Mandatory parameters for BAPI_GOODSMVT_CREATE call? - abap

Question

After hours on hours of googling, I fail to find the solution to my problem.
Goal
Create a simple Excel application to post "return delivery" for multiple material documents in SAP.
My assumption is that I would need to utilize the BAPI "BAPI_GOODSMVT_CREATE".
Firstly I initiate the SAP Logon Prompt:
'------'
'Logon to SAP
'------'
Dim sapConn As Object ' Declare variant
Set sapConn = CreateObject("SAP.Functions") ' Create ActiveX object
With sapConn.Connection
.Destination = "somehost"
.ApplicationServer = "someserver.com"
.Client = "someclient"
.User = "someuser"
.Password = "somepassword"
.SystemNumber = "somesystem"
End With
If sapConn.Connection.Logon(1, False) <> True Then 'Try Logon
MsgBox "Cannot Log on to SAP"
End If
Then I define the function
'------'
'Define function
'------'
Dim objRfcFunc As Object
Set objRfcFunc = sapConn.Add("BAPI_GOODSMVT_CREATE")
Now, here is where it all stops. I've used this method to run other BAPI's by populating it through worksheet-iteration (looking at cell values).
Lastly (at the end of the function) I do the error handling:
If objRfcFunc.Call = False Then
MsgBox "Call failure" + objRfcFunc.Exception
End If
What I truly fail to understand, is which fields are the minimum required in order to execute the BAPI?
What BAPI field sto I need to populate?
If I do it manually in SAP through MIGO transaction, I require:
Material Document and Material Document Year.
Function I selected are "Return Delivery" -> "Material Document".
Obviously I lack some code to fill the data, but I simply do not know where to start out.
I've worked through this post, without any luck.
Any help or pointers to the right direction are greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

for a specific material document number (or multiple, if possible)
Not possible. BAPI_GOODSMVT_CREATE documentation denotes this in first lines that You can only create one material document each time you call up the method.
You should use GM_CODE 01 for goods movement 122 (return delivery), and the BAPI docu lists following mandatory fields for this GM_CODE:
Purchase order
Purchase order item
Movement type
Movement indicator
Quantity in unit of entry
ISO code unit of measurement for unit of entry or
quantity proposal
For known PO:
The following fields may have to be populated (this is not a complete list):
- Reason for movement (if set up in the system)
- Batch (if the material is handled in batches and no automatic batch assignment has been set up)
- Storage location (if no storage location us specified in the purchase order item)
The following fields can be populated (this is not a complete list):
- Item text
- Unloading point
- Delivery completed indicator
The following fields must not be populated (this is not a complete list):
- Reservation
- Receiving/issuing material
- Receiving/issuing plant
- Receiving/issuing storage location
It's all depends on the PO known/unknown and whether it should be created or not. Just RTFM.
The absolute minimum fields to be filled:
**Header**
DOC_DATE = 20050513 | Document date in document BLDAT
REF_DOC_NO = 345060A| Reference document number XBLNR
PR_UNAME = JOHNDOE | User name UNAME
GM_CODE = 01 | Assign code to transaction for BAPI goods movement
**Item**
MOVE_TYPE = 122 | Movement type (inventory management)
VENDOR = 1008056 | Vendor’s account number
ENTRY_QNT = 1.00 | Quantity in unit of entry
ENTRY_UOM = EA | Unit of entry
PO_NUMBER = ASA99834| Purchase order number
PO_ITEM = 00001 | Item Number of Purchasing Document
MVT_IND = B | Goods movement for purchase order Movement indicator