Configure Change Request Settings

Depending on your company’s requirements, you might want to adjust and enhance the change request default values.

The following information describes the minimal settings required for a standard governance process. For more information about each Customizing activity, see the relevant documentation for that Customizing activity.

Review and/or define which statuses the change requests can have, and which processing options are enabled for those statuses. Optionally, you can add new statuses to be used in the change request types defined in the next step.

For more information, see Customizing for Master Data Governance, Central Governance under Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Process Modeling Change Requests Edit Statuses of Change Requests End of the navigation path .

The following statuses are required for the SAP standard process:

Status Value	Description	Permitted Processing
00	To Be Evaluated	Change of Object List
01	To Be Considered and Approved	Change of Object List
02	Changes to Be Executed	Execution of Changes
03	To Be Revised	Change of Object List
04	Final Check to Be Performed	No Processing
05	Final Check Approved	No Processing
06	Final Check Rejected	No Processing
07	Activation Failed	No Processing
08	Approved, to Be Replicated	No Processing
09	Dependent Data to Be Processed/Approved	Execution of Changes
10	To Revise: Perform Changes	Execution of Changes
11	Process Errors After Activation	Execution of Changes
12	Approved, Contact Person to be Processed	No Processing
99	No Status Set	No Processing

Check in the Customizing that the following business activities are in your system under Master Data Governance, Central Governance General Settings Process Modeling Business Activities Create Business Activity and make sure that they are assigned to the default data model BP.
- SUP1 (Create Supplier)
- SUP2 (Process Supplier)
- SUP3 (Display Supplier)
- SUP5 (Block/Unblock Supplier)
- SUP6 (Mark Supplier for Deletion)
- BPPC (Business Partner Data Cleansing)
- BPPH (Process Business Partner Hierarchies)
- BPPL (Business Partner Initial Load)
- BPPM (Business Partner Mass Maintenance)

Create new change request types for data model BP, or validate after import using business configuration set (BC Set).

For more information, see Customizing for Master Data Governance, Central Governance under Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Process Modeling Change Requests Create Change Request Type End of the navigation path .

The following table shows the change request types for data model BP of the supplier UI. Only the relevant columns are included.

Change Request Type	Data Model	Description	Single Object	Main Entity Type	Workflow
SUPPL1P1	BP	Create Supplier	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS54300005
SUPPL2P1	BP	Process Supplier	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS54300007
SUPPL5P1	BP	Block/Unblock Supplier	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS60800059
SUPPL6P1	BP	Mark Supplier for Deletion	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS60800068
BPHP1	BP	Process Business Partner Hierarchies	No	BP_HEADER	WS60800095
BPLP1	BP	Business Partner Initial Load	No	BP_HEADER	WS72100006
BPMP1	BP	Business Partner Mass Maintenance	No	BP_HEADER	WS60800095
BPCC2	BP	Process Business Partner Cleansing Case	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS60800086

The following settings should exist in the substructures of the change request types:

Substructure of Change Request Types:

SUPPL1P1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: SUP1

SUPPL2P1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: SUP2

SUPPL5P1

Entity type: BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: SUP5

SUPPL6P1

Entity type: BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: SUP6

BPHP1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HRCHY: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_SUBHRY: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: BPPH

BPLP1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HRCHY: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_SUBHRY: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: BPPL

BPMP1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HRCHY: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_SUBHRY: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: BPPM

BPCC2

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: BPPC

Note Note

In an optional step you can specify Service Level Agreement for all the mentioned change request types.

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Note Note

ERP Vendor UI Specific Settings

If you use the ERP vendor UI, check that the following business activities are in your system:
- VLP1 (Create Supplier)
- VLP2 (Process Supplier)
- VLP3 (Display Supplier)
- VLP5 (Block/Unblock Supplier)
- VLP6 (Mark Supplier for Deletion)
- BPPH (Process Business Partner Hierarchies)
- BPPL (Business Partner Initial Load)
- BPPM (Business Partner Mass Maintenance)

The following table shows the change request types for data model BP of the ERP vendor UI. Only the relevant columns are included.

Change Request Type	Data Model	Description	Single Object	Main Entity Type	Workflow
VENDR01	BP	Create Supplier	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS54300005
VENDR02	BP	Process Supplier	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS54300007
VENDR05	BP	Block/Unblock Supplier	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS60800059
VENDR06	BP	Mark Supplier for Deletion	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS60800068
VENDL1	BP	Lean Vendor Creation	Yes	BP_HEADER	WS54300013
BPHP1	BP	Process Business Partner Hierarchies	No	BP_HEADER	WS60800095
BPLP1	BP	Business Partner Initial Load	No	BP_HEADER	WS72100006
BPMP1	BP	Business Partner Mass Maintenance	No	BP_HEADER	WS60800095

The following settings should exist in the substructures of the change request types:

Substructure of Change Request Types:

VENDR01

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: VLP1

VENDR02

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: VLP2

VENDR05

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: VLP5

VENDR06

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: VLP6

VENDL1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: VLP1

Note Note

Quite often many users are supposed to request the creation of new supplier master data. As these users might not be familiar with MDG, they need a UI that is easy to use, even without training. To fulfill this requirement MDG-S provides the lean request UI as a model.

The lean request UI is based on the change request type VENDL1. It provides a basic subset of input fields and therefore offers a simplified way to create supplier master data. In a subsequent step, another user can change the data, can enter further data using the complete set of input fields and finally can approve the change request.

To use the lean request UI the menu role SAP_MDGS_LVC_MENU_03, Master Data Governance for Supplier: Lean Requester Menu is required.

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BPHP1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HRCHY: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_SUBHRY: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: BPPH

BPLP1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HRCHY: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_SUBHRY: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: BPPL

BPMP1

Entity types:
- ADDRNO: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HEADER: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_HRCHY: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_REL: Msg. Output = Standard
- BP_SUBHRY: Msg. Output = Standard
Business Activity: BPPM

For more information about the ERP Vendor UI, see Customizing for Master Data Governance, Central Governance under Start of the navigation path Master Data Governance for Supplier Next navigation step ERP Vendor UI (Alternative to the Supplier UI) End of the navigation path .

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Import Predefined Field Modification Criteria for Transaction BP Using MDG-S
To Run this activity in Customizing for Master Data Governance, Central Governance under Master Data Governance for Business Partner Import Predefined Field Modification Criteria for Transaction BP Using MDG-S .
Optionally, you can define priorities, reasons, or rejection reasons for change requests. You can enter codes and a short description to tag or classify your change requests. These codes can be used later for change request analytics (process quality analysis). They also can be used to influence the workflow-driven processes. For example, depending on the priority of a change request, you can mark it for special processing.
For more information, see Customizing for Master Data Governance, Central Governance under General Settings Process Modeling Change Requests Define Priorities for Change Requests / Define Reasons for Change Requests / Define Rejection Reasons for Change Requests .

Note Note

You can apply system settings that allow you to monitor in detail how effectively your organization processes change requests. For details, see Enabling Detailed Analysis of Change Requests.

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