Create Sales Order in S4/HANA from SAP IBP

[SreejitD14]

Hello Experts,

I have a custom scenario of creating Sales Order in S4 from SAP IBP. I wanted to get some ideas if someone has worked in any of such similar scenarios.

For me these are the 2 approaches , please feel free to add or correct them ..

1. Using a custom function module which would call the standard BAPI's and then via a webservice we can connect in CI-DS , or we can use RFC function call.

Can we do this without the custom function module by using only standard BAPI's like BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2 ?

2. Can we handle this scenario also using API's , for that I believe we need to create a REST based datastore in CI-DS. Do someone have any concrete documentation on the same ??

Any help is much appreciated !

Kind regards,

Sreejit

[Ryan-Crosby]

Why would the IBP platform be creating a sales order?

[SreejitD14]

@Ryan, I get that it is not a very standard thing that you do everyday.. but without going much into the functional details , have you worked with any of those options ?

[Ryan-Crosby]

If you were so inclined despite the oddity of the planning system creating sales orders, then you could invoke the BAPI or utilize an OData API to create the transaction.

[SreejitD14]

@Ryan, could you share some link or documentation no how to do it using the OData API ? Do we need to go for a REST Based Webservice in CI-DS or utilize Comm arrangements ?

[Ryan-Crosby]

I think the nuance depends on whether the SAP system in question is public cloud or on prem./private cloud.

[SreejitD14]

@Ryan, not a public cloud.

[JoyD]

For the second question, https://help.sap.com/docs/cloud-integration-for-data-services/help-center-for-sap-cloud-integration-... is for the reference about Rest WS datastore in CI-DS

[Mauro_Rivas]

Thank you Joy, can I use an ODATA API URL as a REST datstore in CI DS?

[JoyD]

It's not the standard usage. ODATA API should be used in ODATA Adapter. REST WS datastore should be configured with connect to a REST Web Service