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Function documentationDeletion of Location Products

 

You can delete location products that are flagged for deletion together with their dependent objects in SAP F&R.

Integration

  • SAP F&R checks, on deletion of a master data object, which dependencies exist with other objects and weights the dependencies in two steps:

    • With location products, primary dependencies exist for the following objects:

      • Open order proposals

      • Transportation lanes for products

      • Time series

      • Reference modules

    • Secondary dependencies exist with location products for the following objects (among others):

      • DIF occurrences

      • Stock data in the Logistics Inventory Management Engine (LIME)

      • Layout modules

      • Entries in the SCM component Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR)

      • Entries in interface tables for the BI System

    The system runs a where-used check to determine the dependencies. For more information, see Where-Used List for Master Data.

  • Archiving of location products is not planned (since SAP F&R is not the master data holding system).

  • There is a separate report available (/SAPAPO/DM_REORG_PROD_LOC_TD) for deletion of the time-dependent data of location products.

Prerequisites

  • You have imported master data for products and locations, for example, from the standard system (SAP Retail system).

  • As part of a delta transfer, you have transferred change records with deletion flag for location products, for example, from the SAP Retail system.

Features

You can delete the location products with report /FRE/DB_MATLOC_DELETE. In the standard system the report checks if the system is still using a location product flagged for deletion in the following places:

  • Interface tables (DIF) for location products

  • Extraction data for a linked BI system

  • Order proposal items with following types:

    • Replenishment-relevant items

    • Items to not transfer to the SAP Retail system

  • Substitution Assignments

If any one of the above conditions applies, the report does not delete the location product.

Recommendation Recommendation

You can de(activate) each check separately, however, we recommend that you activate all these checks.

End of the recommendation.

Note Note

Using the test run indicator, you can use the report in such a way that it only carries out a consistency check without deleting the determined location products.

End of the note.

Activities

To delete location products, on the SAP Easy Access screen, you choose Start of the navigation path Forecasting and Replenishment Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Reorganization of Master Data Next navigation step Delete Location Products End of the navigation path.