SAP QM BAPI : Main BAPI in SAP Quality Management

SAP QM BAPI : Main BAPI in SAP Quality Management.
This post will list the important SAP Standard BAPI used in SAP QM with the function of each BAPI.

The SAP QM BAPI is classified by Quality Management Topics including SAP QM BAPI for Quality Notification, Inspection Plan, Master Replication ALE and Inspection Lot QM BAPI.

The Most Used SAP QM BAPI

Before starting list the SAP Quality Management BAPI. Let’s answer this question:

What’s the most used BAPI in SAP QM ?

It covers the main business topics in SAP Quality Management including QM Characteristics, QM Inspection Lot BAPI, QM Task, Quality Notification BAPI in SAP QM …

Here the common BAPI to know when dealing with SAP Quality Management:

Next step will be listing the SAP QM BAPI classified by Topics or Business Objects.

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SAP QM BAPI for Quality Notification

Here the main list of SAP BAPI for Quality Notification.

Learn more about SAP Maintenance Notification Overview.

SAP BAPI for QM Inspection Plan

What’s Inspection Plan in SAP QM ?

Inspection plans help you to describe how a quality inspection of one or several materials is to take place. In the inspection plan, you define the sequence of inspection operations and the range of specifications available for inspecting inspection characteristics. (source)

List of main SAP BAPI Inspection Plan

QM Inspection Plan important BAPI are:

BAPI_INSPECTIONPLAN_CREATE

You must enter a value for the following attributes to ensure the consistency of the header data:

• TASK_LIST_USAGE
• PLANT
• TASK_LIST_STATUS
• TASK_MEASURE_UNIT (unit of measure)

You can only specify a task list group (attributes TASK_LIST_GROUP and GROUP_COUNTER) with external number assignment. For internal number assignment, the task list group and the group counter are automatically determined during processing. (Source: SAP SE37 Info)

SAP BAPI for QM Master Replication ALE

Replication of QM Master Inspection characteristics, QM Code Groups and Inspection Methods are based on the following BAPI:

Standard BAPI for QM Inspection Point, Lot and Operation

When dealing in ABAP code with QM Inspection Point, Lot or Inspection Operation use the following QM BAPI:

BAPI_INSPOPER_RECORDRESULTS

The standard BAPI BAPI_INSPOPER_RECORDRESULTS is used for Confirm Inspection Results.
Here a sample of Implementation of this Inspection Results BAPI.

CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_INSPOPER_RECORDRESULTS'
  EXPORTING
    insplot        = pa_insp
    inspoper       = pa_inso
    insppointdata  = l_inspoint
  IMPORTING
    return         = return
  TABLES
    sample_results = l_sample_results_new
    returntable    = l_return.

For the full ABAP Code Source, check this Sample Code BAPI_INSPOPER_RECORDRESULTS.

Actually in Tx-Code QE11 we can fill input for result in inspection characteristic, this program provides us to fill result inspection characteristic based on an inspection lot, operation code and inspection point which we can fill inspection point.

• Automatically fill Evaluation (Reject or Accept) depend on our value.
• We can fill whatever inspection point (depend on your case).

QM BAPI for Inspection Lot

This section regroups some of important QM BAPI covering inspection lots:

source: Standard BAPI for QM module

Function Modules for Quality Level

In bonus, here the list of Function quality level’s BAPI in SAP QM.
These BAPI/ FM are easily identified by QDQV* name’s pattern.

• QDQV_COMPUTE_DELETE_DATE
• QDQV_COMPUTE_RESET_DATE
• QDQV_INITIALIZE
• QDQV_INSP_STAGE_CHANGE_CHECK
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_CALL_FM_POST
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_CANCEL_CHAR
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_CANCEL_HEAD
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_CHAR_DEL
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_DB_READ
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_DELETE
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_LOT_CANCEL
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_LOT_DELETE
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_PT_CANCEL
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_PT_INS
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_PT_READ_ONLY
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_PT_UPD_W_INDEX
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_RESET
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_TIGHTEN
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_UD_CHAR
• QDQV_Q_LEVEL_UD_HEAD