Attributes Master Data
The attributes for the location master data are used to provide additional information about the location.
Demand Data Foundation (DDF) uses an inbound interface (function module/DMF/MDIF_ATTRASSGN_INBOUND
) to receive the attributes for the location master data through a Remote Function Call (RFC). For more information, see the function module documentation (transaction SE37
).
Integration
DDF receives the attributes for the location master data from a non-SAP application.
Prerequisites
You have ensured that the prerequisites described in the Inbound Interfaces For Remote Function Call (RFC) Communication section have been fulfilled.
You have configured the business week in Customizing under
Cross-Application Components
Demand Data Foundation
Basic Settings
Define Business Week
.
You have defined the organizational data in Customizing under
Cross-Application Components
Demand Data Foundation
Basic Settings
Organizational Data
.You have assigned the attribute to the
Location Business Object
field in Customizing forMaintain Attributes
under Cross-Application Components
Demand Data Foundation
Data Maintenance
Attributes
Maintain Attributes
.
Features
The inbound interface receives the
Create
,Update
, andDelete
actions for the attribute assignment.
The inbound interface receives different attribute types, such as
Text
orList
.
The inbound interface receives the association between the attribute and a business object and its value.
DDF performs various validation checks on the received data. For example, it checks that the attribute types and attribute values have been defined in Customizing.