Distribution (SAP Library - Dangerous Goods Management (EHS-DGP))

Distribution

Purpose

The Distribution process enables you to copy data from the dangerous goods master of one R/3 System to another client or to another R/3 System.

Prerequisites

You have maintained the relevant material master records in both the source and the target system.

Environmentally-relevant data (dangerous goods indicator profile, Viscous substance indicator, In bulk/liquid indicator) must be maintained manually in the material master records in the target system.

The Customizing tables for the dangerous goods master must be maintained in the target system exactly as they are in the source system.
ALE Customizing in which you define the logical names for the source and target systems must be maintained in both the source and target systems.

To maintain ALE Customizing in the implementation guide, choose Cross-Application Components ® Distribution (ALE).

For information on setting up ALE Customizing, see Help ® R/3 library ® CA - Cross-Application Components ® Business Framework Architecture ® ALE Introduction and Overview ® Application Link Enabling. Read ALE QuickStart as an introduction.

If you use engineering change management, you must have maintained the change numbers you used for the dangerous goods master records in the target system.
Dangerous goods master records that are in processing in the target system cannot be copied.

Process flow

You start distribution by sending the dangerous goods data from the source system. You can enter selection criteria for this.

The R/3 System selects the dangerous goods data records, copies them, and fills the corresponding IDoc of type DangerousGood01. The IDoc is then sent to the target system defined in ALE Customizing.

The R/3 System distributes the dangerous goods data using the BAPI_DANGEROUSGOOD_REPLICATE and BAPI_DANGEROUSGOOD_SAVEREPMUL methods. These are stored in the Business Object Repository (business object BUS1078: dangerous goods).

In the target system, the R/3 System identifies the dangerous goods data records and overwrites the old data with the new. If data does not exist in the target system, it is newly created.

Data can be lost if you have maintained data manually in the target system since the last data distribution, and this data is not present in the source system.

In the target system, you can monitor the ingoing IDoc using IDoc monitoring.

For further information, see Help ® R/3 library ® CA - Cross Application Components ® CA The IDoc Interface.

The R/3 System writes a log for the data distribution. You can view this log in the target system.

Result

You can use the data in the R/3 component Dangerous Goods Management. You can maintain data according to the authorization you have been given.