Doubts regarding item categories load in oracle inventory

Question

Hi All,
I have to import item categories+ into oracle base tables. Kindly guide me in following aspects.
1) what are all the mandatory columns in staging table
2) what are all the interface tables should i use to import item categories
3) what are the APIs i should call to load data from interface tables to oracle base table
4)what are all the base tables that would be affected by this load
I dont have metalink account.. so please dont ask me to refer metalink.
I have searched a lot.. but couldnt find any complete solution. please kindly provide me the exact solution.

Answer 1

Hi,
Pre-requisites:
Creating an Organization
Code Combinations
Templates
Defining Item Status Codes
Defining Item Types
1) what are all the mandatory columns in staging table
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_INTERFACE:
PROCESS_FLAG = 1 (1= Pending, 2= Assign Complete, 3= Assign/Validation Failed, 4= Validation succeeded; Import failed, 5 = Import in Process, 7 = Import succeeded)
TRANSACTION_TYPE = ‘CREATE’, ‘UPDATE’
SET_PROCESS_ID = 1
ORGANIZATION_ID
DESCRIPTION
ITEM_NUMBER and/or SEGMENT (n)
MATERIAL_COST
REVISION
TEMPLATE_ID
SUMMARY_FLAG
ENABLED_FLAG
PURCHASING_ITEM_FLAG
SALES_ACCOUNT (defaulted from
MTL_PARAMETERS.SALES_ACCOUNT)
COST_OF_SALES_ACCOUNT (defaulted from MTL_PARAMETERS.COST_OF_SALES_ACCOUNT)
MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES_INTERFACE:
INVENTORY_ITEM_ID or ITEM_NUMBER.
ORGANIZATION_ID or ORGANIZATION_CODE or both.
TRANSACTION_TYPE = 'CREATE' ('UPDATE' or 'DELETE' is not possible through Item Import).
CATEGORY_SET_ID or CATEGORY_SET_NAME or both.
CATEGORY_ID or CATEGORY_NAME or both.
PROCESS_FLAG = 1
SET_PROCESS_ID (The item and category interface records should have the same set_process_id, if you are importing item and category assignment together)
MTL_ITEM_REVISIONS_INTERFACE:
INVENTORY_ITEM_ID or ITEM_NUMBER (Must match the
ORGANIZATION_ID or ORGANIZATION_CODE or both
REVISION
CHANGE_NOTICE
ECN_INITIATION_DATE
IMPLEMENTATION_DATE
IMPLEMENTED_SERIAL_NUMBER
EFFECTIVITY_DATE
ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY
ATTRIBUTEn
REVISED_ITEM_SEQUENCE_ID
DESCRIPTION
PROCESS_FLAG = 1
TRANSACTION_TYPE = 'CREATE'
SET_PROCESS_ID = 1
Each row in the mtl_item_revisions_interface table must have the REVISION and EFFECTIVITY_DATE in alphabetical (ASCII sort) and chronological order.
2) what are all the interface tables should i use to import item categories
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_INTERFACE
MTL_ITEM_REVISIONS_INTERFACE (If importing revisions)
MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES_INTERFACE (If importing categories)
MTL_INTERFACE_ERRORS (View errors after import)
3) what are the APIs i should call to load data from interface tables to oracle base table
1. EGO_ITEM_PUB can be used to Create / Update items.
This API will update mtl_system_items_interface and mtl_interface_errors if problems occur.
The following procedure may be used to facilitate initial testing and debugging of EGO_ITEM_PUB:
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
l_item_table EGO_Item_PUB.Item_Tbl_Type;
x_item_table EGO_Item_PUB.Item_Tbl_Type;
x_Inventory_Item_Id mtl_system_items_b.inventory_item_id%TYPE;
x_Organization_Id mtl_system_items_b.organization_id%TYPE;
x_return_status VARCHAR2(1);
x_msg_count NUMBER(10);
x_msg_data VARCHAR2(1000);
x_message_list Error_Handler.Error_Tbl_Type;
BEGIN
--Setting FND global variables.
--Replace MFG user name with appropriate user name.
FND_GLOBAL.APPS_INITIALIZE(USER_ID=>&userid,RESP_ID=>NULL,RESP_APPL_ID=>NULL);
--FIRST Item definition
l_item_table(1).Transaction_Type := 'CREATE'; -- Replace this with 'UPDATE' for update transaction.
l_item_table(1).Segment1 := 'TEST1';
l_item_table(1).Description := 'TEST ITEM';
l_item_table(1).Organization_Code := '&masterorg';
l_item_table(1).Template_Name := '&template';
l_item_table(1).Inventory_Item_Status_Code := 'Active';
l_item_table(1).Long_Description := 'Create test item';
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('=====================================');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Calling EGO_ITEM_PUB.Process_Items API');
EGO_ITEM_PUB.Process_Items(
p_api_version => 1.0
,p_init_msg_list => FND_API.g_TRUE
,p_commit => FND_API.g_TRUE
,p_Item_Tbl => l_item_table
,x_Item_Tbl => x_item_table
,x_return_status => x_return_status
,x_msg_count => x_msg_count);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('==================================');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Return Status ==>'||x_return_status);
IF (x_return_status = FND_API.G_RET_STS_SUCCESS) THEN
FOR i IN 1..x_item_table.COUNT LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Inventory Item Id :'||to_char(x_item_table(i).Inventory_Item_Id));
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Organization Id :'||to_char(x_item_table(i).Organization_Id));
END LOOP;
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Error Messages :');
Error_Handler.GET_MESSAGE_LIST(x_message_list=>x_message_list);
FOR i IN 1..x_message_list.COUNT LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(x_message_list(i).message_text);
END LOOP;
END IF;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('==================================');
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Exception Occured :');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLCODE ||':'||SQLERRM);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('=====================================');
END;
2. INV_ITEM_CATEGORY_PUB can be used to Create / Update category assignments.
11.5.9 customers can apply patch 4088037 to introduce Update functionality for this API.
3. INV_ITEM_CATALOG_ELEM_PUB can be used for importing item catalog descriptive element value assignments. This functionality is not available until 11.5.10.
4)what are all the base tables that would be affected by this load
     MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
MTL_ITEM_REVISIONS_B
MTL_CATEGORIES_B
MTL_CATEGORY_SETS_B
MTL_ITEM_STATUS
MTL_ITEM_TEMPLATES
Regards,
Yuvaraj.C