Creating the ALE Distribution Model 

Use

The ALE distribution model defines which applications in your distributed systems communicate with each other and which types of data are distributed. You require a separate ALE distribution model for a Central User Administration (CUA).

In the central system, you define the structure of your Central User Administration in the model view, which you then distribute to the child systems.

Two types of data are distributed in the ALE distribution model of the CUA to be defined:

·        User master data (including assigned roles and profiles)

·        Company addresses

You require two methods in the distribution model to distribute user data and company addresses. These methods are realized using BAPIs of the business objects USER and UserCompany with the method clone.

Prerequisites

You have defined the logical systems and RFC connections for ALE distribution.

Procedure

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       1.      Log on to the central system (in this example, ADM, client 070).

       2.      In the Implementation Guide (IMG, transaction SALE), choose Modeling and Implementing Business Processes ® Maintain Distribution Model and Distribute Views (transaction BD64).

       3.      Switch to change mode.

       4.      Choose Create Model View.

       5.      Enter the following data in the Create Model View dialog box:

¡        A description of the model view (such as Central User Administration) in the short text field.

¡        A technical name in the Technical Name field (such as CUA).

       6.      Choose Continue and create both methods.

       7.      To create the distribution method Clone for the business objects USER and UserCompany, choose Add BAPI in each case.

Note that your entries are case-sensitive.

¡        Enter the following data for the distribution method Clone of the business object USER:

Field	Entry
Model view	CUA (technical name of the view)
Sender/Client (Sending system)	ADMCLNT070
Receiver/Server (Receiving system)	PRDCLNT324
Object name/Interface	USER (in capital letters)
Method	Clone

¡        Enter the following data for the distribution method Clone of the business object UserCompany:

Field	Entry
Model view	CUA (technical name of the view)
Sender/Client (Sending system)	ADMCLNT070
Receiver/Server (Receiving system)	PRDCLNT324
Object name/Interface	UserCompany (Note: case-sensitive)
Method	Clone

       8.      Save your entries.

The following message is displayed: Distribution model has been saved.