XML Export of Catalog Variants

This function enables you to export catalog variants in an XML file from SAP CRM to other systems, for example, to a business partner's system. The export is carried out using export profiles which you create for each business partner.

Prerequisites

You have activated your product catalog, variant, areas, and items
You have created multimedia profiles in Customizing for Customer Relationship Management Master Data Product Catalog Define Multimedia Profiles for XML Export .
If you want to export your catalog using SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (XI), you have installed and configured XI to work with your CRM Web Channel application, SAP CRM, and your file system. For more information on configuring the applications with CRM Web Channel, see the configuration documentation for the product catalog in SAP Solution Manager.
You have created a share folder for saving the XML file containing the catalog data (for example a subfolder \export_crm). This folder must be created on the server where the system is running. You need write access to this folder.

Features

Export Profiles

The export is carried out using export profiles which you create for each business partner. The profile determines how the export is carried out and what information the business partner receives. You can create as many export profiles as you like, and set one to standard, so that it is automatically used unless you choose otherwise. This means you can set up a default export which you would use in 95% of the time for a business partner and set this to default, but also create other exports profiles for the business partner for one-off cases.

You maintain the following data to create an export profile in catalog maintenance in SAP CRM:

Page	Field	Explanation	Mandatory
General Data	ID	Export profile ID	Mandatory
	Business Partner	Business partner for whom you are creating the export profile.	Mandatory
	Standard Profile	Select if you are creating various profiles for a business partner, and wish this to be the default choice.	Optional
Contents	Product Key	Used by the XML file to recognize the product. The key can be either the product ID or the product order number.	Mandatory
	Multimedia Profile	Profile containing the URL and file path where your multimedia objects are stored.	Optional
	XML Format	XML format to be used for the catalog created during export via download to a file. You can choose one of the following formats: EBP XML, SAP XML, PDA XML, xCBL XML.	Optional
Price Determination	Partner For Prices	Enables the download of customer-specific prices for products involved in the export. To download list prices select the List Price field for products in the catalog; do not enter a business partner.	Optional
	List Prices	You determine prices and pricing scales that apply to entire customer groups and are not customer-specific in condition tables. You use these condition tables to read the list prices when exporting the catalog. For more information, see Price Determination.	Optional
Data Transfer	Via XI	Enables the use of the XI exchange server for the export.	Optional
	RFC Destination	Defines the receiving system for the export.	Optional
	Mapping	Determines whether the mapping of the XML export file to the business partner system should occur in a different format. This field is necessary if you are using XI for the export.	Mandatory for XI
	Format	Defines the format for the generated catalog in the customers system. This field is necessary if you are using XI for the export. The catalog is exported to XI in the fixed XML format EBPXML. You can then choose which of the following formats XI transports the exported file to in the customer"s system: BMECAT, Requisite, or XCBL.	Mandatory for XI
	Via Download	Select if you want to download the exported catalog to a particular file.	Optional
	File name	File name to which the export is to be downloaded.	Optional

Initial and Delta Exports

Once you have created an export profile, you can export complete catalog variants of the product catalog, or restrict the XML export to selected catalog areas and products in the catalog view. You can:

Execute a complete initial export of your product catalog
Execute a full export of your product catalog, after initial export has taken place
Execute a delta export of product catalog changes
Execute the XML export in the background, or schedule it as a periodic batch job
Export multimedia objects with the product catalog or only export the product catalog texts

You can choose between list prices, that is prices and pricing scales that apply to all customers, and IPC price calculation, in which case customer-specific pricing can be used. For customer-specific pricing you need to name the relevant business partner.

You carry out the export directly from catalog maintenance in SAP CRM. You maintain the following data to intiate an export:

Page	Field	Explanation	Mandatory
XML Export	Product Catalog	Catalog containing variant to be exported.	Mandatory (Automatically filled)
	Catalog Variant	Variant to be exported.	Mandatoty
	Catalog View	View to be exported, if various views are available for the business partner in this variant.	Optional
	Business Partner	Business partner for whom the export is being carried out.	Optional
	Complete Download	Select if this is an intial download, or if you want to carry out a further complete download, once the initial download took place.	Optional
	Export With MIME Objects	Enables the export of multimedia objects. If you only want catalog texts to be exported, do not select this field.	Optional