SPL check?

[Former Member]

Hi,

Is there a way that when we create a vendor master record and at the time of saving it checks against the SPL and then blocks if the vendor is in the spl list.

I know at the time of po/so the check of business partners is done but can we have this done prior to that ie when creating a vendor master?

Do we require a custom enhancement for this to happen?

Please help me!!

Shruthi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Shruthi,

What Sameer is referring to is the standard process for turning on change pointers for transferring vendors to GTS (see GTS implementation guide). As Sameer mentions you have to run a job for the business partners to actually transfer for screening. So, in a word, the process for screening vendors is asynchronous, not synchronous. There is no need for this to be any different, though, because the process works as follows:

- typically you do not create large numbers of vendors in your Production system every day. EVen if you do, you would not typically create PRs or POs the same day the vendor is created. So, you would almost always have enough time to transfer the vendor master to GTS via a batch job and screen it against the SPL list.

- even if you want to create a PO immediately after the vendor has been created the SPL screening process will not be skipped. In this case the PO would transfer to GTS immediately but would be in status "incomplete" in GTS if the vendor master batch job has not yet run. You would only be able to process the PO further after you have transferred the new vendor (manually via the plugin transaction or automatically via the job) and if it has passed the SPL check.

Why doesn't GTS screen vendors immediately when you try to save them in SAP and give you an error message if the vendor is on an SPL? Because this would potentially create waste in your business process. Imagine, for example, that a large company is on an SPL list temporarily because it has committed an export infriction and its export license has been revoked temporarily. You may still want to do business with this company once they get their export license back. For this reason, GTS lets you enter all business partners in ECC and the check on whether this business partner is temporarily or permanently blocked is done in GTS based on the latest SPL lists. That way you enter (or try to enter) the vendor in ECC only once.

If you don't like this process, then there is always the manual option that you can make part of your business process: before new vendors are created in ECC, the vendor master processor must go into GTS and run the SPL simulation for the vendor's address. Only if the vendor passes that check should the user go into ECC and create the vendor master...

Sascha

[former_member58030]

Hi Shrithi,

Master data and documents can be checked either synchronously or insynchronously

In Synchronous check: the BP address of the relevent partner functions in every posting transactions are immediately compared with the SPL master records.

The system does not always carry out a complete comparrison of the BP with all SPL master records. The system only checks the status of the BP (blocked or not blocked) and ALSO compares the partner address that are changed in the feeder system document with the SP lists

Prarit

[Former Member]

Hi Shurthi,

In order to get your Vendor Screened at the time of their creation you have to activate the meesage type.

1. Activate message type /SAPSLL/CREMAS_SLL using

Tcode BD50.

2. Use Transaction BD53 to activate the change pointer for the corresponding reduced message /SAPSLL/CREMAS_SLL Here for corresponding reduced message type we can select the required fields.

When ever changes happnes or master dat agets created

corresponding change pointer gets updated for message type /sapsll/cremas_sll in table BDCP and BDCPS ( Change Pointer Table ).

In order to get this changes sent across to GTS you have to

set background job for the Program RBDMIDOC for the messge type /SAPSLL/CREMAS_SLL ( Vendor).

Hope this helps.

Kind Regards,

Sameer

[Former Member]

Thanks Sameer!! I will try..

[Former Member]

Hi Shruthi,

I am not sure about any custom development to do SPL screening for business partners when they are saved. But once saved you can do the asynchronous screening for business partners in GTS. The asynchronous process is particularly advantageous for companies with large numbers of newly created or changed business partner addresses. You can also change the status as per requirement.

Regards

Vivek