Site Maintenance

You use this activity to create and modify site records (see Site).

Before you can start using the system, you must create at least one site. The system creates the * (global) site automatically during the installation. To create new sites, you must log on to the * site.

Each site operates independently and maintains its own elements such as materials, BOMs, and routings.

You can transfer these elements to other sites with Site-to-Site Transfer (see Site-to-Site Transfers). When you use site-to-site transfer between sites that are not in the same database, you create a site record in the source database to tell the system about the destination site.

This activity allows you to do the following:

Add new default values for a site
Create a transfer site
Set up activity hooks for a site (see Setting Up Activity Hooks and Site Level Hook Points)

Fields

The following table describes fields requiring explanation:

Field	Description
Type	Production (default): A production site where manufacturing work is done Caution Do not change the default value unless you are using Site-to-Site Transfer (see Site-to-Site Transfers). End of the caution. Transfer: A site to which users at a source site can export product-related information and from which users at one or more destination sites can import information; either a transfer site or a pointer to a remote transfer site When you use site-to-site transfer between sites that are not in the same database, you create a site record in the source database to tell the system about the destination site. For more information, see the procedure below.
Site is Local	Selected (default): This site is a local site. Deselected: This site is a remote site. A remote site exists in a different database. You create a site record in the source database to tell the system about the remote site. Note If you deselect this checkbox, you must complete fields on the Collaboration tab page so the system knows where to send transferred information. End of the note.
Time Zone	The geographic time zone for this site. By default, it is set to the time zone of your server.
Site Locale	Identifies the locale of this site. The locale of the global site (*) is defined by the Language field value entered during the global site creation (see SAP ME Global Site Configuration) The locale of all other sites is defined by the Language field value of the SAP NetWeaver UME user who created these sites in Site Maintenance (see Setting SAP ME Display Language for a User in the SAP ME Application Operations Guide)
Reload Initial Data	The system creates the new default values for this site (see Reloading Initial Data (IDAT))
Save	The system saves the site record in the database and loads the initial data (IDAT) for this site. Note Creating a site record and loading the initial data takes a few minutes. End of the note.
Server	The name of the server to send the transferred information
Port	The server's port to send the transferred information
URL Context Root	The context root of the application to send the transferred information
Login	The user name to use when transferring information
Password	The password to use when transferring information

Procedure

To create a Transfer site, do the following.

On the Main tab page of the Site Maintenance screen, enter the name of your remote site and a description for the site.
Choose the Transfer type.
Deselect the Site is Local checkbox.
Complete fields on the Collaboration tab page.
Save your entries.