EWM Outbound delivery - how to update a custom status value?

[Jelena_Perfiljeva]

Outbound delivery orders (/SCWM/PRDO transaction) have Status tab where different statuses are displayed. Based on the information online (Exhibit A), it appears that these statuses change value when something happens with the delivery. This is fine.

It is possible though to add a custom status profile and new custom status(es), which would be shown together with the standard ones in the same tab. This is what we have done and added a Z... status (see the screenshot below). (Tcode for custom statuses is BS02.)

Question: is it possible to set the value (e.g. active/inactive) of such custom status programmatically? We have an interface with 3rd party system where we'd like to change the status value to manage outbound delivery in a very specific scenario.

After searching Google and SAP Notes, I've found no information at all on how these custom statuses could be updated programmatically. The usual ODO update using /scdl/cl_sp_prd_out doesn't work for statuses. We can read the statuses but cannot update them: aspect /scdl/if_sp_c=>sc_asp_head_status has no update method. I'm guessing this is intentional for standard statuses, but this is a custom one, which we'd like to control. How can we do that?

[Jelena_Perfiljeva]

Additionally, I've also looked at the interface /SCDL/IF_AF_STATUS_MANAGEMENT because the name sounded promising. There is no documentation for it in SE24 but it is used in a report /SCWM/POST_PROC_DLV_SET_DOY, so I looked there for an example. The problem with this option is that it has "Activity" as a mandatory parameter and it is not relevant (or even available) in my case.

[Daniil]

Activity used in standard as status_type && status_value (ZDOBX as example) maybe it works this way

[Jelena_Perfiljeva]

@Daniil I like your thinking 🙂 but Activity is only 4 characters, so it can't be as simple as ZDOBX, alas.

[Daniil]

ah so, ok, thanks. I was to lazzy to check the customizing, but maybe it is a part of the status customizing, and maybe standard have it just customized this way, if so, you need to customize activities (business transactions) which would switch your statuses. https://community.sap.com/t5/enterprise-resource-planning-blogs-by-sap/configuring-user-status-manag...

I customized own statuses for HU in EWM, and there we switched it with FM STATUS_CHANGE_FOR_ACTIVITY or something similar.

For HU/Storage bin it is usual case, because with status you can prohibit business transactions (like deletion of the HU, or movement of the stock). And like I said if such logic not required it is easier with EEW 🙂

[Jelena_Perfiljeva]

Thanks, everyone, for the replies here, as well as on other websites. Eventually, I had to come to the conclusion that this is simply not feasible. I've tried everything mentioned here and everything "where used" or even random search could find. Spent a hellish day in debugger. But every clue was a dead-end that would just straight-up get rejected or do nothing or be a slap in the face in some other way. I suspect these statuses are just not meant to be used exactly as we envisioned.

In the end, we just ran out of time and went with the worst possible option of a direct DB update. (No my choice obvs.) I don't see an option to close the question with no answer, so will have to leave it hanging, I guess.

FYI @Daniil , thanks again!

[Ryan-Crosby]

Maybe this help page will point you to an option different from the direct DB update? https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/sewm/3354622098.html#EWMdeliverystatushandling-Howstatuses...

[Ajit_Routray]

Hi @Jelena_Perfiljeva ,

Please go through the document below...hope you are in correct software version

How to Access “Delivery – Warehouse Request” Objects in EWM in SAP S/4HANA Access Layers and APIs Including Coding Examples SAP S/4HANA 1709 and higher

https://d.dam.sap.com/a/KTtZ3az/How%20To%20Access%20Delivery%20Objects%20in%20S4H.pdf?rc=10

/SCWM/IF_API_WHR_OUTBOUND method: SET_HEADER_STATUS ( Since you are added status in header so need to change value into header status) 

"Question: is it possible to set the value (e.g. active/inactive) of such custom status programmatically? We have an interface with 3rd party system where we'd like to change the status value to manage outbound delivery in a very specific scenario.

In that link, SAP is already provided the codes with example  for EWM outbound delivery and use that method SET_HEADER_STATUS to set value activate or deactivate.

Please let us know if any questions.

Kind Regards,

Ajit

[Jelena_Perfiljeva]

@Ajit_RoutrayThanks so much for a response! Unfortunately, that method only allows to set few specific statuses.

Documentation for the method says:

"You can set the following status for an outbound delivery:

Status Type Transit Status (DOY): Values In Yard (-) and Out of Yard (X)"

Just in case that was incorrect, I did try to use it with Z... status and found that it ends in a method that checks an internal table with specific statuses and an exception is raised if the status passed is not found there. Just in case someone else runs into this, here is a screenshot from debugger showing the specific allowed statuses and the code location.

[Ajit_Routray]

@Jelena_Perfiljeva-  unfortunately there was not mention that custom status would not be add there. 

Now I see hard code -

FYI- that method has the same code which you found in the example. Parameters are action code and Status...see the below example 

Here action_control = Activity = Your Custom Status (ZDOB) 

But standard and custom works differently. 

How standard works ? :

Assume Status Type : DWA in Outbound Delivery

 

SAP Standard DWA1 -> Not Started ( if you F4 on Status Value, you would see 0,1,2,9...etc)

However in custom Status :Example Initial D1T0 - Object value => X ( set because of Initial checkbox) 

"Additionally, I've also looked at the interface /SCDL/IF_AF_STATUS_MANAGEMENT because the name sounded promising. There is no documentation for it in SE24 but it is used in a report /SCWM/POST_PROC_DLV_SET_DOY, so I looked there for an example. The problem with this option is that it has "Activity" as a mandatory parameter and it is not relevant (or even available) in my case." => Again here in custom, Status Type, Status and activity are same. In your case, Activity would be ZDOB. And I think we have set 2 values '- ' or 'X' .

Please let us know if further questions...

PS: accepted that its bit tricky 🙂

Kind Regards,

Ajit