Making Delivery Note Mandatory in

MIGO when Goods Receipt is Done

Against Purchase Order

Applies to:
Business users in purchasing function who are responsible for carrying out goods receipt against purchasing
documents.

Summary
This article provides a methodical approach to ensure that SAP system captures the delivery note number
for the goods received against purchasing document only. Standard feature in SAP configuration can ensure
that delivery note number is mandatory but it does not differentiate between goods receipts from purchase
orders and production orders.
Author:

Rahul G Asai

Company: IBM
Created on: 25 April 2011

Author Bio
The author works with IBM as a logistics consultant. He brings with him rich experience in
logistics modules of SAP for close to 4 years and domain experience of 2 years. He is an
engineer and later pursued his MBA in Information Technology from VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur.
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Table of Contents
Business Requirements Specifications .............................................................................................................. 3
Scope of Standard SAP Configuration ............................................................................................................... 3
Use of BADI to make Delivery Note mandatory ................................................................................................. 4
Logic to be provided to ABAP Team ............................................................................................................... 4
Steps & Screenshots to be followed ............................................................................................................... 5
ABAP Code to be used in Mode_Set .......................................................................................................................... 6
ABAP Code to be used in Status_And_Header .......................................................................................................... 8

Test Case.......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 13

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Business Requirements Specifications

Change in standard SAP is required when goods receipt against purchase order is done. It is required by
business that Delivery Note should be entered when goods receipt is done against purchase order in MIGO
transaction.

Scope of Standard SAP Configuration

It is possible in standard SAP configuration to make this delivery note field mandatory in MIGO using field
selection as indicated below. This enables delivery note as a required field in MIGO, but this also enables
this field mandatory in MB31 i.e. goods receipt for production orders. Objective is to make the delivery note
mandatory only in MIGO when goods are received against purchasing document.
2 Standard SAP configurations to make delivery note mandatory isSAP Customizing Implementation Guide -> Materials Management -> Inventory Management and Physical
Inventory -> Field Selection for Goods Movements Initial/Header Screens

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SAP Customizing Implementation Guide -> Materials Management -> Inventory Management and Physical
Inventory -> Settings for Enjoy Transactions -> Settings for Goods Movements (MIGO) -> Field Selection for
MIGO

Use of BADI to make Delivery Note mandatory

To make "Delivery Note" field GOHEAD-LFSNR, mandatory when selection is "Goods Receipt"
against "Purchase Order".
BADI to be used is MB_MIGO_BADI
Logic to be provided to ABAP Team
Select Method MODE_SET
IF I_ACTION = A01 &
I_REFDOC = "R01"
Make LFSNR mandatory
Where
LFSNR = GOHEAD-LFSNR &
GOHEAD = Method STATUS_AND_HEADER-GOHEAD

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Steps & Screenshots to be followed

Transaction Code:
SE18
BADI:
MB_MIGO_BADI
Go to SE18 Transaction code, select the radio button BADI and put in the BADI MB_MIGO_BADI
and execute. You will be directed to below screen.
Select interface tab as indicated below, you will see the Methods available in the BADI. Select
method Mode_Set.

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Here, you can see that there are two parameters, namely Action and Reference Documents as indicated
below. Corresponding indicators for them areAction:

Goods Receipt selection in MIGO, if it is A01

Reference Document:

Purchase Order in MIGO, if it is R01

Here, ABAP code will check if in MIGO transaction, if the user has made the selection of GR and PO.
These inputs of users will be stored in the Memory ID of the ABAP code and will be transferred to another
method of the BADI which will make the Delivery Note mandatory.

ABAP Code to be used in Mode_Set

method IF_EX_MB_MIGO_BADI~MODE_SET.
CALL FUNCTION 'ZMM_MIGO'
EXPORTING
i_action

= i_action

i_refdoc

= i_refdoc.

endmethod.

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Come back the interface screen again. Select Status_And_Header method to land up at Delivery Note field.

Select GOHEAD below to arrive at Delivery Note.

ABAP programme will check if the selection in MIGO is GR against PO and this input will be transferred to
the method Status_And_Header through a memory ID.

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In above case, delivery note filed LFSNR will be made mandatory as indicated below.

ABAP Code to be used in Status_And_Header

METHOD if_ex_mb_migo_badi~status_and_header.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs> TYPE ANY,
<fs1> TYPE ANY,
<fs2> TYPE ANY.
DATA : v_ebeln TYPE ebeln.
IF is_gohead-lifnr IS NOT INITIAL.
ASSIGN ('(SAPLZMM_MIGO)V_ACTION') TO <fs>.
IF sy-subrc IS INITIAL.
ASSIGN ('(SAPLZMM_MIGO)V_REFDOC') TO <fs1>.
IF sy-subrc IS INITIAL.
IF <fs> EQ 'A01' AND <fs1> EQ 'R01'.
IF is_gohead-lfsnr IS INITIAL.
MESSAGE i178(zpall) DISPLAY LIKE 'E' .
CALL TRANSACTION 'MIGO' .
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.

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ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
Note: An error message is set as per business requirement. This is indicated in the Test Case in subsequent section.

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Test Case
Goods receipt against purchase order is selected in MIGO transaction. PO number is entered in
the MIGO screen. Delivery Note is kept blank initially.

On pressing enter, this BADI gets called and as there is no data in the Delivery Note, it throws an error
message-

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Again on Enter strike, PO number needs to be input. This time, delivery note data is input and it is executed.

This will populate the data from PO. Now, normal processing of GR against PO starts.
All mandatory fields like storage location, batch etc. are entered. Item is checked as indicated below-

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On successful check, GR is posted. Material document is posted.

Material document is displayed below with input delivery note.

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