Copying Specification Data 

Use

This procedure describes how you copy the data of a source specification to one or more target specifications. You have the following options:

·        You can select one or more target specifications in the hit list and copy the data of a source specification to the selected target specifications.

·        You can copy the data of a source specification from the header data of a target specification.

In a similar manner to inheritance, you use an inheritance template to specify which data (identifiers and value assignments) is to be copied. In contrast to inheritance, there is no further connection between the source and target specifications after copying. This means the copied data is not changed in the target specification if the corresponding data is changed in the source specification.

When copying, you can also specify whether the assignments of materials and reference specifications to the source specification are also copied to the target specification. You can only make this setting if the specification type of the target specification allows the material assignment or referencing. This means for example, if in Customizing for Basic Data and Tools a setting has been made for the specification type that material assignment is not permitted, the Materials field is then inactive.

Prerequisites

You have created the required inheritance template.

Procedure

Copying Source Specification Data from the Hit List

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       1.      Search for the target specifications to which you want to copy the data of a source specification by executing one of the following procedures:

¡        Search for specifications manually

¡        Execute a query

¡        Load a set of hits

A set of specifications appears in the form of a hit list if the SAP system finds data records matching the search criteria of the manual search or query, or if the set of hits loaded contains specifications that exist in the system.

If the specifications you are searching for are not contained in the hit list or if the search result contains too many hits, you can fine-tune the hit list (see also Basic Functions in the Hit List).

       2.      Select the target specifications to which you want to copy the data of a source specification.

       3.      Choose Specification ® Copy Template.

The Edit Specification: Copy Template dialog box appears.

       4.      Enter the required data and confirm your entries.

       5.      Save your entries.

Copying Source Specification Data from the Target Specification Header Data

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       1.      Follow the procedure Creating Specifications or Editing Specifications and choose the Specification Header tab page.

       2.      Choose  with the quick info text Copy Template.

The Create Specification: Copy Template dialog box or Edit Specification: Copy Template dialog box appears.

       3.      Enter the required data and confirm your entries.

       4.      Save your entries.