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Maintain Substitution Rules for Collective Processing

In this IMG activity you define rules used to substitute order master data during automatic collective processing.

You create substitution rules using the FI-SL validation/substitution functions. Each rule consists of one or more steps, each comprising two main components:

The precondition is defined using
Boolean statements . The relevant values are only be substituted if this precondition is met.
Contains the values that the system transfers into the relevant fields if the prerequisites are met.

Example

All internal orders assigned to business area 0001 and responsible cost center 2000 are to be reassigned to cost center 3000.

Instead of changing each order individually, you can define a substitution rule and start it as a function in automatic collective processing:

<AUFK> $GSBER = '0001' AND
<AUFK> $KOSTV = '2000'
Field Constant value
Responsible CCtr 3000
Key:
Name of the table containing the allowed substitution fields. For internal orders, you can use the fields of the order master (AUFK table).
Technical names of the fields "Business area" and "Responsible cost center".
Operator "Equal to".
Selection values. Always use single inverted commas.
Boolean operator (conjunction) if both individual statements must be true for the combined statement to be true.
Field for which the substitution is to be made.
Value entered in the appropriate field if the prerequisites are met.
For a complete list of Boolean operators, please refer to the online documentation for the "Boolean statement" field.

Activities

1. Enter the name of the substitution rule to be processed into the corresponding field:
2. Enter a short description of your rule in the appropriate field and create a new step using "Insert entry".
The SAP System displays the "Substitution Fields" dialog box.
a) Choose one or more fields for which values are to be substituted.
In our example, we choose the field "Responsible cost center" (KOSTV).
b) Choose "Continue".
3. Enter the Boolean statements under "Precondition". You can call up a list of the available fields using "Fields for Boolean statements".
You can also include existing Boolean rules in your new rule ("Rule list").
4. Specify the value to be substituted (in the example "3000") under "Constant value".
You can define further fields and values to be substituted if the prerequisite is met using "Insert entry".
For more information on the structure and syntax of Boolean rules, refer to the online field documentation.

Note on transport

You can transport substitution rules manually. To do this, choose "Substitution -> Transport".

Further notes

For additional information on this topic, refer to "FI-GLX Validations and Substitutions".