Purchase requisitions idoc issue

Question

Hi,
We have found a new interesting thing happening in ECC.
IDOCs does not get processed due to PurReq is being processed.
Then the IDOC goes into status 51 and can no longer be processed by the batch jobs that is running for status 64.        
1) Is it possible to keep the status as 64 for these types of errors?
2) If not is it possible to reset these IDOCs from 51 to 64 in a batch job
3) or is it possible to get the batch job to run for IDOCs with status 51?
Regards,
RSK

Answer 1

Hi,
new !
that's just the normal behaviour since... almost the beginning of IDoc history.
1. yes. program RC1_IDOC_SET_STATUS.
2. yes, but that's not recommanded, as your idoc has been already processed, and it said to you "I cannot update this object  because someone or something is currently treating this same object".
if it's a permanent error like (this customer does not exist), that means with a background process (with a too short frequency) you will overload your system for nothing with a treatment like:
"idoc 64 -> 51" + "background change: 51-> 64" + "reprocess: 64 -> 51", etc...
when it's one idoc, it's ok, but if a day you a complete source files with several idocs which are in error.... you will reprocess them several time to say to you the same thing "cannot update because customer does not exist" (for instance).
3. yes. RBDMANIN in background, or tx BD87 in foreground.
According to me, it's better to use BD87 as it's a human you can analyze and decide to retreat the data.
Use background program only if you are sure that the data (in error) was sent a 2nd time after. In your case of purch req. i did not recommanded that.
Have a look a that:
Idoc1: role = change value with A on pruch req 123. This idoc is in error (like in your exm: already processing by another...)
Idoc2: role  =change value with B on purch req 123. This idoc arrives 5 min after idoc1. but this times the other processing is finished, and so ecc can integrate this idoc2. So in your systm you have value "B".
And you with your background process which runs (every hour, for instance), one hour after your Idoc2, you will retreat idoc1, and so now for your purch req, the value is "A"... and no more "B" which was the last value sent by your source system. => Problem !
4. So why not use it, but be clever/smart before to use such a background retreatment. Estimate the pro/cons.
regards.
Mickael
P.S : it's because we can, that we have to do it.