Master Data Preparation (SAP Library

Master Data Preparation

You have the following options for preparing master data:

Manual selection
Evaluating change messages
Creating a full version (initialization)

Manual selection

To prepare master data manually, proceed as follows:

On the Direct Request for POS Outbound screen, enter selection criteria for the stores for which you wish to prepare data.

In the Data to be transferred subscreen, select those fields for which you wish to prepare data (for example, article data or EAN/UPC references).

By defining selection criteria (for example, articles, EAN/UPC or merchandise categories), you can specify that the system should only prepare data for certain articles. If you do not restrict the preparation, the system prepares the data for all articles in the selected stores.

Choose Program ® Execute.

A list of the IDocs created is displayed.

Change messages and full versions

If you want to prepare master data or create a full version via change messages, proceed as follows:

Choose Distributed retailing ® POS interface and then

Outbound ® POS data ® Change message if the system is to prepare change messages.

In the Control check box, you can select parallel processing. This is recommended if a large number of recipients (for example, hundreds of stores) receive assortment lists. You can enter the server group to be used.

Outbound ® POS data ® Initialization if the system is to prepare a full version.

The initial screen is displayed.

Enter the selection criteria for the relevant stores.

Choose Program ® Execute.

The system lists the IDocs that you have created.

Before you can prepare change messages, you must have successfully initialized a full version for the store concerned.