High- Level Specification

Functional Overview

1. Business Requirement

To ensure robust and stable integration between Sales & Distribution (SD) and Transportation Management (TM), the business requires control over changes to the Shipping Condition once Transportation planning has commenced.

When a Freight Unit (FU) has already been planned and assigned to a Freight Order or Freight Booking, changing the Shipping Condition—specifically from Ocean to Air—creates a mismatch between the sales document and the transportation execution. This can result in automatic de-assignment of the Freight Unit, leading to disruption of downstream logistics processes, replanning efforts, and potential delivery delays.

This WRICEF introduces controlled validation logic to prevent Shipping Condition changes from Ocean to Air when the related Freight Unit is already planned, while still allowing flexibility for other mode changes where operationally valid.

The solution supports:

• Protection of TM planning integrity

• Prevention of Freight Unit de-assignment

• Consistent SD–TM integration behavior

• Controlled flexibility based on Freight Unit planning status

Scope and Objectives

This WRICEF covers a targeted enhancement applicable to:

• Sales Orders (Document Category C)

• Change processing only

The enhancement applies at sales order header level, evaluated against item-level Freight Unit planning status, and is enforced during Save in the SAP Fiori application.

Applications in Scope

• SAP Fiori

  • Manage Sales Orders – Version 2

    • Change Sales Orders

Why Standard SAP Is Not Sufficient

SAP standard does not include a validation mechanism to:

• Check Freight Unit planning status in TM when a Shipping Condition is changed in Sales Orders

• Prevent mode-of-transport mismatches once a Freight Unit is Planned or Partially Planned

• Distinguish between allowed and disallowed Shipping Condition changes based on TM execution status

Without such validation:

• Users can change the Shipping Condition from Ocean to Air after TM planning has occurred

• Freight Units may be automatically de-assigned due to transport mode inconsistencies

• Freight Orders or Freight Bookings can be disrupted or invalidated

• Downstream logistics processes require manual correction and replanning

Limited Control in SAP Fiori Sales Order Processing

In the Manage Sales Orders – Version 2 Fiori app:

• Shipping Condition changes are allowed without awareness of TM planning status

• No standard error handling exists to block incompatible changes at Save

• Users receive no immediate feedback on the impact of changes to TM execution

The scope of this enhancement is depicted in process step Maintain item details below. For the full Signavio, please go to 02.04.02.01. Manage Standard Sales Order

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Assumptions

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Dependencies

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Security, Integrity and Controls

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- Custom Tables, enhancement, transaction codes, programs, Web Dynpro Application, Code Data Services (CDS), Open Data Protocol (OData), BI reports, and Functional Modules need to have at least one authority check either standard or custom. (custom should be an exception)

- All custom tables will be maintained in a certain Authorization Group (example: ZFIN, etc.)

- In the case of transaction codes an additional check other than the object S_TCODE is required. You can use SU24 to find the related authorization objects to check.

All other WRICEFs

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Special Requirements

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Design Rationale

Functional Requirements

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Proposed Technology to Use

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Data Source Considerations

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Data Validation Considerations

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Custom Tables

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Configuration Table

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Selection Screen Enhancement

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Processing Logic

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Performance Considerations

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Error Handling

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Testing

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Appendix

Custom Authorization Group Naming Convention

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See also

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