Integration of Approved Manufacturer Parts List with CIF

If you, as a customer, use an SAP ERP back-end system, you can transfer an approved manufacturer parts list (AMPL) that you have created in SAP ERP to SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) using the Core Interface (CIF).

Prerequisites

You are using enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 or higher.
In your SAP ERP system you have made the following settings:
- You have activated the LOG_MM_OM_1 business function
- You have created an integration model with your SAP SNC system as the logical system

Features

Initial Transfer of Data

To transfer AMPL data from SAP ERP to SAP SNC, you include the AMPL entries for the relevant materials or plant in an integration model. To do this, in the integration model, you select the AMPL checkbox. When you activate the integration model, the data from the AMPL is sent to SAP SNC and the AMPL table there is updated. You can also repeat the initial data transfer if the integration model is deactivated in the meantime.

Change Transfer Using Change Pointers

You can use ALE change pointers to log changes to AMPL master data. They can then be transferred using the program RCPTRAN4 (transaction CFP1) without reactivating the integration model.

For the change transfer, the system always transfers the complete AMPL list and not just the changed fields.SAP SNC, only overwrites those entries that have the same AMPL record number as the AMPL record number transferred from SAP ERP.

Deactivating AMPL Entries

You can select the Deletion checkbox for an entry in the AMPL in SAP ERP and transfer the AMPL again to SAP SNC. SAP SNC will then select the Inactive checkbox for the entry in the AMPL.

In SAP SNC, you can manually select the Inactive checkbox in the AMPL list.

Maintaining Master Data Entries in Separate Systems

You can maintain AMPL data in SAP ERP and transfer this data (and changes) to SAP SNC. If you transfer the AMPL from SAP ERP, you can still manually edit it in SAP SNC (see Master Data and Settings for MPN). If you manually edit an AMPL and then update the AMPL using CIF, SAP SNC protects against your manual entries being overwritten. The system checks the AMPL number for each entry sent by SAP ERP and only updates the corresponding entries in SAP SNC that have the same AMPL number. Manually entered and manually updated entries do not contain an AMPL number and are not overwritten.

Note Note

Any changes you make to the AMPL in the SAP SNC system will not be sent back to the SAP ERP system.

End of the note.

Mapping of Data

The following table provides an overview of the data that is transferred from SAP ERP and how it corresponds to the AMPL data in SAP SNC:

Data from SAP ERP	Data in SAP SNC
Plant	Customer location
Inventory-managed material number	Product
AMPL record number	AMPL record number
Manufacturer	Manufacturer
Manufacturer part number	Manufacturer part number
Date as of which MPN can be procured	Date as of which MPN can be procured
Date to which MPN can be procured	Date to which MPN can be procured
Blocked checkbox	Inactive checkbox
Deleted checkbox	Inactive checkbox

Changing AMPL Data During CIF Transfer

You can manually change the AMPL data during CIF integration, in SAP ERP and in SAP SNC. We provide the following Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for this purpose:

CIF_ENHANCE_AMPL
You use this BAdI in your SAP ERP system to edit AMPL data before you send it to SAP SNC.
/SCA/CIF_BADI_AMPL
You use this BAdI in SAP SNC to edit AMPL data received from SAP ERP.

More Information

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