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Define Internal Confirmation CategoriesIn this step, you assign an external confirmation category to each internal confirmation category.On the basis of this assignment, the system is able to recognize which confirmation category represents order acknowledgments and which one represents shipping notifications, for example.Internal confirmation categories control:Message processing when a confirmation is received via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)Transactions for the manual creation of inbound deliveries and rough GRsThree internal confirmation categories are supplied in the standard system:Category 1Reflects the business process in which order acknowledgments are usedCategory 2Reflects the business process in which the shipping notification/inbound delivery is usedCategory 3Reflects the business process in which the rough goods receipt is usedYou can assign an external confirmation category of your choice to each internal confirmation category. On the basis of this assignment, the system recognizes which confirmation category is used when order acknowledgments are received and which one is used when shipping notifications are received. This enables purchasing documents to be automatically updated with data from the relevant confirmations.ExampleYou have assigned the internal confirmation category 2 (shipping notification/inbound delivery) to the external confirmation category LA (shipping notification). When an EDI message with the internal confirmation category 2 is received, the system recognizes that this is a shipping notification. It creates an inbound delivery and updates the confirmed quantities and dates in the confirmation overview of the purchasing document.ActivitiesAssign an external confirmation category to the internal confirmation categories.NoteWhen you assign an external confirmation category to an internal confirmation category, the system recognizes which confirmation category is to be used when an order acknowledgment is received via EDI, for