Procedure documentation Geocoding Using ArcView GIS Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Prerequisites

Downloading BW master data into a dBase file

Use

Using geocoding, you enhance dynamic geo-characteristics from BW master data with the geographical attributes degrees of longitude and latitude.

Procedure

Note

The following procedure is an example procedure that you can reconstruct using the demo contents. For further details on geocoding and on the ArcView functions, refer to ArcView documentation.

Note

In ArcView GIS you can execute many commands easily from the context menu. To open the context menu, mark an item and click on it with the right mouse button.
  1. Open ArcCatalog using Programs ® ArcGIS.
  2. Under Geocoding Services, double-click on the entry New Geocoding Service.
  3. In the Create New Geocoding Service window, select the entry Single Field (File) and click on OK.
  4. In the New Single Field (File) Geocoding Services window, enter the name of the service and the description, for example, Geocoding Service SoldTo. Under Reference Data, enter the path for the reference shapefile, for example, g_stat00.shp and from the Fields dropdown menu, select the most appropriate entry, in this case, SAPBWKEY. Under Output Fields, activate the control box X and Y Coordinates.

    5. In the navigation menu, the new service is displayed under Geocoding Services.

  5. Open ArcMap using Programs ® ArcGis and start the initial dialog box with a new, empty map. Click OK.
  6. In the standard toolbar, click on the This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Add Data symbol and add the corresponding dBase file, for example, SoldTo.dbf as a new table.
  7. Click with the right mouse button in the main tree on the entry for the table that you created and choose Geocode Addresses.

    8. The window Select Geocoding Service is opened. This window displays all available services.

  8. Click on Add and, in the window Add Geocoding Service, under Search in, choose the entry Geocoding Services. Select the service that you created in step 4, in this example, Geocoding Service SoldTo, and click on Add.
  9. In the Select a Geocoding Service window, select the service again, and click OK.

    10. The Geocode Addresses window is opened.

  10. Under Address Input Fields, choose the appropriate entry, for example, 1_0D_Regio. This is the field that tallies with the reference data. Under Output Output Shapefile or Feature Class, enter the path under which the result of the geocoding is to be stored. Click OK.

    11. The data is geocoded.

  11. After you have checked the statistics in the Review/Rematch Addresses window, click Done.

Result

The dynamic geo-characteristics for your master data have now been enhanced with additional geo-information in the form of the columns X (longitude) and Y (latitude). In the ArcMap, this information is displayed by points in the right-hand section of the working area.

To check whether the result appears as you had planned, you can place the points on the relevant map. Proceed as follows:

  1. Click on the tabstrip on the symbol This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.
  2. Select the reference shapefile that you used in step 4, for example, g_stat00.shp.
  3. Click Add.

The map is displayed in the work area in a layer beneath the points.