Technical Name of Business Function |
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Type of Business Function |
Enterprise Business Function |
Available As Of |
SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 |
Technical Usage |
Central Application |
Application Component |
Logistics-General (LO) |
Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition |
Not relevant |
You can use this business function to improve the performance of the POS outbound in a Retail system by configuring the IDoc size. The maintenance of the IDoc size works in the same way for all types. However, only a subset may be implemented in a productive environment.
You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:
Type of Component |
Component |
Is Needed Only for the Following Features |
Software Component |
SAP_APPL |
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An additional customizing switch is available:
Sales and Distribution -> POS Interface -> Outbound -> Setting POS Outbound IDoc Size
With POS Outbound IDoc Size Control the maximum number of segments per IDoc can be configured. Thus, the message size can be tuned, according to middleware and performance requirements. The performance of the ERP system can be weighed against the performance of all systems receiving the messages.
The following ERP for Retail POS Outbound IDocs can be size controlled:
WP_PLU – POS Interface: Download Article Master
WP_EAN – POS Interface: Download EAN Assignments
WP_PER – POS Interface: Download Person Data
WPDSET – POS Interface: Download Set Assignments
WPDCUR – POS Interface: Download Exchange Rates
WPDNAC – POS Interface: Download Products
WPDWGR – POS Interface: Download Material Group Master
WPDBBY – POS Interface: Download Bonus Buy Conditions
HPR Assortment List (WBBDLD)
The system provides a maintenance screen which allows you to adjust values for the maximum number of IDoc segments. If a POS outbound IDoc does not have a limit maintained, the standard value (5000 segments per IDoc) is used.