Align vendor batch number with SAP batch number

[former_member596105]

I saw article regarding alignment of vendor batch no with SAP batch no. My case is, I already have GR on one HU, but afterwards there is need to repack this HU on as many HU as different vendor no. is. For example first repack two package with vendor batch VEN_02 and SAP batch no is created SAP_02, next two packages with VEN_03 and SAP_03 is created. And later we saw again two packages with VEN_02 but current SAP_04 is created - is there a way to customize that in case same vendor batch is already in system, will take when repacking the same SAP batch no.?

[former_member42743]

It's hard for anyone to really give you much help in troubleshooting this. This is clearly a customized process already so asking for help on customizing an already customized process isn't going to get you much help.

I'm assuming this is a very specific process with very specific materials. The vendor batch number is simply a field of the batch. There is no built in SAP functionality around this number other than being able to input it at GR time. As far as SAP is concerned, it's just information only. If you are doing something with it, its all custom.

One issue I see is that the vendor batch field is larger (18CHAR I think) then the SAP batch number (12CHAR). Thus in your design, it would fail if the vendor batch number was ever more than 12 characters. Hopefully they have accounted for that.

Craig