Document Management System (DMS) Integration (Optional)
You can use SAP Document Management System
(DMS) with MDG for Material. You can use DMS to link documents to material master records in MDG. You can also create new documents using the MDG UI. To use DMS you must perform a number of customizing activities. You can find DMS customizing in the implementation guide under 
Cross-Application Components
Document Management
.
You can find the necessary information on DMS configuration in the SAP Library under http://help.sap.com
. Follow this path: SAP ERP
SAP ERP 6.0
Application Help
SAP ERP
SAP ERP Cross-Application Functions
Cross-Application Components
Document Management
.
To integrate DMS with MDG you must set up a storage system. You can do this in customizing under Cross-Application Components
Document Management
General Data
Settings for Storage Systems
.
You can use the thumbnail picture function provided by the Business Context Viewer (BCV) if you have the BCV installed on your system. You can set up this function in customizing as follows:
Define a default data carrier with the network address
DEFAULT
. You can do this in customizing under Cross-Application Components
Document Management
General Data
Define Data Carrier
.Define workstation applications as valid for thumbnail determination. You can do this in customizing under
Cross-Application Components
Document Management
General Data
Setup Workstation Application for Thumbnails (Images)
.Ensure the content server service is active; check OSS Note
685521
for valid logon data.
Note
If you want to replicate document links into other target systems, you will need to distribute the documents and document links manually. There is no integration of ALE message types DOCMAS
and DOLMAS
into the data replication framework.