Change Tracking in MDM

We have a requirement to create sequential AutoID for each master record created/changed. I don't see any problem for generating sequential number for master data request for new record. Problem is with change records - How to generate seqential number for change records? AutoID field doesn't increase the number for change records.
Example -
New Record - AutoID 1- Material A
New Record - AutoID 2 - Material B
New Record - AutoID 3 - Material C
Now next request is to change Material B. SAP MDM tool just save same record after change for AutoID-2. No new number will be generated for this change record.
I some how need to create
Change Record - AutoID 4 - Material B
Is there any workaround possible?

Hi Rohit,
Please refer the link mentioned below on change tracking based on MS SQL database
Re: Tracking the changes made to a Record in Data Manager
Hope it helps.
Regards,
RDNPrasad

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Change Tracker in MDM

Hello All,
Can you please let me know, how many values get stored in a change tracker.
For example -- if change tracker is on... for a field Color....
and I change the value of it from.... Blue to Red ... then to Green....
In that case.. will all the 3 value (i.e Blue, Red and Green ) store in the change tracker table at backend????
Or only the last update value... i.e Red and Green will be stored??
Can we see all these values in EP.. through standard iViews... or we need to create custom iViews to view these data???
Request you inputs.
Thanks,
Priya.

Hi Priya,
Only on saving , the values will get stored in database.
If you save for all three values , then all three will get saved.
The old value and new value both entries will be stored in database and can be retrieved by standard change tracker view.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/45/c7b20339ee570ae10000000a114a6b/frameset.htm
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MDM Change tracker iView not fetching the data?

Hello Experts,
we have MDM Change tracker application deployed and assigned to some role in portal. However, the problem is fields like "Table" etc are blank. I am not able to fetch any data in it. I have activated change tracking for the required table in MDM backend as well.
I was following this blog: /people/balas.gorla/blog/2006/09/08/change-tracking-in-mdm
It is mentioned that some DB setting have to be done and some query to be written. I am confused, I have an iView in portal so do I still need to write the query? Or what is that I am missing?
Please help.
Ameya

Hi Ameya,
The SQL query written in the mentioned blog is just to recheck the data.
Please recheck the settings using these documents:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/45/c7b20339ee570ae10000000a114a6b/content.htm
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/807861ac-f941-2c10-8f8d-c57f9d421b99?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwmdm71/helpdata/en/49/a42bc834de1b93e10000000a42189b/content.htm
Also on resetting change tracker:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10cbe10c-0654-2c10-3d8b-ff99dadc402e?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true
The error can also occur if Database userid used has expired.
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Ravi

Change Tracking Option in Console

I have enabled change tracking option in console at Table and field level for add/modify/delete.
Please let me know where I can see the logs for the changes accomplished.

Hi Sudha,
See as per your console settings, everything happened at Database Level table A2i_CM_History so its up to you how do you want to see these record changes either through some Portal application for end user or at database level or through some other UI.
[How to Configure SAP MDM Change Tracker for Any Repository to bring this changes on Webdynpro Application for end user|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/807861ac-f941-2c10-8f8d-c57f9d421b99?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true]
Please refer this blog if you want to see these changes at the database level just for complete understanding.
/people/balas.gorla/blog/2006/09/08/change-tracking-in-mdm
See figure 5 of this blog before data changes in Data Manager and the same data record in figure 9 of database.
Now when he make changes to record in figure 10 Data manager the same gets reflected into Database figure 11.
In fig 11 , please carefully see all the columns NewValue, OldValue, EventTime, FieldName, UserName etc.
Hope you got now clear idea about change tracking in MDM
Regards,
Mandeep Saini

How to view history of data after enableing the Change Tracking

Hi All,
I have enabled the track changes using MDM Console. But now I unabled to view the last values of the fields which were updated. I also could not find any option in MDM Data Manager to view the last values of the fields. Please help me to view the track changes/history of data.
I appreciate your prompt response
Shahid Nadeem

Hi
The steps are clearly detailed in a blog by
Change Tracking in MDM
Bala Subbaiah Gorla
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Company: Wipro Limited
Posted on Sep. 08, 2006 09:40 AM in Master Data Management (MDM)
You can look at the blog or I can email you the document .
Here are some of the tips from the blog
Hope this will solve your problem.
Change Tracking is a feature in SAP MDM, Using which we can track history of table records for the repositories. There are three are options, Track Adds, is track new field value when a record added. Track Modifies, track old and new values when the field is modified. Track Deletes, tacks old-field value when a record is deleted. In addition, for each type of change you can track, the setting of the root node of the Tables and Fields hierarchy determines the default setting for new tables added to the MDM repository. Similarly, for normal tables, the setting for each table node determines the default setting for new fields added to the table. Finally, the setting for each field node determines the actual setting for the field
Step I>>Activate Change Tracking.
Navigate the Selected repository,
(your repository)>Admin>Change Tracking.
Click on Change Tracking, you will get Change Tracking Setting screen. Then choose the level of tracking root node of Table and Fields. In addition, there are three type tracking. That are Track Adds>>this option tracks new field value when a record is added, Track Modifies >> this option tracks old and new values when the field is modified, and Track Deletes >> this option tracks old field value when a record is deleted
Step III>>Logon to MS SQL Server
Start>Programs>Microsofr SQL Server-->Enterprise Manager,See the screen shot below for SQL Server logon.
You will get the SQL Server Enterprise Manager. See the screen below. Select the Database for the respective Repository (BP3_Customer_Workshop). For the each repository, there are two databases XXXX_m000 and XXXX_z000.
There are two databases CustomerWorkshop_M000 and CustomerWorkshop_Z000
Select the table A2i_CM_History under the CustomerWorkshop_Z000 and select query as below screen.
Choose/select the fields that you want execute the report/show.
You can find the record, which I (the user name 'mdmg') have edited at 9/6/2006 11:44:39, as seen below screen
Thanks
Prashanta
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Change Tracker Performance Impact

MDM: 7.1
CE: 7.2
ERP: 6.0 EHP4
Hi,
We are currently using CE/BPM based central master data management. A custom application is being developed for collaborative master data authoring.
As part of the MDM configuration, the client wishes to track changes on MDM records for audit purposes. We are looking at the MDM Change Tracking facility provided by SAP but not sure about the performance impact it will have on the MDM server.
We have over 300 attributes for the object we wish to track for changes. Not all attributes will change all the time but it is expected that the overall number of changes every month will be over 1000, each change including approx 20-30 fields. The number of users is expected to be approx 15 initially but will increase over time.
I have seen on SCN forums people talking about potential performance degrade by enabling change tracking. Has anyone actually experienced performance degrade due to enabling change tracking for MDM records? If so, have you tried any means to keep the impact low e.g. by allocating more resources to MDM server?
Thanks and regards,
Shehryar
Edited by: Shehryar Khan on Dec 2, 2010 1:39 PM

Hi,
Change histoey does have impact on system performance. this can be controlled via regular archiving of Change History database. Lets say, Change history table data older than 3 months can be stored in another repository.
Second option could be to export all Change History data(Older than 1-2 days) to a BI system(using regular scheduled job), and have change hisotry report there. It will bring drastci change in MDM System performance. 1-2 days data can be viewed from MDM Change history database itself.
Regards,
Prashant
Edited by: Prashant Malik on Dec 3, 2010 1:58 AM

Change Tracking Webdynpro Component Error

I am using CE 7.11 SP04 with MDM 7.1 SP04.
Installed all the 2 webdynpro components.
Configured change tracking on MDM, also configured change tracking iView on CE.
Issue1:
When I run change tracking as an iView through Portal , the logoff button on change tracking iView throughs null pointer exception.
Issue2:
I am consuming the change tracking webdynpro component on my custom webdynpro wrapper.
I have added the following code to pass the id and lookup table as per the how tto guide to consume MDM webdynpro's.
RepositorySchemaEx schema = MetadataManager.getInstance().getRepositorySchema(wdContext.currentContextElement().getUserSessionContext());
GetPermanentIdFromRecordIdCommand cmd = new GetPermanentIdFromRecordIdCommand(
wdContext.currentContextElement().getUserSessionContext());
TableId tableId = schema.getTableId(ASSIGNMENT);
cmd.setRecordIds(ids);
cmd.setTableId(tableId);
cmd.execute();
int[] permIds = cmd.getPermanentIds();
if (permIds != null && permIds.length > 0) {
int permId = permIds[0];
wdThis.wdGetMDMChangeTrackerInterface().setPermanentId(permId); // until here it works fine
wdThis.wdGetMDMChangeTrackerInterface().selectLookupTable(""+tableId.getIdValue()); // it throws null pointer exception here in SAP delivered change tracking component. Not sure whether it is SAP bug. Has anyone faced same issue?
Any help is appreciated!}
Here is the error
java.lang.NullPointerException: while trying to invoke the method com.sap.mdm.ChangeTrackingBean.setLookupTableId(int) of an object loaded from field com.sap.mdm.MdmChangeTrackerComp._tracker of an object loaded from local variable 'this'
    at com.sap.mdm.MdmChangeTrackerComp.selectLookupTable(MdmChangeTrackerComp.java:812)
    at com.sap.mdm.wdp.InternalMdmChangeTrackerComp.selectLookupTable(InternalMdmChangeTrackerComp.java:333)
    at com.sap.mdm.MdmChangeTrackerCompInterface.selectLookupTable(MdmChangeTrackerCompInterface.java:140)
    at com.sap.mdm.wdp.InternalMdmChangeTrackerCompInterface.wdInvokeMethod(InternalMdmChangeTrackerCompInterface.java:148)
    at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.progmodel.generation.ExternalControllerPI$ExternalInterfaceInvocationHandler.invoke(ExternalControllerPI.java:339)
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Java api change tracking

Hi Experts!
I am using java api in webdynpo application.There is a requirement to to track changes at field\table level.
I want to know that are there any api's to track changes at field level?
Thnaks,
Ravi Shankar puppala

Hi Ravi,
Refer /people/balas.gorla/blog/2006/09/08/change-tracking-in-mdm
Re: MDM Change tracker iview: table dropdown is empty
Hope it helps.
Thanks,
Minaz

Unable to deploy the .sca file for the Change tracker.

Hi all,
We can not able to deploy the change tracker through SDM as it is asking for the dependencies are missing.
Portal version EP 7.0 EHP1
MDM version 7.1 sp 5.
we have followed the below link for deploying
MDM change tracking with MDM 7.1 SP06 & EP version u2013 CE 7.2 SP01? but after downloading the MDM_WEB_UI from market place it is asking for 24+ dependencies for change tracker.
so please suggest.
regards,
Manohar.

Hello,
The version and the patch level should be same for MDM as well as EP.
Since this is an EP issue, for quick replies, post this in [Portal Forum|http://forums.sdn.sap.com/index.jspa?categoryID=1#2]
Regards,
Abhishek

How to get the Reports of Change Tracking Table in MDM?

Hi!
Please tell me how to get the reports of Change Tracking Table in MDM which is a System table, directly from MDM without using any interface.
Thanks in advance for the reply.
With Best Regards
Devendra Pandey

Hi Devendra,
MDM can track changes on tables and fields. <u>The level of change tracking, and which tables/fields to track, are configurable in the MDM Console</u>. MDM opens a new database on the same database engine as the MDM repository and writes all change records to this database.
For information of various steps you can visit
<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/45/c7b20339ee570ae10000000a114a6b/content.htm">this URL</a>
Regards,
Krutarth

Change Tracking MDM 7.1

Hi All,
I want to understand the change tracking capability of MDM 7.1 SP04. Can we track the changes done of Tuple member and also for changes done in Qualified table fields (All qualifiers and non qualifiers fileds).
Request your feedback on the same.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Rahul

Hi Rahul
Change tracking is not supported for Qualified fields as well as for tuples.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/45/C7B20339EE570AE10000000A114A6B/content.htm
thanks
Ravi

MDM parameter replacement values for Change Tracking

Hi! I am able to set up the Change Tracking function and able to view the data via web and Data Manager. On reading the Help documentation on the set up for Data Manager, it mentioned about the parameters which we can use to get dynamic value from Data Manager for the specific record (for the set up of the link URL).
Does anyone know what parameter replacement value that would be if we want the system to assign the record number base on the record we select?
Below is any extract of the help document on the search record:
searchrecord [optional]
The record for which history records are initially displayed
The searchtable and searchrecord parameters can get dynamic values from the Data Manager at runtime by using the relevant MDM parameter replacement values.
Appreciate any help on the above.
Thanks!
SF

Hi,
Check the below link
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/8e/9f9c427055c66ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm
Repository Maintainance -> Repository Structure Operations -> Other System Tables -> Links Table -> URL syntax
Regards,
Jitesh Talreja

Not able to view actual Price updated 'Value' in Change Tracker

I was able to get my Change tracker to work and it is functioning. (SRM 5.0 MDM5.5 )... Configured Portal iViews for change tracker.
If I change a description I can see it in the change tracker application. But if I try and track a Price change it only shows me a date-time and user as to I when the price was changed it doesnu2019t show me the actual value changed, for my audit purposes.
On the portal the change tracker "Field" dropdown shows -> Price Updated. this is what is tracking any change of price.
In MDM Console-> Admin->Change Tracker I am tracking under Catalog Items: Price information, Price Updated, Special search terms, long description.
When I look at the Data manager in the Record Detail, I see u2018Price Updatedu2019 and it only has a Date and time stamp. In this same Record Detail, I see the field Price Information that contains :Lower bound, Purchasing Info record ID, Purchasing Organization, Amount and Currency. Amount-> contains the actual price value. This is what i want to see in the portal iView as Old value and New value....this is what I am unable to view? theres one small step i am not doing...
I am trying to track the actual change in the filed u2018Amountu2019u2026 I have tried to search for it in the Portal iView fields (table, record contains, fields, record)
cheers
alex

Hi Alex,
I would not here comment on change Tracking functionality but can you suggest another workaround to achieve this requirement. If it fits in your requirement you can go ahead with it.
In MDM, Create another field in Main table say Initial Price and for already existing field Amount replace its name with Updated Price in Qualified table Price.
now after this you will see that your by default Updated Price has values as it was your Amount field earlier and Initial Price field as empty. Now for next time, if any record comes using Import Manager then MDM workflow should trigger at Record Import.
This workflow contains following steps.
Start(Checkout)>Assign>Stop(CheckIn)
Assign step should have below expression and assignment:
Price Information.Updated Price
Where I am assuming Price Information is the field in main table which is look up to this qualified table Price.
So in this way you can maintain both existing and updated values of Price and cant then show in your Catalog.
suppose you have already existing record say 1 which has value of Amount as 20.
So that means you have Updated Price as 20 and Initial Price as empty(Null)
Now when same record 1 updates with new Amount say 40, it triggers this workflow on record import which will then assign value of existing updated Price 20 to Initial Field after that Updated Price will update by 40.
Note: This Assignment works well only if your main table record has this Qualified table link as single record. If your main table record contains more than one qualified links then this Assignment would not work fine. So use only if it fits.
Regards,
Mandeep Saini

Change Tracker via Web Pane not working (when using multiple DF fields)

All,
We are using MDM 5.5 SP06, version 5.5.62.53
I have configured the Change Tracker so that I can use it in the Data Manager Web pane. I also set the configuration options of the Data Manager for the "Web Pane URL for selected records" to this link, so everything should work fine (it is working for another reporistory with just one DF field in the main table).
The main table (for which I want to track the changes on) has two DF fields. The first DF field of the main table is a look-up field (where the look-up table itself has two DF fields as well) and the second DF field of the main table is just a text field.
The URL link to the Change Tracker makes use of the parameter: searchrecord=<f:n>, as described in the reference guide for MDM Console.
When I select a record in the Record pane in the Data Manager and go to the Web Pane, then the Change Tracker is showing, but the change history for that record is not shown in the Change Tracker!!
This is caused by the fact that the records in the History table are stored with the following information in the "record" field (example): 113786=1000010 - Enfa B.V, 100075. Appearantly this is a combination of the two DF fields of the main table, and because the first DF field is a look-up it shows the values of the DF fields of the look-up table as well (including the ID of that look-up record)!!
I tried the following in the URL link: searchrecord=<f:n>,<f:n2>, but then the Change Tracker receives the following value (which is an invalid value): 1000010, Enfa B.V, 100075
How can I configure the URL link in the Console in such a way that the Change Tracker recognizes the searchrecord parameter as a valid entry (because when you start Change Tracker in separate browser it expects value of e.g. 113786=1000010 - Enfa B.V, 100075 in the "record" search field, otherwise it does not find any records).
Or do I need to change the DF fields and make an MDM-ID field to be the only DF field, and use that field in the searchrecord=<f:n> parameter???
Has anyone any experiences with this? Any suggestions how to solve this issue?
Thanks in advance,
Marcel

Hi,
We are indeed tracking changes on the main table. It is the standard SRM-MDM Catalog repository where Supplier and Supplier Part Number are the DF fields of the main table. From standpoint of the datamodel these two DF fields are correct, since these two fields make up an unique record.
Of course I can change the DF field and make the MDM-ID the DF field, but we want to stick as much as possible to the standard SRM-MDM Catalog!
It would be better if the URL to the Change Tracker has additional parameters that can be filled (like the Record Contains field instead of the Record field) or that you could specify the MDM-ID as parameter (without having to change the DF fields of the main table) so that the Change Tracker knows exactly for which record we require the change history!
I will investigate futher and see if we can live with the MDM-ID as the only DF field.
Thanks anyhow for your reply.
Regards,
Marcel

Change tracking in CTS+

HI Experts,
I have done some changes in DEV for Change tracking for my repository.
I dont see option in CTS+ to transport change tracking to QA.
I am doubting that CTS+ canot support change tracking settings.
Could you please let me know how should transport to QA & PROD.
Thanks in advance
Kiran.G

Hi Kiran,
Pls refer to this article...
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/uuid/80fb6855-05e0-2b10-6094-92ff4fc588e3
how to Guide for MDM 7.1,
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