Hello experts,

I try to create a BP in MDG using BusinessPartnerSUITEBulkReplicateRequest.

The inbound processing results in the following error:

• Error for mapping BPBUPA_RPLRQ_BSFND_IN step BUSINESSPARTNER (SMT 151)
• Error on call-up of transformation method MAP_BP_ID_IN of class CL_MDG_FND_SMT_TRANSFORMATION (SMT 073)
• Specify at least one number for the business partner (R11 123)

The process is defined in a way that the BP should not be created in the sending system before the governance process was finished successfully. Therefore we don't have a BP Number or a Business Partner ID in the sending system yet.

So I generated a GUID and passed it to proxy-business_partner-uuid-content. But this does not solve the problem.

The reason is that in the inbound mapping in CL_MDG_FND_SMT_TRANSFORMATION=>MAP_BP_ID_IN it is checked whether a key mapping exists for the provided GUID:

...
  ELSEIF NOT i_uuid IS INITIAL.
...
    cl_mdg_ukm=>get_own_object_id(
      EXPORTING
        i_foreign_object_id = lv_sender_partner_uuid
        i_foreign_system_id = i_sender_system_id
        i_object_type_code  = cl_mdg_ukm=>c_type_code_bp
        i_ids_type_code     = cl_mdg_ukm=>c_ids_code_bp_uuid
      IMPORTING
        e_own_object_id     = lv_receiver_partner_uuid ).
   ...
    "Determine InternalID of receiver
    CALL FUNCTION 'BUPA_NUMBERS_GET'
      EXPORTING
        iv_partner_guid = lv_sender_uuid_x
      IMPORTING
        ev_partner      = e_bpartner
      TABLES
        et_return       = lt_messages.

    "Add messages to SMT log
    IF NOT lt_messages[] IS INITIAL.
...
        RAISE EXCEPTION TYPE cx_smt_unsuccessful_trans
          EXPORTING
            a_protocol = lo_protocol.
    ENDIF.

No surprise that in this case no receiver GUID is found. In the end the processing ends in the mentioned error.

The question is, how should I fill the Service to achive the required result?

If I pass the GUID to the EXTERNAL_ID the following surprising thing happens:

...
  ELSEIF NOT i_external_id IS INITIAL. "MDG 9.0
    "If the ExternalID of the sender is filled: Call key mapping
    lv_sender_partner_id = i_internal_id.  <---------------!!!
    cl_mdg_ukm=>get_own_object_id(
      EXPORTING
        i_foreign_object_id = lv_sender_partner_id
        i_foreign_system_id = i_sender_system_id
        i_object_type_code  = cl_mdg_ukm=>c_type_code_bp
        i_ids_type_code     = cl_mdg_ukm=>c_ids_code_bp_ext_id " 988
      IMPORTING
        e_own_object_id     = lv_receiver_partner_id ).
    MOVE lv_receiver_partner_id TO e_bpartner.

i_internal_id is passed to lv_sender_partner_id. I would assume this is a bug.

Another possibility would be to pass the GUID to the RECEIVER_UUID expecting that the BP would be created with this GUID in MDG. But then the same error message will be raised:

First the receiver uuid is converted:

        cl_gdt_conversion=>guid_inbound(
          EXPORTING
            im_value  = i_receiver_uuid
          IMPORTING
            ex_guid_c = lv_receiver_uuid_c
            ex_guid_x = lv_receiver_uuid_x ).

Afterwards it is tried to determine a corresponding BP ID which again is not available and leads to error "Business partner with GUID ... does not exist":

...
  ELSEIF NOT lv_receiver_uuid_x IS INITIAL.
    "If the UUID of the receiver is filled: Determine InternalID
    CALL FUNCTION 'BUPA_NUMBERS_GET'
      EXPORTING
        iv_partner_guid = lv_receiver_uuid_x
      IMPORTING
        ev_partner      = e_bpartner
      TABLES
        et_return       = lt_messages.

    IF NOT lt_messages[] IS INITIAL.
      cl_mdg_fnd_smt_transformation=>add_messages_to_protocol(
        EXPORTING
          it_messages = lt_messages
        IMPORTING
          eo_protocol = lo_protocol ).
    ENDIF.

Any ideas how this dilemma can be solved?

Best regards,
Markus