SAP Function BAPI_CUSTOMER_CHECKEXISTENCE - Check valid customer number

Parameter Reference Type Length Default Optional Text
CUSTOMERNO BAPI1007-CUSTOMER C 10 Customer number
DISTRIBUTION_CHANNEL BAPIORDERS-DISTR_CHAN C 2 Distribution channel
DIVISION BAPIORDERS-DIVISION C 2 Division
SALES_ORGANIZATION BAPIORDERS-SALES_ORG C 4 Sales organization

Parameter Reference Type Length Text
CUSTOMER_DATA KNA1 u 1826 Customer data
CUSTOMER_NUMBER_OUT BAPI1007-CUSTOMER C 10 Customer number
RETURN BAPIRETURN u 452 Return

Functionality
OBSOLETE! DO NOT USE!
The CheckExistence method in the Customer business object is obsolete.Intead you should use the ExistenceCheck. The detailed data about thecustomer that was returned to the CheckExistence method is nowavailable in the GetDetail2 method.

Description
In this structure, the return code for the function module is sentback.
Layout of structure
TYPE Message type: S Success, E Error, W Warning, I Information
CODE Message code
MESSAGE Message text
LOG_NO Application log: Log number
LOG_MSG_NO Application log: Current number of message

Value range
If no error occurs, the return parameter is blank. Otherwise, thecorresponding error messages are output with short text.