Creating Vendor using VMD_EI_API=MAINTAIN

[DarcyMorse]

We were previously using VMD_EI_API=>MAINTAIN_BAPI to update and create vendors from a vendor portal. With the implementation of CVI, we found a note that stating that we should use VMD_EI_API=MAINTAIN instead. If not errors are passed back, I am using VMD_EI_API=>UPDATE_MODULES. When I use this method to create a vendor, XK02 shows the data created, but BP isn't created. I used debug within UPDATE_MODULES, and it looks like it is looping thru vendors, but the table is blank.

Also, I need the ability to pass back the vendor number, and the vendor number which isn't passed back from the method.

Any suggestions?

[DarcyMorse]

FYI, I added the next number logic and passed that vendor number. XK02 entry created, so I now have the vendor number created, but the Business Partner is still not being created

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Which note states that VMD_EI_API=>MAINTAIN_BAPI is obsolete or inadvisable?

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Is note OSS 2706149 - Maintain Customer/Vendor master data does not create Business partner suitable for your version (did you already perform a search for your exact version)

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Also check if report CVI_CUSTOMIZING_RESOLVE (*) is available on your system.

(*) 2940671 - CVI Customizing Resolve Report in S/4 HANA for the synchronization of Business Partner to ...

[DarcyMorse]

We checked the following notes, and they did not apply or were already applied to our system:

2604337, 2706149, 2562821, 2703764, 2617848. We did apply 1555393 but that didn't make a difference.

(added in all the notes we considered in case anyone else was having a similar issue)

[DarcyMorse]

The note that caused us to make the decision to switch between Maintain_bapi and Maintain was

2854163 - CMD_EI_API->MAINTAIN_BAPI does not create BUT020 entry.

[DarcyMorse]

I found the issue with creating a new vendor in BP, I had a tax field that couldn't be transferred to BP. Once I removed including the tax fields, I was able to create a vendor. I found this by taking the vendor that was updated in XK02 and tried to just save the name. Since the tax fields successfully wrote to XK02, I received the error. When I looked at the returned internal error table from the method, and there was no error messages there.