Do we need the change pointers to be set..

Question

do we need the change pointers  to be set/activated
if we are to send data via TRFCs

Answer 1

Change Pointers:
-Change documents are working based on change document technique which
tracks changes made to the key documents (Material  Master, Customer
Master, Vendor Master ..etc) in SAP.
-Changes made to the keydocuments are recorded in the change document
Header table i.e. CDHDR and Item table CDPOS,   Additional change
pointers are written in the BDCP and BDCPS tables.
-Change pointers technique is used to initiate the outbound process
automatically when master data is created or changed.
-A standard program RBDMIDOC is sechuled to run on periodic basis to
evaluate the change pointers for a message type and  starts the ALE
process for distributing the Masterdata to the appropriate destination. 
-'Object' is collection of fields of different database tables. T.code
for creating an object is SCDO.
Configuration for Change Pointers:
1. BD61 Active change pointers generally
     - Check the checkbox "Change pointers activated -generally"
     - Save it
2. BD50 Active change pointers for Message Type
     - Message Type           Active
        MATMAS           check the check box
3. SCDO Change Document Objects
     - Check whether the "MATERIAL" is available in the object list.      
4. BD52 Maintain Table Views
     - Enter the Message type "MATMAS" and press enter.
     - OBJECT      TABLE NAME     FIELD NAME
   Ex:    MATERIAL      MARA          BISMT
5. BD60 Additional data for message types
        - Message Type           Function Module          Table
   Ex:       MATMAS     MASTERIDOC_CREATE_SMD_MATMAS     MARA
6. WE20 Partner Profile
7. BD64 Distribution Model
8. Create a Material by using T.Code MM01
9. SE38 Run the program RBDMIDOC by passing Message type "MATMAS"
10. WE02 IDOC List
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srikanth