Data Flow 

Process Flow

The following steps are taken in the AFS - Retail interface:

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       1.      Article master data
The SAP Retail merchandise category and related data is distributed using ALE to the Customizing tables of the AFS system which enables the assignment of AFS characteristics and SAP Retail characteristics.
The following AFS-specific Customizing are needed for the assignment of:

                            a.      Grids and material groups to SAP Retail merchandise categories

                            b.      Grid characteristics to Retail variant-creating characteristics

                            c.      AFS characteristic values to Retail characteristic values

                            d.      Category fields to Retail characteristics

                            e.      Category characteristics values to Retail characteristics values

       2.      Distribution of the basic data from the AFS material master to the basic data of the Retail article master (with variants if the material is assigned to a grid). Each variant in SAP Retail has its own article master.

       3.      Translation of the AFS sales price into the SAP Retail purchase price using ALE (transmitting the info record and the conditions)

       4.      Triggering of the workflow for the listing procedure when creating a new article or a new variant.

       5.      Sending a purchase order from SAP Retail to an AFS sales order via EDI

       6.      Sending a shipping notification from the AFS system to SAP Retail via EDI

       7.      Sending an invoice from the AFS system to SAP Retail via EDI and executing the invoice verification in the Retail system

 

See also EDI and ALE Requirements