Populate partner number(not in all cases) from return IDOC.

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I have a requirement where I need to populate partner number from return IDOC to the delivery document. The partner number will not be necessarily have a master data in SAP.Example: I will get a forwarding agent number which will not have a master data created in R/3, but still SAP should allow me to save the delivery with the number that I put in the delivery header-partners with appropriate partner funtion defined by us. Ideally my IDOC will carry any number which I need to populate under header partners in the delivery with out getting any error message saying "No master record exists for XXXXXX". Please provide your expert opinion.

Regards,

Emaya

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Emaya,

You cannot save a Partner Function with a Partner Number that doesn't already exist in SAP. Therefore you either need to have the partner(s) created in SAP, or find somewhere else to store the data. There are a few free-format fields in LIKP that may suit your purpose, alternatively you could extend the iDoc & table LIKP to incorporate a new field.LIKP-LIFEX is a good candidate if you're not using it already, or of course there's always a text field.

Cheers, Paul.