How to make sure that Invoices went through?

[Former Member]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question about EDI/IDocs.

I want to make sure that the invoices for a particular day were received by the customer. How can I do this at the SAP level?

I checked in WE02 and it shows me quite a few IDocs with status "07 Error during syntax check". Others are "53 Application document posted". But the customer complains that they have not been getting any invoices. Also, is there a way to see which IDoc number belongs to which Invoice number?

Please suggest.

Thanks

[Former Member]

Field E1EDK01-BELNR is the invoice number in the IDOC.

[Former Member]

Any suggestions, anyone?

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi John,

It seems you are essentially looking for outbound IDOCs, those in status "53" are inbound IDOC's ("53" is a status for Inbound). All those in status "07" are outbound IDOCs, but for some reason (most probably program bug) there is a syntax error in those IDOC's. Get this error fixed first before you can expect those to reach your customers.

Cheers,

Sanjeev

[Former Member]

Sanjeev,

I thought the invoices are still being processed even if there is a "Error during syntax check" status and they are sent to the EDI subsytem.

Anyway, so, how do you find what is causing this syntax error? The IDoc display doesn't tell much. I couldn't find any other place to look for some kind of a log.

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi John,

If you double click on the status 26 in IDOC (Txn. WE05), it will show you the error message with details of the error. Also you will notice that the IDOC is displayed as flat structure as opposed to a hierarchy. If IDOC is successfully sent out it will have a status record with status "03". I am not sure how you EDI subsystem is setup, but if you are sure that it has been passed to EDI subsystem then why not check in the logs on EDI subsystem whether is was processed or not.

Cheers,

Sanjeev

Message was edited by: Sanjeev Singh