What is the purpose of BAPI_SALESORDER_SIMULATE

Hi Experts,
can u please call me what is the purpose of BAPI_SALESORDER_SIMULATE.
Thanks in Advance

Hi,
Functionality
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.
Even you can look at the Documentation of bapi in SE37
Regards
Sudheer

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