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Function documentation Delta Layout Modules Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

As stores generally stock thousands of articles, assigning layout modules and assortments to stores, and creating the corresponding listing conditions in the system can be very resource-intensive. In addition, changing individual store layout modules involves a lot of work that, in many cases, could actually be avoided. Using delta layout modules, you can simplify this process significantly, in particular for stores whose assortments may be very similar, if not identical.

A delta layout module is a kind of "exception" module. Creating a delta module like this allows you to include additional articles in a layout module version or remove articles from it. Delta layout modules are not standalone modules. They must always be used with a layout module version. Delta modules can therefore be considered to be “modifiers” for layout modules. They are typically assigned to those sites which have the fewest differences from the standard assortment.

Example

The following figure explains the procedure in which a delta module is created and then assigned to a specific layout module version. This procedure is used here, for example, to replace a CD player with a radio. You can include as many changes in a delta module as you wish, and the number of articles added and removed in a delta module need not be the same.

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Integration

You create delta modules in the SAP Retail Space Management interface. In the posting BAPI, you can then specify the sites to which these delta modules are to be assigned. You can create several delta modules for a layout module version (the version indicating a time frame for which the layout module is valid), but can only assign one delta module to a site. For example, you can therefore create delta module 1 for layout module A, version 0000, and delta module 2 for layout module A, version 0000. However, you cannot assign both delta modules to site A.

In the Layout Workbench, you can create and fill delta modules in the same way.

Prerequisites

You can only create layout modules variants using the SAP Retail Space Management interface.

 

See also:

Structure linkSAP Retail Space Management Interface

 

 

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