Transferring iPPE Data to SAP APO 

Purpose

The process describes how to use the SAP APO Core interface (APO CIF) to transfer the iPPE data ( product structure, process structure, line structure) to SAP APO. You use this process only when you want to use the Rapid Planning Matrix to plan certain materials or products in SAP APO, for example, and manage the master data for these materials or products in the SAP DIMP system.

Prerequisites

●      You have entered the iPPE access object in the production version for each material or product that you want to plan in SAP APO.

●      You have made the required settings in the SAP DIMP system and in SAP APO to set up the interface between both systems. You can find the required steps in the documentation for SAP APO, which is in SAP APO under Help → SAP Library → SAP APO Advanced Planning and Optimization → SAP APO Integration Scenarios → Integration of SAP APO and SAP ERP → Setting Up the System Infrastructure  → Checklist for Setting Up the System Infrastructure.

●      You have ensured that the Customizing settings defined in the SAP DIMP system for Administration of iPPE Objects match the settings in Customizing for SAP APO; you must maintain the same Customizing settings for the iPPE Objects in SAP APO as in the SAP DIMP system.

The settings in Administration of iPPE Interface do not have to be identical. However, note that the iPPE user interface in SAP APO looks different when you have different Customizing settings for the user interface in SAP APO to those in the SAP DIMP system.

●      Data can only be transferred to the SAP APO system as of SAP APO 3.1 or higher.

Process

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       1.      You must create at least one integration model for all materials or products for which you have created a production version with iPPE access objects. This is to provide SAP APO with iPPE data for the first time. All iPPE structures to be transferred and the dependent data for the selected materials or products are grouped in this integration model. When you create the integration model, you enter the material numbers, plants, and production versions, if applicable, whose iPPE structures are to be transferred. You can create several integration models.

The system uses the material numbers to determine all the production versions with iPPE access objects. Dependent objects (master data, such as material masters and classes) are included in the integration model. See also: Creating an Integration Model for iPPE Data.

The SAP APO system generates SAP APO resources from iPPE operating facilities and workers in the SAP DIMP system during the transfer of data.

A production version with an iPPE access object can be included in only one active integration model for the transfer to be successful. If the production version that you want to transfer is included in a different integration model, you must deactivate the other integration model.

       2.      You activate the integration model to start the data transfer.

       3.      When you change iPPE data that you have already transferred to SAP APO, you must transfer data changes. There is a report for this that should be executed in the background.

       4.      Once the transfer has started, you can check in the SAP DIMP system which objects were transferred to the interface and whether there were any errors. In the SAP APO system, you can check which objects were transferred to SAP APO and whether there were any errors. See also: Checking Transfer Results.

Results

Copies of the transferred iPPE data (product structure, process structure, and line structure) for the materials defined in the integration model are in SAP APO. You can use the same iPPE transactions as in the SAP DIMP system to check the data in SAP APO.