Uploading Data for Vendor and/or Customer Analysis 

Purpose

After you have completed the preparatory steps, you can start the data exchange with D&B. There are seven steps in the data exchange for vendor/ customer analysis.

Prerequisites

You have completed the preparatory steps, see Implementing D&B Marketing Universe for SAP BW.

Process

The following chart gives an overview of your tasks during the whole process. The following graphic refers to the D&B Vendor Analysis scenario but its content is also relevant for D&B Customer Analysis.

For a description of the individual steps, see:

·        Customizing the Match Recommended Flag

·        Uploading Data from OLTP Systems

·        Exporting Vendor or Customer Master Data

·        Rationalizing Vendor or Customer Master Data

·        Storing D&B Data on an Application Server

·        Uploading Initially Delivered D&B Files

·        Uploading Repeatedly Delivered D&B Files