Receiving EDI 997 into SAP

Question

Hello,
I am having trouble understanding how a 997 inbound into SAP would be reflected in the system (we are receiving a 997 from the vendor based on a PO we send out)
1. Where would the 997 be reflected in the PO? Would this be a new confirmation category under the 'Confirmation' tab?
2.  What basic idoc type/message type would be used?
Thanks for the help!!

Answer 1

Hello Tiffanie
The EDI 997 message is a functional acknowledgment which corresponds to an acknowledgement IDoc in SAP. This acknowledgment is reflected in the EDI/ALE status of the outbound IDoc.
Example:
I created a purchase order and sent it as outbound ORDERS.ORDERS05 IDoc (no = 414840).
For this outbound IDoc I created an inbound ALEAUD IDoc. Processing the acknowledgement IDoc (WE19, inbound fm IDOC_INPUT_ALEAUD) Idoc 414840 received an additional status 41 = Application document created in target system.
To be honest I do not know whether this IDoc acknowlegement is somehow reflected in the original purchase order but I doubt this is the case.
The ALEAUD01 IDoc looked like this:
Header E1ADHDR:
MESTYP     ORDERS
MESTYP_LNG     ORDERS05
Status E1STATE:
DOCNUM     0000000000414840
STATUS     53
STATXT     DOCUMENT PROCESSED SUCCESSFULLY IN APPLICATION
STAMQU     SAP
STAMID     IDOC_ADPAPTER
STAMNO     000
Regards
  Uwe