And maintain below setting
Profile:POC3
Val.Check:PO_ACCEPTED_CONF_PUBLISH     
Status:Active 
Msg.Type:E(Error )
Save Mode:DO Not Save message
Continuation mode:Discontinue checks
Checked
Checked
1-Error
Profile:POC8
Val.Check:PO_ACCEPTED_CONF_PUBLISH     
Status:Active 
Msg.Type:E(Error )
Save Mode:DO Not Save message
Continuation mode:Discontinue checks
Checked
Checked
1-Error
If you want alert whenever PO confirmation is not within tolerance activate the alert type 7035
Path:SPRO>Supply Network Collaboration>Exceptions>Alert Type Activation>Activate Alert Types
Alert type=7035
History=<Blank>leave this entry blank.
save this entry.
If you want receive alert as email then maintain email alert notification:
See the below link:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/8009bba5-7806-2d10-0b80-fa26d8bcb07c?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true
In the above link you need to change alert type from 7051 to 7035.
Regards,
Nikhil