on 07-22-2009 3:47 PM
Hi Guys,
We have made a client copy of the back-end system of SRM (SRM 5.0). Only the back-end and not SRM has been copied.
After replication all the master- and customizing data again to SRM from the 'new' back-end I have found an issue with updating the suppliers.
It seems that I can not remove old business partners from SRM with BUPA_TEST_DELETE if these are used already in SC's. However the new copy of the back-end system has completely different suppliers we need to use in SRM. This causes for an inconsistency with the supplier numbers, as we want to keep the R/3 numbers in SRM.
Does anyone has a good idea how to proceed? That is, how can I remove the business partners (suppliers) in SRM which were used before the client copy of R/3, so that I will be able to completely get all the relevant 'new' vendors from the R/3 system after the client copy.
When I execute BUPA_TEST_DELETE it will end up in error saying the suppliers can not be removed. Do I need to archive all the old documents (SC & PO) before I can remove all vendors in SRM, or is there a way to force the removal of all the business partners from before the back-end client copy?
Thx.
Skander
Hello Skander,
When copy client is done in a SRM landscape, it is recommended to make copy for R/3 system and SRM system to avoid issues you mentioned.
Due to your single copy, you have also to align for exemple purchasing document number ranges in SRM regarding those in R/3.
I think you will loose more time to solve all gaps between both environments that also copy your SRM system.
Regards.
Laurent.
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Hi Laurant,
Yes I know, a SRM copy would have been better and easier. But the client only wanted to make a copy of the R/3 environments (Dev & Qas). The documentnumbers are updated easily. They use the classic scenario, so I just updated the internal nb ranges for Reservation and RQ in SRM with the highest number found in the back-end for those documents.
Everything seems to be working, only issue left are the businesspartner inconsistency. Productgroups and products can be removed and replicated easy without a problem, something like this should be possible for the suppliers in SRM also, I guess?.... Becasue it concerns the dev and qas environments in principle we do not need the old business docuents (only SC's) anymore. So is there a dirty way to remove/clear the business parner tables and filling them again with BBPGETVD
Kind Regards,
Skander
Hi,
I already figured out how to solve the issue.
For anyone who wants to know how to:
-First clear the vendor groups in the vendor hierarchy; do not renove the root node
-Then run BBPGETVD which will get you the new vendors from the back-end; for me only role LF for suppliers.
-Then run BBPUPDVD which will update all the fields for the old business partner numbers in SRM which were used in documents, and replicated from the old back-end system.
In my case I had to play a litlebit with the setting 'only creditors', to update BP numbers which were not suppliers in the new back-end.
After performing these steps everything should be fine.
So it's perfectly possible to make a client copy of only the back-end system without copying SRM (in the classic scenario that is).
Rgds,
Skander
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