topic Re: BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE in Application Development and Automation Discussions

BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE

Former Member — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 00:41:12 GMT

I have an external application that creates maintenance notifications by calling BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE, BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_SAVE and BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT. It works when connecting to some SAP systems, but not others.

On the systems where it doesn't work, when I call BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE, I get an error saying that the Functional Location does not exist. If I add an Equipment number, it works but gives me an information message saying the the functional location does not exist. The functional location does exist.

When I call the BAPI's from SAPgui using SE37, everything works fine.

Is there some translation I need to do on the Functional Location before passing it to BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE in my external application?

Why would it work differently when calling BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE from an external application?

Thanks,

Greg

Re: BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE

jogeswararao_kavala — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 01:37:14 GMT

May check the behavior with corresponding TPLNR value (like ?0100000000000000014) instead of FLocn label (STRNO).

Re: BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE

Former Member — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 19:05:23 GMT

It looks like the issue is as you suggested, that I need to supply the TPLNR as the function location to BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE.

Is there an existing BAPI that I can call from an external application to convert the Functional Location string to it's corresponding TPLNR?

I noticed that you can look up the TPLNR number in the IFLOS table. Is there any way to interrogate the IFLOS table using BAPI calls from an external application?

Re: BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE

jogeswararao_kavala — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 22:50:59 GMT

Please check function modules
- CONVERSION_EXIT_TPLNR_INPUT > This FM takes STRNO (Functional Location Label) as Input and gives you the TPLNR code.
- CONVERSION_EXIT_TPLNR_OUTPUT > This FM takes TPLNR as input and gives you the STRNO (Functional Location Label) .
I think these FMs are precisely as per your requirement.

Good luck

KJogeswaraRao

Re: BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE

Former Member — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:06:24 GMT

Those FM's work, but they are not Remote-Enabled Modules, so I can't call them from an external application. I'm connecting to SAP using the NW RFC SDK.

I ended up making it work by calling BAPI_FUNCLOC_GETLIST and setting the LOW and HIGH filter values to the same Functional Location string. It returns 1 result which has the matching TPLNR. It's not an ideal solution, bit it works.

Thanks for your help!

Re: BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE

jogeswararao_kavala — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:12:40 GMT

That's good. I do not know whether any such RFC enabled FMs are there.

Regards

KJogeswaraRao