Changes to Master Data

[Former Member]

Hi All

Which are the things need to be considered while choosing between following two options to transfer the changes to the master data from R/3 to APO.

1.Transfer of Data Changes Using ALE Change Pointers

2. Online Transfer Using Business Transfer Events (BTEs)

Rather what are the pros and cons of above two methods?

Regards

Pravin

[Former Member]

Hi Praveen,

Both are Different ,

if u use ALE, it changes periodicaly,

in BTE , it transfer immediately if business transaction executed.

If your changes iun master data frequent then you should use it BTE.

if your changes in master data does not have more impact immediatly then use ALE.

and you have another option no changes transfer to APO.

you can set this by using transaction CFC9.

Hope this help you.

[Former Member]

Hi Pravin,

1) When you are using change pointers for master data transfer, some defined frequency to be set for integration model generation jobs. You need to ensure that the change pointers are transferred and updated to the target system for all relevant planning elements either manually or through by setting up background jobs in system (c5 transaction). If change pointers did not update properly, system performance will get affected. For the elements, where change is not required, those entities has to be deleted by deleting the change pointer entries corresponding to that.

2) In BTE, you create areas with the same naming conventions. These guarantee that the same names are used for master data, and also their synchronization in distributed system landscapes.

Here we determine the assignment to a business system group of the APO System and the SAP R/3 System to be connected.

Regards

R. Senthil Mareeswaran.