Importing Catalogs (SAP Library - CRM and Enterprise Buyer)

Importing Catalogs

Use

Using the content load workbench, system administrators can import external catalogs and map the external category and attribute structures to the internal structures. Before the data can be passed to the product workbench, the mapping of the imported product data must have.

Integration

External product catalog data or product catalogs are uploaded into the Enterprise Buyer system using an XML-based interface. The incoming XML documents are processed using the SAP Business Connector (SAP BC). Supported XML schemata are mapped to the BBP/CRM schema. The following standards are supported: BMEcat 1.01, xCBL 3.0, eCx XML 2.0. After mapping, the data is transferred via RFC (remote function call) to the Enterprise Buyer system.

Prerequisites

You have been assigned the role SAP_EC_BBP_CONTENT_MANAGER

You have defined the number ranges for materials and services using internal number assignment.

Path in the Implementation Guide (IMG): Customer Relationship Management ® Master Data ® Product ® Settings for Product Type ® Number Assignment

You have defined the standard product schemata you want to use, for example, UN/SPSC, RosettaNet or eClass.

Path in the Implementation Guide (IMG): Enterprise Buyer professional edition ® Master Data ® Content Management ® Define Standard Product Schemata.

You have specified:

Whether you want imports without errors to be transferred automatically to the product master.
Whether you want to transfer attachments to the product master
How you want to handle missing vendor and attribute mapping

Path in the Implementation Guide (IMG): Enterprise Buyer professional edition ® Master Data ® Content Management ® Make Settings for Content Import

You have specified:the product hierarchies to which you want to be able to map product categories.

Path in the Implementation Guide (IMG): Enterprise Buyer professional edition ® Master Data ® Content Management ® Define Mapping for Product Categories

You have defined whether you want products to be saved as active or inactive when a catalog load is imported.

Path in the Implementation Guide (IMG): Enterprise Buyer professional edition ® Master Data ® Content Management ® Define Product Staging Rules

Make sure that the flag in Customizing is checked that makes it possible to set products to inactive.

Path in the Implementation Guide (IMG): Customer Relationship Management ® Master Data ® Product ® Basic Settings ® Allow Inactive and Configurable Products

You have defined how you want imported schemata to be mapped to the product master.

Path in the Implementation Guide (IMG): Enterprise Buyer professional edition ® Master Data ® Content Management ® Mapping for Schemata ® Define Mapping for Imported Schemata

You have defined how you want imported categories and attributes to be mapped to the product master and specified any product categories you want to be included in a positive or negative filter.

Path in the Implementation Guide (IMG): Enterprise Buyer professional edition ® Master Data ® Content Management ® Mapping for Schemata ® Define Mapping/Filter Rules for Schemata

Features

Finding Catalog Loads

You can search for a catalog load or select a catalog load from the worklist. When searching for a catalog, you can use the following filters: Imported on, Status, Content provider, Catalog.

Displaying Catalog Loads

In the load detail area, you can display the load information for the catalog load you have selected. The load detail area is divided into the header data (Imported on, Imported by, Changed on, Changed by, Content provider, Status) and the catalog structure. The catalog structure takes the form of a hierarchy which can be expanded and compressed:

Catalog -> Categories (-> Categories) -> Products -> Vendors.

Only categories with products assigned to them are displayed. If a load error occurred (with regard to a category, product, or vendor), this is indicated by a red traffic light next to the object affected. Clicking on an object (catalog, category, product or vendor) displays the item detail in the lower part of the screen.

Displaying Item Details

Checklist	Lists mapping errors for an object that have to be corrected before the catalog can be transferred.
Reject partner	Choosing this function prevents business partner product information from being transferrred.
Update mapping	Reads mapping entered in the content load workbench and applies it to the current catalog.
Hold	Saves a catalog with status Held. When you enter the content load workbench, held catalogs are displayed in the worklist.
Reject	Saves a catalog load with status Rejected. The catalog is not transferred to the product master.
Transfer	Transfers the products from a catalog load to the product master. Before data can be transferred, any load errors must have been corrected.
XML import	You can import an external catalog manually by uploading a catalog file from your PC.