External List Upload 
Use
This function enables data to be uploaded from the application server file to the SAP CRM database tables for External List Management (ELM).
Activities
· To execute this step, select the Upload File option and specify the error attribute and the workflow start data.
· To repeat Upload File, select the data file Basic Data tab page again, choose the Upload File option, specify the start data, and save the external list.
You cannot repeat Upload File after Business Partner Maintenance if business partners have been created.
The data created by the previously executed step is deleted.
· Errors occurring during the upload of the file into the database table are logged. These errors can be identified if the button next to Upload on the Process Steps tab page contains a red icon. Error details can be viewed by clicking this button.
On the People-Centric User Interface (PC UI), you can view the error log on the Process Steps tab page.
· The temporary application server file is created only if you select the data file from the workstation while maintaining administration data on the Basic Data tab page. After the Upload File step is successfully completed, the temporary application server file is deleted. Further processing for this external list is done using the data from the SAP CRM tables.
If you select the data file from the application server, the data is not deleted after you have uploaded the file successfully.
See also: