RFC Sales order create production order create

Question

Hi all,
I use BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2 to create sales order with
- schedule lines
- configurable items.
Before, I call BAPI_SALESORDER_SIMULATE in order to anticipate material availability and fill scheduling accordingly.
The problem is that the system is configured so that a sales order creation causes a production order.
With manuel creation in VA01 (corresponding to my BAPI call), many popups appear warning us about capacity production problems and I'm prompted to validate calculated possible production dates.
In BAPI call mode, no messages appear and if production capacity is not sufficient for my production request, production order is created but with the MCAP status (Missing capacity)
Is a solution exist to anticipate these problems of production capacity before sales order creation to integrate it in BAPI schedule parameters ?
Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Hi,
It sounds like you may want to first call BAPI_SALESORDER_SIMULATE.  The documentation for this BAPI (in 4.6C) states:
<i>"This method has the same interface definition as the BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT1 function but differs from it in that here the sales order is not updated.  Here you can determine availability and pricing. This data is displayed in the ORDER_ITEMS_OUT table.
For 46A, the following enhancements have been made:
New output tables:
ORDER_SCHEDULE_IN Schedule line data input
ORDER_CCARD_EX Credit card data output
ORDER_SCHEDULE_EX Schedule line data output
ORDER_CONDITION_EX Conditions output
MESSAGETABLE Warning table (XVBFS)
Sales area determination
Order entry with ship-to party
</i>
This may give you an idea of the errors you might need to anticipate prior to calling BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2.
Best Regards,
James Gaddis