LSMW method for transaction IW31 (Service Order)

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I am looking for a way to create multiple Service Orders using LSMW, but no Recording.

Transaction would be IW31.

Can you give some tips please?

Thank you! Walter.

[Former Member]

Hi Walter,

I have created an LSMW for service orders by using the IDoc method with Message Type = 'IORDER' and Basic Type = 'IORDER01'

Brenda

[Former Member]

Hello Brenda,

Thank you for your quick answer!

What process code did you use in the Partner Profile?

Thanx, Walter

[Former Member]

Hi Walter,

I just finished creating the LSMW and hadn't gotten around to setting up the IDoc portion. It looks like the following are available:

ABI_AIDN_IN

ED00

ED00_XML

ED08

Let me know what you find out.

Brenda

[Former Member]

Hi Brenda,

The Process Codes you mention are listed for every MessageType in WE64, so not specific for ServceOrder creation.

Nevertheless I did some tests with them, but nu succes yet. The IDoc's are not processed, but only forwarded as it looks.

Reg., Walter.

[Former Member]

Have a look at this thread:

It is stated here: "Analyzed and confirmed that these idoc types are outbound idoc types. To have them inbound, customized FM needs to be written."

Any new ideas or input?

Thank you, Walter.

[Former Member]

These notes confirm that IORDER does not have inbound processing and should not be used:

812542

424497

618733

I found a BAPI that can be used to create service orders: BAPI_ALM_ORDER_MAINTAIN

[Former Member]

Hi Brenda, thanks for the confirmation you found in the notes!

Can you tell me how to use the BAPI for mass-upload / migration? I haven't done that before, but it looks to me that we won't use LMSW for that, but tr.code SE37, right?

I found out that the BAPI you mention belongs to Business Object BUS2088A, wich cannot be selected in the first LSMW-step.

So the idea is then to write an Abap-program which reads my input-file (which contains all the data to create the service-orders) and then call the BAPI several times to create the Service-Orders one by one. Am I right, or is there a standard way to use this BAPI for mass-upload?

Thanx again, Walter.

[Former Member]

Hi Walter,

You are absolutely correct. You will need to write a program to input the data file and process the data using the BAPI. Good luck. It looks like I'll be doing the same thing.

Brenda