Transfer of Article Master Data (Retail) to the R/3 System 

Retail article master data is transferred by Application Link Enabling (ALE) and not with the data transfer workbench. For more information, see the SAP library documentation LO SAP Retail Articles: Transfer and Distribution of Master Data.

Object Profile

Object Name and Identification

Name of application object

Article master

Name of business object

BUS1001001

Data transfer workbench object and subobject number

None

Change document for object

MAT_FULL

Long texts for object

MATERIAL (Texts at client level: Basic data text, inspection text, purchase order text)
MVKE (Text at distribution chain level: Sales text)

Data category

Master data

Number assignment

External only
Note: Internal number assignment is possible by calling the BAPI BAPI_MATERIAL_GETINTNUMBERRET (single and generic articles) or BAPI_MATERIAL_GETVARNUMBERS (variants).

Field for number in legacy system

MARA-BISMT

Transactions

Create

MM41

Change

MM42

Display

MM43

Flag for deletion (article discontinuation)

WSE1 (at client level) and WSE4 (at site level)

Cancel deletion flags

WSE8

Archive

MM71

Reports/Programs

Reports for analyzing the data transferred

None

Deletion program for mass data

Possible only by discontinuation

Tables/Databases

Relevant tables

MARA, MAW1, MAKT, MARC, MARD, MBEW, MLGN, MLGT, MVKE, WLK2, MLAN, MARM, MPOP, MPGD, MEAN, MALG, MAMT, MLEA, MVER, MAPR, PROP, PROW, STXH, STXL

Tablespace

PSAPSTABD (Data)
PSAPSTABI (Index)

Logical databases

None

Customizing

IMG activities influencing data transfer
  • Make Global Settings (Transaction OMT0)
  • Maintain Field Selection for Data Screens (Transaction OMS9)
  • Define Attributes of Material Types (Transaction OMS2)
  • General Control, Retail Master Data (to define general reference sites) (Transaction WSS1)
  • Distribution Chain Control (to define distribution-chain-specific reference stores)

Point in Time and Order

Time of transfer

Article master records can be transferred to the R/3 System at any time.

Dependencies regarding other data

Before article master records are transferred to the R/3 System, the following basic data should already exist:

  • Company codes
  • Sites
  • Other organizational levels for which article master data is to be transferred
  • Material types
  • Units of measure

Notes

44410

Implementing customer-specific fields (primarily relevant to the material master for industry but also relevant in part to the article master for retail)

127905

Composite note with tips on improving the runtime

141242

Composite note with tips on improving the runtime in data transfer

BAPI Information

Business object method

CLONE

Message type

ARTMAS

IDoc type

ARTMAS02

Workflow for error handling

Yes

Test indicator

No

Mass update

No

User exits

Yes, for transferring data for customer-defined fields (Enhancement MGV00003)

Program for generating test data

Yes

Constraints and specific notes

See the SAP library documentation LO SAP Retail Articles: Transfer and Distribution of Master Data.