The transaction open interface process can be used to interface different

transactions to do onhand conversions from legacy systems,and other

transactions like subinventory transfer , account alias issue / receipts etc.. The
transactions could involve Lot and /or serial controlled items and LPN related
transactions if the items are packed in LPNs (ie. if the customer is using
Warehouse Management System [WMS]).

In this note we will give examples of some basic transactions that can be
performed through the transaction open interface. The 3 main tables that we will
concentrate on are:

MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE, MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_INTERFACE and

MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS_INTERFACE.

Once you have set up the Inventory Concurrent Manager you can launch the
Inventory Transactions Manager (INCTCM) through the Interface Managers
Window which reads records from the MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE table,
validates them and moves the successful transactions onto the
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP table, and submits the Transaction workers
(sub-processes - INCTCW) which then processes these records through inventory.
This process consists of data derivation, validation, and transfer of records from
the MTL_TRANSCTIONS_INTERFACE,
MTL_TRANSACTIONS_LOTS_INTERFACE and MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS_INTERFACE
tables
into their respective TEMP (temporary) tables from where the transactions
processor processes them.

The MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE table is the key table through which

transactions can be submitted.
The 3 main columns that needs to be set for the transaction processor to process
the records are:
LOCK_FLAG = 2
PROCESS_FLAG = 1
TRANSACTION_MODE = 3