Replace Classification With User-Defined Fields (SAP Library

Replace Classification With User-Defined Fields

If you wish to use internal order summarization, you should input user-defined fields in the order master data to replace classification. Classification for internal orders is no longer being developed.

In this IMG activity, you transfer the characteristic values of an internal order from classification to the user-defined fields in the master data. You can use this transfer for internal orders (order types from category 01, 02 and 03) for which classification is active.

All of the free characteristics in a field in the CI_AUFK structure (part of the AUFK order table) are displayed during this transfer. To create user-defined fields in CI_AUFK, use the COOPA003 enhancement.

Comparison: Classification - User-Defined Fields

When you decide whether and when to convert your classification data, you should note the following:

Order summarization can be executed using user-defined fields in the order master data. Summarization using classification is not being developed any longer, and will not be supported in a later release. If you wish to use the order summary on a long term basis, you need to convert your classification data.

User-defined fields in the order master data have the same function scope as normal master data fields. (For further information see the COOPA003 enhancement documentation.) Classification characteristics have a significantly smaller function scope.

Processing classification data is not as stable as processing data from user-defined fields.

Classification has a poorer performance.

To select orders, you can go into classification and create characteristics with "abstract data types" and characteristics with more than one attribute. You cannot do this with user-defined fields in the order master. This type of field cannot be used for summarization.

Development and testing of the COOPA003 enhancement and the conversion of classification data in user-defined fields can only be carried out with programming expertise. Depending upon the complexitiy, it can take several days.

Therefore, in the following cases only, do not convert your classification data:

If you are not using your order summarization, and

The classification function scope is sufficient for your purposes, and

The conversion expense is not worth it for your purposes.

For further information, see:

COOPA003 enhancement documentation

KKRF 0002 enhancement documentation

Actions

1. Identify which characteristics you need for order classification. Decide which of these characteristics you wish to transfer to the order master data.

2. Develop and activate the COOPA003 enhancement. To do this, choose the " Develop Enhancements for Order Master Data " step. For further information, see " Important notes on the definition of field formats of user-defined fields in the CI_AUFK".

You can use the KKRF0002 enhancement, should the functions of the conversion report not suffice and you wish to structure the conversion of the characteristic attributes yourself. This makes all the characteristic attributes of the order available. You can display these in any way you wish on the CI_AUFK fields, without any kind of naming convention or formatting requirements. You can also evaluate the UDEF or ADT formats as well as several attributes for a characteristic. Likewise, you can split characteristics into several fields, group several characteristics into one field or make other format changes.

To develop the KKRF0002 enhancement, choose the " Develop enhancements for order master data" step.

1. Carry out a test conversion.

a) Create a new order type and classify some orders.

b) Choose "Convert classification data in user-defined fields". To do this, you need authorization to change orders.

c) Choose "Maintain Assignments". This enables you to specify which characteristics should be transferred to which fields in the RKOCLMIG table, according to client.

If the table does not yet have any entries, the system transfers the characteristic names as default values. Fill out the corresponding fieldnames. You do not need to enter a field name for characteristics, which you do not wish to transfer. The characteristic is thus disregarded.

Example:

You defined a free characteristic with the characteristic name "ABCD", and you transferred it to the SAP_KKR_CLASS class. You wish to transfer the field content to the "ZZEFGH" field. To do this, you transfer an "ABCD" "ZZEFGH" entry.

d) Enter an order type and restrict the processing to order number entry, if required.

e) Execute the conversion. You must not lock orders for online processing, as this terminates the program.

The system ignores locked orders during background processing, and lists them in a log.

If the conversion was successfully completed, your user-defined fields in AUFK are now filled. If this is the case, do the following:

2. Execute conversion for your productive orders in each relevant client.

a) To improve performance, have the system perform conversion in the background and do not convert all the order types at the same time.

b) Test to see whether your user-defined fields are correctly filled in the AUFK.

The conversion report does not delete the classification data. Therefore, you can use the old and the new summarization in parallel, whereby the system does not execute an automatic data adjustment.

You can start the conversion more than once, and the system overwrites the data in the CI_AUFK table each time.

c) Classification data can use up a significant amount of database capacity. If you no longer require this data, undo the "Classifcation" indicator in the order type and confirm that you wish to delete the classification data.