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 Logging Deactivated Material Master Data

Use

If you no longer need a material in an SCM system (because this material is already flagged for deletion in SAP ERP or is no longer to be planned in the SCM system, for example), you can deactivate the integration model containing the material. In this case, the corresponding product in the SCM system is no longer supplied with changes from SAP ERP. However, the product still exists in the SCM system and can also be used by planning.

Using the logging function for deactivated material masters, you can have the system log the materials that are no longer contained in an active integration model but which still exist on the SAP SCM side.

In a second step, you can use program RCIFMTDE to execute a complete data transfer of the deactivated material masters to the SCM system. During this transfer, the procurement type for these products in the SCM system is automatically set to External Procurement Planning . These products are then no longer used by Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS). For more information, see SAP Note 364287.

You can then definitively delete these products that are no longer relevant to planning.

Activities

  • In the CIF menu, choose Start of the navigation path Integration Model Next navigation step Activate. End of the navigation path Select the integration model whose materials you no longer need in the SCM system. Set the Log Deactivated Material Masters indicator for this integration model. Deactivate the integration model containing the materials that you no longer need in the SCM system.

  • The system logs the deactivated material masters.

  • Use program RCIFMTDE to completely transfer the deactivated material masters to the SCM system.

  • The system automatically sets the procurement type for these products to P ( External Procurement Planning ).PP/DS does not take into account products with this procurement type.

  • If you want to definitively delete these products in the SCM system, you can set the deletion flag for them and then delete them.

    Note Note

    If you want to delete a large number of such products at once, you can also set the deletion flag for products with procurement type P via mass maintenance. To do this, in mass maintenance, choose the attribute Procurement (BESKZ) and the value P as the selection criteria for the object type Product . Enter the attribute Deletion Flag (LVORM) for these products.

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