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The steps used for External List Management in SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI) are very similar to those in SAP CRM. However, there are some functional differences, which are explained below.

Features

  • Mapping

    In the SAP business partner structure, you use the mapping format 0ELM_I to convert the data transferred from SAP NetWeaver BI into SAP CRM. The mapping format ID is coded in the implementation of the Business Add-In Define Set Up of Field List for BW Data (CRM_MKTLIST_BW_FIELD).

    In SAP CRM, if you have enhanced structures where the data from the address list is stored until business partners are created and if you have defined an implementation of the BAdI (CRM_MKTLIST_BW_FIELD) you must define a mapping format. This mapping format must cover the enhanced structure in SAP CRM. For more information, refer to the documentation for DataSource 0ELM_GUID_I_ATTR.

  • Data structure in SAP NetWeaver BI

    There are some differences between the data structures in SAP NetWeaver BI and SAP CRM. The field for the correspondence languages exists only in the CRM structure. Additionally, the standard structure in SAP NetWeaver BI has fields for only one address, that is, street, city, and postal code. The default implementation of the BAdI maps the address data to the correct CRM fields depending on the type of data, whether it is Business-to-Business (B2B) or Business-to-Customer (B2C) data.

    If you have enhanced the standard structure, you must define your own BAdI implementation. You must also create your own mapping format. You can copy the SAP standard format 0ELM_I.

  • Maintenance of basic data

    When you transfer address list entries from SAP NetWeaver BI to SAP CRM, the address list basic data is also available in SAP CRM. You can maintain the basic data and the long text of the list using the interface provided in SAP CRM. The modified data is extracted to SAP NetWeaver BI during the next extraction run.

  • Combination of several files in one address list

    Unlike in SAP CRM, you can combine several address list files to make one address list in SAP NetWeaver BI.

  • Deletion

    If an address list is created in SAP NetWeaver BI and then transferred to SAP CRM during segmentation, this address list is also available in SAP CRM. If you have transferred data between SAP NetWeaver BI and SAP CRM, you must delete the address lists in both systems. SAP recommends that you delete the address list in SAP CRM first and then in SAP NetWeaver BI.

  • Creation of business partners

    The address list entries from SAP NetWeaver BI are only created as business partners in SAP CRM if they have been selected and created as target group members during segmentation. For this reason, unlike in CRM lists, all members of an external list are not automatically created as business partners.