BAPI_ALM_NOTIF_CREATE

[Former Member]

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

[jogeswararao_kavala]

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

[Former Member]

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?

[jogeswararao_kavala]

• 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

[Former Member]

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!

[jogeswararao_kavala]

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

Regards

KJogeswaraRao