BAPI_REQUISITION_CHANGE importing table value converted to upper case

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I am facing a strange issue with BAPI_REQUISITION_CHANGE.

The field requisition_items_old-short_text is converted to upper case when calling the BAPI due to this error W058 is raised.

BAPI_REQUISITION_CHANGE:

Main Program SAPLMEWQ

Source code of LMEWQF05

Line - 582

BAPIEBANV-VEND_MAT_LONG = REQUISITION_ITEMS_OLD-VEND_MAT_LONG."455879

IF bapiebanv NE requisition_items_old.

   data_inconsistent = 'X'.

ENDIF.

This causes the issue shown in snap shot.

Is it possible to force the text to lower case on calling BAPI?

Thanks,

Anubhav

[FredericGirod]

Hi,

first, check OSS note

And maybe you could change the domain of the data element of your field ? 

(it's a standard modification ..  )

regards

Fred

[Former Member]

Hi Fred,

I have checked OSS notes but found none relevant.

Modification of standard is not an option.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[FredericGirod]

Are you sure when you call your BAPI you put data in upper case ?

regards

Fred

[arindam_m]

Hi,

Check the domain of the field in SE11. In the domain definition if the checkbox Lowercase must be blank. Hence the field converts the lowercase values to uppercase. Refer the screen below:

So the possible solution may be to make the domain case sensitive.

Cheers,

Arindam

[Former Member]

Hi Arindam,

Domain is TEXT40 and checkbox is checked for this domain in my system still the issue.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Former Member]

Hi Anubhav,

Before passing below field value into BAPI  first Translate into lower case .

Suppose :

DATA : S_TRANSLATE_OLD    LIKE BAPIEBANV      OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.

Loop at REQUISITION_ITEMS_OLD .

TRANSLATE REQUISITION_ITEMS_OLD-SHORT_TEXT TO LOWER CASE.

MOVE REQUISITION_ITEMS_OLD-SHORT_TEXT TO  S_TRANSLATE_OLD-SHORT_TEXT.

...........

........

-----

---

APPEND S_TRANSLATE_OLD-SHORT_TEXT.

CLEAR: S_TRANSLATE_OLD-SHORT_TEXT.

...........

.

EndLoop.

Now When you Call BAPI  in your Custom Program.

CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_REQUISITION_CHANGE'

     EXPORTING

.........................................

..............

     IMPORTING

..........................................

.........................

     TABLES

       REQUISITION_ITEMS_OLD = S_TRANSLATE_OLD

    ...............

.....

Regard's

Smruti

[Former Member]

How is the BAPI being called?

SE37, Custom program or External system or something else?

[Former Member]

Hi Manish,

BAPI is called from SRM system but the behavior is same even if tested in SE37 in ERP.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Former Member]

SE37 environment does change lowercase to uppercase.

If you run the BAPI with same parameters in ERP system using custom program, same error won't occur.

[Former Member]

Hi Manish,

But the same error occurs when calling RFC from SRM system.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[FredericGirod]

There is a check box for lower-case when you test a FM

regards

Fred

[Former Member]

I had never noticed that checkbox. Thanks for letting me know.

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Will open OSS ticket and update the thread.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Former Member]

Reply from SAP:

The difference is, that the short text of the purchase requisition
item on data base is in upper and lower case letters, while the
bapi can only handle upper case letters. That is why the systems
dectects the short text as different.

The bapi_requisition_change is a old bapi wich is no longer in
support. So I will have to ask you to use the new bapi
bapi_pr_change instead. The problem does not come up with that bapi.