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Function documentationReplicating Customizing for Materials from SAP ERP to SAP CRM

 

Before data can be downloaded from the material master to the product master, certain Customizing information must be transferred. Once this has been performed correctly without any errors occurring, the material master records can be downloaded. The data is transferred using middleware. The Customizing information transferred determines, for example, how product IDs are stored in the product master and which product data can be created.

Note Note

Unless indicated otherwise, the information contained in this info object is relevant to the ERP material master for industries and to the ERP article master for retail. Retail users are requested to substitute:

  • Article for material

  • Merchandise category for material group

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Features

The Customizing download for materials involves the three middleware objects DNL_CUST_PROD0, DNL_CUST_PROD1, and DNL_CUST_PROD3. The following information is transferred:

  • DNL_CUST_PROD0 (storage form of material numbers in sending system)

    Information for converting the ERP material number to the product ID.

    This specifies whether the material number is stored lexicographically in SAP ERP and the length of the product ID in the ERP database.

  • DNL_CUST_PROD1 (material types, material groups, and product hierarchy)

    See Replicating Product Hierarchies from SAP ERP to SAP CRM.

  • DNL_CUST_PROD3 (material statuses in sales and distribution)

    The Customizing settings for the material status are replicated to SAP CRM, enabling the material status to be mapped during the product download.

Activities

  1. Using transaction R3AS, transfer the three middleware objects for the class CUSTOMIZING.

  2. On the Product Hierarchy page, check whether the corresponding hierarchies have been created in SAP CRM.

  3. Check in Customizing for Cross-Application Components whether the storage form (lexicographical or not) is correct for the material number transferred, by choosing Start of the navigation path SAP Product Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Define Output Format and Storage Format of Product IDs End of the navigation path.