Sales Order with CPD - How to deal with API A2X?

[FabienHenique]

Hello,

I have a question regarding Sales Order API and CPD (One-time customers).

In SAP standard, when we use a CPD customer in a SO, we have a mandatory popup to fill information like Postal code, City, Name...

With API Sales Order (A2X), behavior is not the same, we can create a SO without need to fill any adress details and there is nothing on the API to pass this kind of data.

How can we deal with CPD and API?

[rodrigo_guerra · Accepted solution]

Hello Fabien,

That's correct, the A2X API still does not offer the One Time Customer maintenance. This can be achieved using the A2A API. However I can already tell you that in our next Cloud release, the A2X API will start supporting the One Time Customer data, just like in A2A. Development and tests have finished some time ago and the feature should be available with the release CE 2202.

But as always, please refer to our Business Documentation in the following links:

A2X: https://api.sap.com/api/API_SALES_ORDER_SRV/overview
A2A: https://api.sap.com/api/SALESORDERBULKREQUEST_IN/overview

Best regards,
Rodrigo

[FabienHenique · Accepted solution]

Thanks rodrigo.guerra for this information!

CPD process is really important in our solution (side by side application) and we have a go live in January.

Do you know if it's possible to be an early adopter and to have this feature before release CE 2202 in our S/4HC system?

[rodrigo_guerra]

Hello Fabien,

I believe it is currently not possible to make this feature availble before CE 2202, unfortunately. The problem is that this is not a separated / stand-alone development and since many core parts of the API had to go through changes, it's also not possible to simply deliver it due to all dependencies. Also a downport to current or previous releases is not foreseen.

Best regards,
Rodrigo

[KatjaWa]

Hi,

since we tried to use this API with one time customers more than 2 years later now, there is still no support for one time customers. Is this correct? Is there are workaround? We need that functionality since this is the main process at our customer.

Thanks and best regards

Katja