Creating Sales Orders with Billing Plans and Delivery Dates via API

[Rtimmers]

While working on an integration to create sales orders in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, I came across two relevant OData APIs provided by SAP:

• OData V4: CE_SALESORDER_0001

• OData V2: API_SALES_ORDER_SRV

I encountered some unexpected limitations and I am hoping you could help me with a best practice approach. 

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The Problem

Goal:

• Create a Sales Order via API

• Include a billing plan on item level

• Include the requested delivery date on item level

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What I Found

V2 – API_SALES_ORDER_SRV

• Supports billing plan at item level 

• Does not support Requested Delivery Date at item level directly in the item payload 

  • Strangely enough, the “Create Sales Order” Fiori app does let you enter requested delivery dates per item manually

  • You can only set it via a second call to the schedule line entity (to_ItemScheduleLine)

V4 – CE_SALESORDER_0001

• No support for billing plans 

• Does support Requested Delivery Date per item

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The Workaround I’m Using

Since I want both the billing plan and requested delivery date, I’m forced to:

1. Use V2 API to create the Sales Order with Billing Plan.

2. Make a second API call to /A_SalesOrderItemScheduleLine to update the RequestedDeliveryDate.

My Questions

• Why is OData V4, a newer version, missing such key functionality like billing plans?
• Is there a reason why requested delivery date is not available directly in the item payload in V2?
• Are there other options or best practices to handle this more efficiently?
• Is there a roadmap for V2? Or will changes only apply for newer versions?

[Lakshmipathi]

Check whether you need to implement the code corrections as recommended in SAP note 3432687

[Rtimmers]

Thank you for your reply. Since this is an SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud system, the code corrections mentioned in SAP Note 3432687 do not apply, as custom code changes are not possible in this environment.