Transport Master Data

In this IMG activity, you choose the master data that you want to transport to the target system. The master data objects are dependent on the controlling area.

The R/3 System places the selected objects in a transport request. You can then transport the data to the target system using the transport functions.

You can transport the following objects:

• Profit centers

• Standard hierarchy

• Time-based fields

• Profit center groups

• Substitutions for sales orders

Recommendation

Always transport the following objects together to avoid inconsistencies in the target system:

• Profit centers and the standard hierarchy

• Profit centers and profit center groups

The standard hierarchy and the profit center groups represent logical sets of profit centers. Transporting these sets separately could lead to inconsistencies if the corresponding profit centers (master data) do not exist or are incorrect in the target system.

1. If you have transported profit centers, restart the matchcode data in the target system so that the transported master data can be displayed using the "Possible entries" function.

Activities

1. Decide which data you want to transport.

2. Select the controlling area.

3. Place the data in a transport request using the function "Include in request", or remove it using "Remove from request".

You can only remove data from a transport request if the corresponding task has not yet been released to the transport request.

1. You can analyze all the settings in Profit Center Accounting using the function "Analysis" in Customizing for EC-PCA. This makes it possible for you to check the master data for consistency.

2. Using the function Sales order substitution, you can transport the assignment of substitution rule to controlling area which applies for Profit Center Accounting.

You transport the substitution rule itself using the function Transport substitutions.

To delete a profit center in the source and target systems, first create the corresponding transport request. Then delete the affected profit center in the source system. Only then should you release the transport request.