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Feb 11, 2008 at 12:34 AM

Update Shipment via inbound Idoc

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Hi folks,

My client has a requirement to update an inbound shipment with data provided from an external party (i.e. arrival date and departure date of shipment, vehicle ID, etc). We've identified some SAP standard fields via the shipment transaction that we wish to use, and the client wishes to update this information using Idocs. I'm testing the viability of this and getting no end of idoc errors.

I'm using Message type SHPMNT, Basic Type SHPMNT05, Process Code: SHPM and testing in WE19 via FM IDOC_INPUT_SHPMNT.

First question - Is this the right combination of idoc components to use to update a shipment? If not, what should I use?

Second question: I'm passing basic data - Shipment number and the fields we wish to change. Do I need to set the E1EDT18 qualifier to 'CHA' or 'PID' and field name to be modified? It doesn't seem to be working, and when I set it to PID, it appears to get overwritten to 'ORI', which makes me think I'm using the wrong Idoc type?

Any help would be greatfully appreciated and point will be awarded for solutions.

Cheers,

Steve