XMII & SAP Related

Question

Hi All,
When I execute a transaction in SAP, the system shows several information and warning messages (some on the menu bar at the bottom and some through pop-up windows) before finally executing the transaction. On the other hand, when I execute the same transaction using xMII through a BAPI call, I do not get any information or warning messages. I get the final output message. Can somebody explain how to go about this? Thanks.
Regards,
V M.

Answer 1

Venki,
The key input to that BAPI is not necessarily the Confirmation #.  The confirmation # is set in SAP and tied to the order number and operation step (in most cases).  You can leave the confirmation number blank and use the Order number and Operation number as the inputs.  SAP will figure out what the confirmation number is from that information.  When you have executed the BAPI successfully, it will return the confirmation number and counter (to account for multiple partial confirmations).
A custom BAPI is not required, just better knowledge of how the standard ones behave.  Spend some time with the BAPI or SE37 transaction in SAP seeing how they work before building anything in MII.  Once you have it working there, then build the transaction.  But remember that both the BAPI and SE37 forms take care of pre-pending zeroes to the front of Order numbers (and batch, material, etc.). 
A custom BAPI is not a bad idea in general.  They usually are simpler, smaller, and a little faster.  But make sure you really need it before spending the time building it.
Good luck,
Mike