Reg:Input node & Output node & APO Programming

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

Can anyone please breif me what are input and output nodes in APO.

P.S : Can we retrieve data in SAP APO from tables the same way we do in R/3 or we need to use BAPI's or FM's.

Request you please share some gyan on  APO Programming basics.Yeah there couple of blogs,artciles and other websites on APO Programming,but most of them discuss on high level programming - or just mention FM's for business scenario's.

Thanks in adv.

KRali.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Please check this link; https://www.consolut.com/en/s/sap-ides-access/d/s/doc/J-$SAPAPO$OM_IO

and http://scn.sap.com/thread/3681548

Hope that can help you.

Thanks.

Regards, Marius

[former_member187488]

Hi,

Basically, input and output nodes indicates requirement and receipt element for the same order.
For example you have an STR from location A to location B, then you'll have the same order (same order number) in both location A and location B in product view (/sapapo/rrp3), but in location A the quantity is negative while in location B the quantity is positive. The order also have different order categories in the 2 locations. In liveCache, the order is saved separated for location A and location B, they're input and output nodes for this same STR.
If you use SAP standard BAPIs to retrieve orders (like BAPI  BAPI_POSRVAPS_GETLIST3), you'll get both input and output nodes for the orders, then you can make a comparison.

Best Regards,
Ada