How can we delete locations & products in SAP APO?

[former_member379943]

Hi

Can any one answer following queries

a)How can we delete locations & products in SAP APO?

b)Is it possible to change location type once we CIF location master from ECC to APO?

Thanks

Poorna

[thamizhchelvan_gunasekara]

Hi,

To change the location type in APO use the program /SAPAPO/CHANGE_LOCTYPE.

The location type is based on the node type in ECC.

You can mark deletion flag for location and product once you deleted depended data, which can be identified through the transaction WUF.

BR

Thamizh

[ravi_malpani]

Hi Poorna,

Please follow below steps to delete Product-Location combinations in APO:

1. In ECC, deactivate Integration model for Transaction data and master data of the Products and locations to be deleted from APO.

2. Check where used list from transaction WUF and delete dependent transaction data and Master data from APO. You may use /sapapo/rlcdelete and /sapapo/sdorder_del.

Also delete dependent Master data objects like CVC, PPM, Transportation lane, PDS etc. from APO

Ensure deletion of transaction data in all existing versions in the 000 Model.

3. Set the deletion flag for Product / Product-Location combination using transaction /sapapo/mat1

4. Once the transaction data & related master data is deleted and deletion flag is set, it is possible to delete the location-products by running the report /sapapo/delete_products

To delete Locations from APO:
Follow same steps as above. In cases of deletion of Locations, all products in that location should be deleted using the Product-Location deletion flag optionJust change the report in step 4. For locations, use report /sapapo/delete_locations

To answer your other question on change in location type, I think it is not possible to change once you CIF location master to APO.

Regards,
Ravi

[Former Member]

Hi Poorna,

The location type cannot be changes once it is CIFed to APO. And infact the location type depends on how it is created in ECC, like Plant,  Customer, Vendor etc.

But incase of Plant and DC in APO, you can change the location type in "node type assignment" in SPRO in ECC and ReCIF to APO (between loc types 1001 and 1002)

All other location tpes cannot be changed.

Regards,

Raghu