Is there a way to store SRM attachments in ECC records management?

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

We would like to store attachments from SRM into ECC records management. Is there a way to do this? We do not want to have to maintain records management in two systems but would like to use the ECC records management to help us with the retention of the documents. It would also allow the users one point of entry to see the documents.

We would also like to store the documents into different content servers. Is this possible even if we cannot store the document in ECC records management? Currently the attachments are using BBFILESYS as the category. Is there a way to change this depending on the document type or some other criteria?

Thanks for your help

Mike

[Former Member]

Hi MIke,

We have the same requirement unfortunately SAP does not allow you to send attachments for ECS POs to the backend since SRM is the system of record and the backend only receives a copy of the PO. We had to write a Z program that runs every 15 minutes to scan for ECS POs and checks to see if the attachments exist on the backend. If not the program uses function module META_ATTACHMENT_CREATE to add the attachment.

Regards,

Nancy

[Former Member]

Thanks for you answer Nancy. Did you have a way to handle the retention of these documents in the systems? Will you be deleting it from ECC and SRM using a custom program.

Thanks

Mike