Data Consistency in Material Master Maintenance 

Use

This function enables you to perform a check on data consistency. To guarantee data consistency in cases of full interchangeability, some of the part data has to be identical for all the parts in one FFF class.

Prerequisites

In tables MARA or MARC in the material master, you have defined the fields that have to contain identical data in Customizing in the List of Common Fields. You maintain this list in Customizing by choosing Logistics ‑ General ® Interchangeability of Parts ® Determine Common Fields for Interchangeable Parts. You can define whether each field is included in the check.

Features

Automatic Consistency Check

When assigning parts to an FFF class, the system checks the added parts and writes inconsistencies to an error log.

In Customizing, you can set the message category (Error or Warning) for the inconsistency in the error log. If the error log contains only warnings, you can save the assignment of the part to the FFF class.

You set the message category in Customizing by choosing Logistics – General ® Interchangeability of Parts ® Change Characteristics of System Messages.

Field Synchronization

The system can copy the common data from a reference part to another part belonging to the same FFF class.

If you carry out the field synchronization in test mode without changes to the database, the log displays the possible inconsistencies between interchangeable parts in an FFF class.

The system copies the content of plant-specific fields in the reference part to the same plant, providing you also create the target part in this plant.

The system does not create new material master views for the target part. It copies the field content only if the corresponding view to which this field belongs has already been created in the master data of the target part.

Activities

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       1.      From the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Logistics ® Central Functions ® Engineering ® Interchangeability of Parts ® Synchronization of Interchangeable Parts.

       2.      Enter a reference material.

       3.      Choose Program ® Execute.