The inventory master data represents the inventory information for a specific product in a specific location at a specific time.
Demand Data Foundation (DDF) uses an inbound interface (function module /DMF/OPIF_INVENTORY_INBOUND
) to receive the inventory master data through a Remote Function Call (RFC).
DDF can receive the inventory master data from an SAP ERP application (transaction DRFOUT
) or a non-SAP application.
You have ensured that the DDF is configured.
If you want to save historical inventory information, select the Save Historical Inventory
option in the Define Historical Inventory Information
Customizing activity under . For more information, see the Customizing activity documentation in your system (transaction SPRO).
The inbound interface does the following:
Receives the Create
and Update
actions for the inventory data.
The historical inventory data is accumulated in Demand Data Foundation (DDF) when a new record is updated for the stock overview for a given product location. Only unrestricted stock type inventory is persisted in the history table.
Saves historical inventory information.
Historical
To receive the historical inventory data as initial load in DDF, you can develop your own integration program to receive data from your external BW (SAP or non-SAP) system into DDF.