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Function documentationLive Rates Pertinent Master Data Changes

 

You use the report Live Rates Pertinent Master Data Changes (RCRM_FM_LRTP_PMDC) to update the planning combinations of account hierarchy node and product category or product for all live rates planning elements of a live rates plan if you make changes to the product hierarchy after you have created the live rates planning elements.

Note Note

When the system creates new planning combinations of account hierarchy node and product category or product, the key figure values for these new combinations are set to zero.

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Prerequisites

You have activated the business function Claims and Funds Management (CRM_CF_1).

You have completed the activities in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Trade Promotion Management Next navigation step Live Rates End of the navigation path.

You have extracted your product hierarchies, product categories, products, and product texts from SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) to SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW).

Your live rates plan has the status of In Planning or Approved and the live rates planning elements have the status In High-Level Planning, In Detailed Planning, or Completed Planning.

Features

Caution Caution

Run this report for all live rates plans before you run the report Update Territory Relationships (CRM_TERRMAN_PROC_REL).

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You can successfully incorporate the following product or product category changes into the planning of your live rates planning elements:

  • Assign a product category to a product

  • Remove a product category from a product

  • Assign a sales category to a product

  • Remove a sales category from a product

  • Archive a product

    You cannot delete a product. You can only remove them by using the archiving process.

  • Delete a product category

    You can only delete a product category if there are no products associated to it.

Note Note

If there are errors during the previous processing of the report, you must rerun the report.

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Activities

You define the selection criteria and schedule the report Live Rates Pertinent Master Data Changes (RCRM_FM_LRTP_PMDC) to run as a background job from Start of the navigation path Funds Management Next navigation step Jobs End of the navigation path or from the Job Scheduler (SM36). For more information about the selection criteria, see the report documentation in the Job Scheduler (SM36). For more information about scheduling background jobs, see Background Processing.

More Information

Change Management for Live Rates

Master Data Setup for Live Rates

Product Hierarchies

Live Rates

For more information on updating territory relationships, see Customizing for Customer Relationship Management under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Territory Management Next navigation step Update Territory Relationships End of the navigation path.