JD Edwards EnterpriseOne - Any way to include Branch Plant in processInventoryItem Business Service

Question

I am working on an integration from a software product to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, and we would like to create items that would later be used on Sales Orders. The issue arises when attempting to create a sales order with an item that was created via the business service (web service), it requires the item to be added to a branch/plant.

There is no field on the processInventoryItem request message to set the branch plant for the newly created item -- is there any way to do this via the API and not need to custom-build a new business service which includes it?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

You could use processInventoryItemV2 to create the Item Branch after Item Master creation.

According to docs:

The processInventoryItemV2 operation is a version of the processInventoryItem web service operation. This web service operation is used to add, update, and delete branch plant item records along with country of origin required indicator. This version executes the processInventoryItem (J4100003) web service operation.

Answer 2

I would like to highlight a relevant issue and work around implemented, which my be of help.

We have a business requirement where a manufacturing plant sends a new product to a branch plant which is not handling the product hitherto.

We worked around by creating an overnight scheduler which creates item branch record for the receiving B/P for the new item.