Downloading Data to the IPC (SAP Library - Vehicle Management System (IS-A-VMS))

Downloading Data to the IPC

Use

VMS performs all configuration and pricing activities in the Internet Pricing and Configurator (IPC). The IPC is a separate application that uses its own database. The database is created by a download from the SAP DI system. You have to download the data to the Internet Pricing and Configurator (IPC) after you have created the IPC-relevant data.

You can find further information under Creating a Knowledge-Base Object for the SCE (note: the Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) is the predecessor of the IPC).

Prerequisites

You have correctly installed the IPC data loader.

You have created and assigned all the master data relevant to configuration that you need for VMS, in other words, material master records, classes, characteristic groups, characteristics, variant conditions, configuration profiles and object dependencies.

Procedure

For each vehicle model/material, create a knowledge-base object (transaction CU31).
Enter the following: name, description and the status released.

The knowledge-base object groups together all the master data relevant to configuration and pricing for a vehicle model/material. It is used to transfer this data as a complete entity to the IPC database.

Create a knowledge-base profile for this knowledge-base object by choosing Profiles.
Enter a name and a description.

Maintain the basic data for the knowledge-base profile.
Enter the key for the vehicle model for which you want to transfer the data to the IPC in the field Material.

Create a runtime version (transaction CU34).
Enter the following data: knowledge-base object, version number (you can enter your own number here), status released, plant and BOM application.
If you use actions in your object dependencies, select the field for including the actions.
Then choose

to generate.

Result

The runtime version is downloaded to the IPC server within minutes or seconds and then the data is available to you there.

You must create a new runtime version each time a change is made to the material master records, characteristic groups, characteristics etc. and then download it to the IPC server so that the updated data is available in the IPC.