EBP-BAdi

Question

Hi friends,
<b>i am new in SRM 4.0 EBP 5.0. i would like to know concept behind external catalog Badi
( BBP_CATALOG_TRANSFER ).
i would like to know all SRM related documents available.
how to start prepare SRM4.0 EBP5.0. what are the main topics i need to know .
please give me suggestion.</b>
thanks,
Kannan.

Answer 1

Hi Kanan,
To start preparing on SRM 4.0 and EBP 5.0, the best suggestion would be to follow this particular link.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm40/helpdata/en/95/f6a93e08503614e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
This contains all the details that you require to know as a beginner. In brief all that you need to know about a SRM system are the following:
One needs to have a clear understanding of various scenarios such as the classic, extended classic, standalone and decoupled. Once you have a clear cut picture of that, you can learn about the configuration steps such as:
1.Creating the EBP and backend logical systems and assigning RFC destinations to both of them in SM59.
2.Mainatining number ranges for various documents in the SRM system and maintaining them as external number ranges in the R/3 system.
3.Maintanance of various transaction types in the local SRM system. (These are called document types in the backend).
4.Creation of an Org plan that exists in the backend and assigning various attributes from the transaction PPOMA_BBP and also we need to create EBP users from the transaction USERS_GEN in the org plan so that the end users are able to shop from the web browser.
5.Either creating various product categories, products in the local SRM system or replicating them from the backend system.
T-codes
(COMM_HIERARCHY - MAINTANANCE OF PRODUCT HIERARCHY)
(COMM_PRAPPLCAT - ASSIGNING THE HIERARCHY TO VARIOUS )
(COMMPR01 - CREATION OF PRODUCTS IN THE LOCAL SYSTEM)
APPLICATIONS such as purchasing, service etc)
6.Vendor replication by creating a vendor root org in your org plan and replicating the vendors by the transaction BBPGETVD.
7.We need to set up the various workflows according to the user requirement.(i.e create start conditions, assign various agents for the approval process and activate these workflows).
7.Once you have done these basic steps, the end user can access the web browser to perform the shopping.
This is the SRM set up in brief.
Hope this helps
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