Interface SRS_PDC_GM_STRUCTURE 

Use

This provides PDC units with information on the assortment list structure.

RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_STRUCTURE is used as an RFC outbound interface. The module is called up and provided with data by program R_SRS_PDC_ASSORT_STRUCT_OUT.

Integration

Article data is transferred by RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_MATDATA to the PDC units for goods receipt processing. The article data is then grouped together. The type of grouping is determined by RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_STRUCTURE.

If you are using a connector to transfer data, there are specially developed help programs that use field FILE_NAME to generate files in XML format.  All the file names that were created by RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_MATDATA are included in table GROUP.  RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_MATDATA issues one file for each row in the table GROUP.

You can find a precise description of the data structure of the interface in SAP’s Interface Repository (http://ifr.sap.com).

Prerequisites

You must have either a full or a mixed version of the assortment list to use RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_STRUCTURE.

To be able to use the module, you have to define an RFC destination in the ERP system that is assigned to your target system.  The target system may be a connector or another non-SAP system (for example, a PDC server). You must maintain partner and port profiles for the RFC destination.

You make settings in Customizing for the assortment list profile to group the article data. This is controlled in the assortment list profile by the field Sorting Procedure. The article data is grouped in two- or three-level hierarchies depending on the sorting procedure. The highest hierarchy level is always the assortment list type. All assortment list types and their names are transferred to table HEAD. Table GROUP provides information on groupings under the assortment list types. Field ASSORTLIST_TYPE links tables HEAD and GROUP. The groupings described in table GROUP can be combined (for example, into departments) – again depending on the sorting procedure – and describe the one to two hierarchy levels below the assortment list type.

The following sorting procedures are available:

1: Assortment list type, department, layout area

2: Assortment list type, layout area

3: Assortment list type, vendor, vendor subrange

4: Assortment list type, vendor, merchandise category

5: Assortment list type, department, merchandise category

6: Assortment list type, merchandise category

9: Assortment list type, others (user exit)

For sorting procedure 4, article data is grouped according to vendors as well as being cumulated according to merchandise categories.

Features

RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_STRUCTURE prepares data for grouping assortment lists.

Every assortment list group with a unique key can be identified by the field GROUP_KEY.

A name is assigned to the group in the field GROUP_TEXT depending on the sorting procedure. This name is derived from the assortment list type and from additional group-specific field contents. The name is used as a group description that is displayed on the PDC unit.

The data which you are provided with by RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_OUTBOUND may be too comprehensive for you to process it efficiently on the PDC unit. For this reason, RFC module SRS_PDC_GM_STRUCTURE provides you with information about all the existing assortment list groups in your store. This way you can save all your store-specific information relating to the assortment list structure on the PDC unit and the user can only access article data on assortment list groups that are required for their work.

In outbound processing, any errors that occur are logged in the application log (transaction SLG1) under object W_SRS and subobject PDC_STRUCT.

Activities

Interface SRS_PDC_GM_STRUCTURE is executed using program R_SRS_PDC_ASSORT_STRUCT_OUT. After it has been called up for the first time to provide the interface with information on the assortment list structure, the program is only called when changes have taken place in the assortment list structure.