Copying BOM Variants 

Use

You can use this report to copy variant BOMs without long text from an external system to the SAP system. The first variant must already exist in the SAP system. You cannot copy simple BOMs with this report. You should copy simple BOMs with report RCSBI010.

Prerequisites

Before you can start this report, you must have extracted the BOM data to be copied from the source system and written it to a sequential file. To be able to do this, you need to implement a program in the source system that compiles the data in the prescribed format and creates the file.

You must define a logical name for the sequential file in Customizing. This name is the reference to the physical file name. You can maintain the logical name when you start the report by calling online help (F1) on the logical file name field.

The format for the BOM data in the sequential file is as follows:

·        Record type 0: one session record (structure BGR00) per session

The session header contains general administrative data on the batch input session to be created. All records that follow the header in the sequential file are assigned to the current session, until the next header occurs in the file.

·        Record type 1: one header record (structure BICSK) for each variant BOM

The BOM header record contains the transaction code (for example, CS01 Create material BOM) and the header data.

Structure BICSK contains two material number fields:

¡        BICSK-MATNR: material number of the variant BOM to be copied

¡        BICSK-VMTNR: material number of the BOM that already exists in the SAP system

and that the new BOM should be created as a variant of. You define the BOM category in field BICSK-TCODE in structure BICSK. The BOM category determines the transaction to be called.

You can enter the following values in this field:

¡        CV11 for document structures

The data for the document structure that exists in the SAP system must be contained in fields BICSK-VDKNR, BICSK-VDKAR, BICSK-VDKTL and BICSK-VDKVR.

¡        IB01 for equipment BOMs

The equipment number for the equipment BOM that exists in the SAP system must be contained in field BICSK-VEQNR.

¡        CS01 for material BOMs

The material number for the material BOM that exists in the SAP system must be contained in field BICSK-VMTNR.

¡        IB11 for functional location BOMs

The number of the functional location for the functional location BOM that exists in the SAP system must be contained in field BICSK-VTPNR.

·        Record type 2: one item record (structure BICSP) per item

All BOM item records are assigned to the preceding BOM header, until the next BOM header or session header occurs in the sequential file.

·        Record type 3: one sub-item record (structure BICSU) per sub-item

All BOM sub-item records are assigned to the preceding BOM item, until the next item header, BOM header, or session header occurs in the sequential file.

Procedure

Refer to: Reference for Procedure