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Procedure documentationMerge Master Data of Active Version with Inactive Version

 

You have created a planning version and have used it to simulate planning runs. You have changed the master data attributes of this planning version until you have reached an optimal planning run. Now you wish to adopt the master data attributes of this planning version in the active planning version. You do not have to change the relevant master data attributes in the active planning version individually - this function provides the option of doing so on a collective basis.

As standard, the system merges all version-dependent attributes of the master data object location product. You can also select the following master data objects for merging:

  • Location

  • Transportation lane

  • Quota arrangement

The system also only merges the version-dependent attributes for these master data objects.

Caution Caution

Note that making mass-changes to the active planning version can have major implications for the planning. You should therefore use this function with the greatest care.

End of the caution.

Recommendation Recommendation

To improve performance and achieve a better overview, we recommend that you work with template planning versions that only affect the master objects that are relevant to the planner in question in each case. You should have created these template planning versions manually, that is, without a planning version copy. With this approach, the changes transferred back to the active planning version are minimized.

End of the recommendation.

Procedure

To use profiles to specify which master data fields you want the system to overwrite, you must activate the SCM-APO-SPP, Service Parts Planning 1 (SCM_APO_SPP_GEN_1) business function. For more information, see SCM-APO-SPP, Service Parts Planning 1.

  1. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Application-Specific Master Data Next navigation step Service Parts Planning (SPP) Next navigation step Merge Master Data of Inactive Version with Active Version End of the navigation path.

  2. Enter the planning version you wish to use as a source version.

  3. Enter the planning version you wish to use as a target version.

  4. You can also specify specific products and locations whose master data you want the system to merge.

  5. You can also choose additional master data objects (for example, location, transportation lane, quota arrangement) whose version-dependent attributes you want the system to merge.

  6. You can create profiles for selecting master data fields you want the system to overwrite. To do so, choose the Maintain Profile pushbutton. You can create profiles for product fields, location fields, and transportation lane fields.

  7. Enter the profile you created in the field that is relevant for its type (for example, the profile for location fields in the Location Fields field).

  8. Choose Merge Versions.

Result

The system adopts the version-dependent master data attributes of your template planning version in the active planning version. Master data attributes for which there are no parameters in the template planning version remain unchanged in the active planning version. Version-independent master data attributes and transaction data attributes likewise remain unchanged.

If you entered profiles in the Product Fields, Location Fields, and Transportation Lane Fields fields, the system overwrites in the target profile only the fields you selected in the profiles.