Import: Process (SAP Library - Product Safety (EHS-SAF))

Import: Process

Purpose

This process describes the import of sources, phrases, substances, properties trees and report templates.

Prerequisites

In R/3

In Customizing for Product Safety, you must specify the settings in the Interfaces section.

You must have the required authorizations and the corresponding write authorization.

In an external environment

The transfer file must be in ASCII format, in ISO Latin 1. The system in which the data originates (external environment), must be able to make the data available correspondingly. The external environment can also be an R/3 System.

Importing data from a non-R/3 System

To create the transfer file for importing data from a non-R/3 external system, proceed as follows:

Determine the relevant table fields for each transfer file.

Procedure

Identifying Relevant Fields

You write the transfer file with regard to the following guidlines:

Procedure

Specifying the Sequence of the External Data Structure

See also:

Abbreviations and Syntax Rules

Structure of Programming Lines

Importing data from a R/3 System

To exchange data between two R/3 Systems, you must first export the data. The R/3 System then creates the transfer file automatically. You can use this fie to import the data.

Process flow

Copy the transfer file that you have generated yourself or by exporting the data, to a directory on your PC.

To copy the transfer file from your PC directory to the application server, choose Data transfer ® Upload file from the Product Safety screen.

To avoid problems with carriage return and carriage linefeed, please ensure that your operating system can read the file format correctly.

The data is imported for each transfer file in turn. Proceed as follows:

Carry out File check (pre-import). If the R/3 System finds errors, you can use the Download file function to load the transfer file to a directory on your PC, correct them in a ASCII editor and then upload them again.
Carry out data import. This runs as a background job.

	More information		Procedure
	Importing Phrases		Importing Phrases
	Source Import		Importing Sources
	Importing Substances		Importing Substances
	Properties Tree Import		Importing Properties Trees
	Report Template Import		Importing Report Templates