Is use of flat file in SRM-MDM catalog search UI possible ?

Hello,
When user looks for materials inside SRM-MDM catalog (using search user interface), search is done manually with free form or drill down search.
Then, among the search result, user has to select items he wants to add to his shopping cart and finally transfer those items from his shopping cart overview inside SRM.
Is it possible to automate this user selection using for exemple a flat file uploading (or any other way you could know) ?
This flat file will have material number (or service), supplier code and quantity (no more information).
The aim of the request is to help requester to not have to select each item one by one (in the search result) knowing that :
- SC will have more than a hundred items,
- delivery time and price (for example) must be checked in MDM, being the master data reference
- materials (or service) to order are received by requester via a flat file without any information about prices, so i cannot upload my flat file directly into SRM because file missing data must come from MDM.
With this process, user should have only to transfer items automatically selected.
Could you please share your advises ?
We use SAP MDM 5.5.
Regards.
Laurent.

Hello Masa,
Masayuki Sekihara wrote:
A vendor look at buyer stock information like VMI and fill stock weekly base. So the vendor sends material number and quantity information as flat file to buyer. Buyer should create SC from flat file and price information should fetch from catalog.
Yes, your are correct: example you gave corresponds to process for my SC uploading.
Regards.
Laurent.

Similar Messages

SRM-MDM-Catalog - Searching various products ID

Hi,
At the catalog's search, can I enter with various products ID separated by ";" or "," and list all items of this list? The user did it when use SRM 2.0 with Requisite. He search various products in a same query.
For example:
Product ID field: 112548; 4845; 151515 -> Search button
Results:
112548    Product 1     Group 1
4845      Product 2     Group 1
151515    Product 3     Group 1
I'm using SRM-MDM-Catalog. Its possible when I use this catalog?
Thanks,
Evandro

Hi Evandro,
Not too sure what your requirement is but these are the search operations posible in SRM-MDM v2.0.
word* = Starts with
*word = Contains
+word = Sounds like
=word = equal to
Semi Colon = or
Regards,
Adeoye

Access to SRM-MDM Catalog search UI takes long time

Hello,
We are facing a serious performance issue while accessing SRM-MDM 3.0 Catalog search UI in portal system.The response time is between 5 sec - 8 sec. Any suggestions ?
I have already seen (Note 1077701 & 1138862)
Thanks .

Hi Shaikh.
Some suggestions.
1. You can restrict the number of records shown in the resultset page of the catalog when you launch.
2. You can also restrict the number of fields shown in the resultset page of the catalog when you launch.
3. If you don't need the picklist/hierarchy you can remove those
4. Also you can limit the number of advance search fields.
Any other special developments(Using BADI) done during the call of catalog?
Regards
Bala

Error deploying .sca files of SRM MDM Catalog 2.0 in SRM system

Hi All,
I'm trying to deploy the SRMMDM20SP02_2_BP_SRM_MDM.sca in SRM system but i'm getting the following error while deploying it.
08/03/04 16:05:22 - Start deploying ...
08/03/04 16:05:22 - EAR file uploaded to server for 16ms.
08/03/04 16:05:22 - ERROR: Not deployed. Deploy Service returned ERROR:
                     java.rmi.RemoteException: Error occurred while deploying ear file ./temp/deploy/work/deploying/srm_mdmcat_bp_webappr.ear.
                     Reason: None of the available containers recognized the components of application sap.com/srmmdmcatbp~webappr; it is not possible to make deploy.
                          at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:570)
                          at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImplp4_Skel.dispatch(DeployServiceImplp4_Skel.java:1555)
                          at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.DispatchImpl._runInternal(DispatchImpl.java:312)
                          at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.DispatchImpl._run(DispatchImpl.java:199)
                          at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.server.P4SessionProcessor.request(P4SessionProcessor.java:129)
                          at com.sap.engine.core.service630.context.cluster.session.ApplicationSessionMessageListener.process(ApplicationSessionMessageListener.java:33)
                          at com.sap.engine.core.cluster.impl6.session.MessageRunner.run(MessageRunner.java:41)
                          at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.ActionObject.run(ActionObject.java:37)
                          at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
                          at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.SingleThread.execute(SingleThread.java:100)
                          at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.SingleThread.run(SingleThread.java:170)
                     For detailed information see the log file of the Deploy Service.
08/03/04 16:05:22 - ***********************************************************
Mar 4, 2008 4:05:22 PM   Info: End of log messages of the target system.
Mar 4, 2008 4:05:22 PM   Info: ***** End of SAP J2EE Engine Deployment (J2EE Application) *****
I tried deploying using SDM and JSPM. Either way i'm getting the same error. Can anyone tell me what is going wrong and what is the container it is requesting???
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Seema

Hi Tejas,
Thank You for ur response.
I am deploying on SRM server with WAS 7.0 so I guess that is not the reason. If you can notice in the error it is trying to find some container which it is not able to find. Do you have any hint what this container is??
Also i would like to know what is the content of the SRMMDM20SP02_2_BP_SRM_MDM.sca. Does it gives us a UI like the Configuration UI?? If so can u please send me the link via which i can access it coz i didn't find any such link in the documents.
Thanks and Regards,
Seema.

Shopping list in SRM-MDM catalog?

Dear Experts,
What is the use of shopping list in SRM-MDM catalog?
I have created a new shopping list in the system. I have filled the name, description and other details in the new shopping list.
When I select my shopping list, the button u2018Add to shopping list u2018is still disabled. How we can add new items to a newly created shopping list? My understanding is that a shopping list is created to include different shopping items as favorite list?
What is the function of the button u2018Share/Unshareu2019 ?
Please, help me to understand the functionality of shopping list in SRM-MDM catalog 3.0?
Thanks and regards,
Ranjan

Note 1141870 - SRM-MDM Catalog: Usage of Shopping List (Memory, M/S)
Symptom
The usage of Shopping Lists in the SRM-MDM Catalog has direct influence on the memory consumption of the MDM Server.
Note 1153525 - Enabling shopping lists for named users
Note 1165452 - SRM-MDM Catalog 2.0 SP04 Patch00 Release Note
Shopping Lists
You can use this function as a:
Template for orders that are made regularly
Search criterion
Prerequisites
Your User Interface (UI) Configuration Manager has given you shopping list authorization.
A shopping list must have at least one item in it to serve as a search criterion.
To display all items in a shopping list, the search criterion must be reset before the shopping list is selected.
This is because the search UI treats the shopping list as a search criterion. Consequently, any other active search criterion reduces the items displayed to a subset of all the items in the shopping list.
To display all shopping lists, including empty ones, on the Shopping List tab page, one of the following conditions must be met:
No other search criterion has been entered
The search has been reset
Activities
When a shopping list is selected as a search criterion, the system restricts the search by removing any items not included in the list from the search result.
Items can be added or removed from shopping lists in the shopping cart preview.
Note
Depending on authorization, users can modify either their own shopping lists or those of others.
This function provides search strategies for locating products, displaying product item details, and transferring items to procurement applications such as the cart. The Search User Interface (UI) can be configured to meet individual user requirements.
Prerequisites
The User Interface (UI) Configuration Manager is responsible for configuring the search UI.
If you cannot access some of the functions and features listed below, check that your user has been correctly configured. For more information, see User-Specific Configuration: Product Procurement
Features
On the Search tab page:
Keyword search
Advanced Search
Hierarchy (category) View
Allows you to drilldown when searching. This view also displays product attributes, if they have been maintained.
List View (for displaying search results)
Displays results with images and a URL to item details
Context View (for displaying search results)
Navigation up and down the list is possible and item images are also available.
In the List View and in the Context View, the following functions are available:
Add To Cart
Compare for price comparisons. For more information, see Compare Function
Cart Preview
On the Cart Preview tab page, the following functions are available:
Transfer Items
Delete
Delete All
Back to Search Result
Add to Shopping List
Recalculate
Add to Shopping List
Remove from Shopping List
Current search parameters are displayed on the Search Criteria tab page.
Shopping Lists can be maintained on the Shopping Lists tab page.

What is use of Hyperlinks and Pdfs in srm-mdm catalog??

Hello friends,
I have added one Pdf file in data manager, in this, it is showing no thumbnail. But in EBP it is not showing any Pdf file. can suggest how to show this Pdf loaded file in EBP(Enterprise Buyer Professional). i dont know whats the purpose and how to use hyperlinks in srm-mdm catalog. Also why there is MIME types and Hyperlinks type look up tables in srm-mdm catalog repository. how to use them?
Please do suggest........
Regards,
Mandy

Hi Mandy,
You can do this:
On the MDM Console, right click on the Repository -> Properties -> PDF -> Allow invalid PDFs -> Yes .
Alternatively,
You can also find some information about it on https://service.sap.com/srm within this link on the left frame go into
mySAP Supplier Relationship Mgmt --> mySAP SRM in Detail --> SRM 5.0 --> Catalog Content Management --> SRM-MDM Catalog and you will get the document.
Hope it helped.
Regards,
Krutarth

SRM-MDM-Catalog and XI using HTTP

I need to do a integration between SRM 5 and SRM-MDM-Catalog using XI.
I imported the SRM-MDM-Catalog packages into the XI and I saw that all connections with MDM are using FTP in the comunnication channel template.
Is it possible to do connections for MDM using http or soap?

As far as I know using Files is how XI interacts with MDM. All scenarios I have seen on SDN have been with File adapter being used on MDM 's side.
Maybe there is a way , am watching this thread as well.
Regards
Bhavesh

Use of Hyperlink in SRM MDM Catalog

Hii Experts,
Can somebody help me with images upload using hyperlink table in SRM MDM catalog. Images are maintained in central repository
Regards,
Poonam Kanade

Hi Poonam,
the format of the URL should be as follows
"file://"
For example: "file://pwdf123/share/abc.jpg"
Regards,
Tamá

VLD-6328 error : Use a flat file as Source in a mapping in OWB 10.2

Dear all,
I have created a simple mapping using a flat file in a remote server as a source and a simple table as a target.
When I try to validate the mapping I get the following warning:
"VLD-2398: No data file specified. Generated code will use the sampled file name and the file location xxx"
I use the version 10.2 and I cannot find "Sources" or "Targets" when I use the "Configure" options.
Any help will be appreciated

Hi all,
If you want to validate correctly this mapping you must to :
1. Right click on the mapping, then Configure
2. Right click on Sql Loader Data Files, then Create
3. Verify that the location name is correct and complete the Data File Name
4. OK
The validation is now OK.
I hope it will be help you
Best Regards
Samy

Hierarchy using a flat file for a master data load.

Can anyone please tell me the steps involved in creating a hierarchy in BI 7.0. and loading the data using a flat file into the created hierarchy? I have seen some posts and weblogs but they were not helpful and i have been getting some errors which i dont know how to resolve.
Can someone please give a clear steps and procedure for this?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Naveen

Hi,
The flat file is generated in application server by executing an ABAP program in SE38.
This ABAP program contains the logic to generate hierarchy.
In our case we used a DSO to store employee & supervisors.
This program generated a flat file in tmp folder in application server
In our case, To load this flat file we created an Infosource on our master data using direct update using RSA1old Tcode
after Infosource is created right click on the InfoSource and click on Assign DataSource.
Give the Source System name
When you open this Info source you can select data source as YHIEROBJ_HIER and then activate the InfoSource.
create an Info Package to load the Hierarchy. Right click on the PC Files (Source System) and click on u201CCreate InfoPackage".
Under Extraction tab give the flat file name which is generated by the ABAP program in AL11.
Select the hierarchy which you want to load. Also, you can rename the Hierarchy after loading it. The update method is selected as u201CFull Updateu201D.
Logic for Generation of flat file & ABAP Program:
Flat file structure:
Node ID     InfoObject     NodeName     Parent ID     Date To      Date From     Language
u2022     u201CNode IDu201D indicates the unique number which defines the Node.
u2022     u201CInfoObject u201Cgives the name of the InfoObject which is assigned to this Node ID.
u2022     u201CNodeNameu201D is the name you specify to that Node.
u2022     u201CParent IDu201D is the Node ID to which the Current Node ID reports to.
u2022     u201CDate Tou201D and u201CDate Fromu201D are taken for time references (You can set them constant).
u2022      u201CLanguageu201C is set to English (E).
The program Logic can be :
Declare the hierarchy structure
Get the data from DSO into internal table
Read all the EMP values into NodeName Field of the table
Build lookup table for Parent Node ID
Fill Parent Node ID field
Append this data to work area & then to another internal table
You need to declare the selection parameter as SSFILE1
& use following code to write back the file
OPEN DATASET SSFILE1 FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT
     MESSAGE MSG.
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
    MESSAGE E008(ZBW1) WITH MSG.
ENDIF
Populate the output from that internal table into final work area.
Transfer this final work area to the ssfile1 which is the desired output file.
and   CLOSE DATASET SSFILE1.
When this program is executed, selection screen asks for the name of file
Enter the desired file name & execute
flat file would be generated in the Application server now.
To view the File, Go to Transaction AL11. Search the directory /tmp. Double click on this directory.
This opens the list of flat files under this directory. Double click on the file name.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Rashmi.

Use of Flat Files

Hello Everyone !
What is the use of Flat files, how to use and test the same.
Is there documentation available ?
Thanks.

Hi,
A flat file is a file containing records that have no structured interrelationship. may be simple text file.
Following are documents:
[Advanced Flat File to MII XML Document Custom Action Blocks(v12.0)|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/30472799-604b-2b10-d4bf-d7498b027674?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true]
[Flat File Parcer|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mii121/helpdata/EN/44/710b219ea03abee10000000a155369/content.htm]
Hope this helps !!
Regards,
Manoj Bilthare

How to use the Masks in SRM-MDM catalog?

Hi Expert,
We are at SRM-MDM catalog 3.0.
There have two types of SRM contracts were transferd to one MDM catalog repository, and we config two different number range for these contract types. We will creat two web services in SRM IMG, only the same number ramge of the contracts could diaplay in one web service.
As this requirement, may be the MDM function Masks could be a solution I think. But when I try to separate the contracts with two masks in MDM Data Manager, I have no idea that how could I set the key filter with the contract number fields.
Could every expert tell me how could i set the Masks as this situation?

Hi
Have you assigned the masks created in data manager to some role in Console(Console-Roles TableRole1-Table and fields tabMask--add Mask 1 say)
Once the mask is assigned to the role then only the role can see records pertaining to that mask else it can see all the records in the repository.
Regards
Nisha

ECC TO SRM-MDM CATALOG THROUGH SAP PI

We have a scenario where we are sending data from ECC to SRM-MDM Catalog through SAP PI and data is coming from ECC through proxy and sending to SRM u2013MDM catlog through file adapter. In ESR part we have used SAP defined standard service interfaces (CatalogueUpdateNotification as sender interface and MDMInfoRecordDataTransmission as a receiver interface). The mapping used is also standard one.
Now we have got requirement to send the data for vendor mat no, manufacturer field of info records from ECC to SRM-MDM catlog. But we are unable to find out these two fields in standard interfaces/messages. Can anybody guide us how to add these fields in the current data types or is there any other standard interfaces we can use.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Shiv,
Many thanks for your reply.
Since we're not using XI / PI scenario and this is an upgrade from SRM 5.5 to SRM 7, Iu2019m using the same approach that was already used in SRM 5.5 with CCM 2.0.
The idea is that the catalogue and all the records maintained need to be associated to a contract. So, I add the contract ID and the correspondent contract item in the import file, in addition to the supplier name, product ID, price information and so on. I mapped the contract ID with the field contract price.
In relation to the price information fields, as I want it to be visible for any user that accesses the product catalogue, I tried different approaches:
1.Using OCI Price information u2013 amount, currency, price base quantity and price base quantity UoM;
2.Using OCI Price contract u2013 amount, currency, price base quantity and price base quantity UoM;
The first approach didnu2019t work very well, as I was not able to see price information when accessing the catalogue. I could only see it once I transfer the items to the SC. In addition, this approach had one problem. The products were displayed but it was not possible to select the items one by one. To do that I needed to select all the items of the catalogue and after that the detail of the contract ID was displayed in every item, allowing me to choose the items that I want to select to my SC.
The second approach was better as the information was visible when accessing the SC and I was able to select all the items, one by one, as it should be. The main problem of this approach was that Iu2019m getting errors in the SC when the materials have stock u2013 u201CInterface data contains errorsu201D. Or alternatively, if the items didnu2019t have stock, the SC was possible, but when I tried to create a PO from that SC, It simply does not work.
So, can someone help me? Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Andreia

SRM MDM Catalog (Subscreen Error)

Hi,
I am facing an issue with the SRM MDM catalog.
We are currently implementing SRM-MDM catalog 1.0 SP1 Patch01 HF1.
Our MDM server version is MDM 5.5 SP5 Patch02 HF1.
The steps while creating a Shopping Cart are as follows:
- Log into SRM Shopping Screen.
- Select the SRM MDM Catalog
- Inside the SRM MDM catalog select an item and click on the shopping basket to add the item to the shopping cart.
- Once I click on the shopping basket we are getting the below error
Error when processing your request
What has happened?
The URL http://mb1es1001.idcsap.com:8000/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/bbpsc01/ was not called due to an error.
Note
The following error text was processed in the system SR6 : Subscreen not found
The error occurred on the application server MB1ES1001_SR6_00 and in the work process 1 .
The termination type was: ABORT_MESSAGE_STATE
The ABAP call stack was:
SYSTEM-EXIT of program SAPLBBP_SC_UI_ITS
What can I do?
If the termination type was RABAX_STATE, then you can find more information on the cause of the termination in the system SR6 in transaction ST22.
If the termination type was ABORT_MESSAGE_STATE, then you can find more information on the cause of the termination on the application server MB1ES1001_SR6_00 in transaction SM21.
If the termination type was ERROR_MESSAGE_STATE, then you can search for more information in the trace file for the work process 1 in transaction ST11 on the application server MB1ES1001_SR6_00 . In some situations, you may also need to analyze the trace files of other work processes.
If you do not yet have a user ID, contact your system administrator.
Error code: ICF-IE-http -c: 001 -u: RAJ -l: E -s: SR6 -i: MB1ES1001_SR6_00 -w: 1 -d: 20070912 -t: 143649 -v: ABORT_MESSAGE_STATE -e: Subscreen not found
If any have any idea about this error, please help me resolve it. Full points will be awarded.

Hi
Check the SAP Note 967088 and download the configuration guide from SAP official website (SAP Marketplace - OSS Login required). Did you raised any message with SAP as well on this yet. If not, please do the same for faster processing of your query.
Please check what all error logs appear in SLG1 and RZ10 and RZ20 transactions in this case.
Which SRM/CCM/MDM versions, support packs are you using ?
FYI, Catalog names are case sensitive.
OCI parameter should be like this.
0 http://<J2EEhost.domain>:<J2EEport>/SRM-MDM/SRM_MDM
10 username User1
20 password <blank>
30 server <MDM Server>
40 port <Repositiry port>
50 catalog <Repository name>
60 uilanguage SY-LANGU
70 datalanguage SY-LANGU
80 mask <blank>
90 named search <blank>
User name and password mainatined in MDM console is case sensitive.I would suggest you to follow this step
1.In MDM Console for User1 enter password as user1(note that password is all small case)
2.Ensure that you enter the password in similar manner in defining OCI.
Please try the following OSS Notes & links below ->
OSS Note 895183
947362
938495
Note 871302 - Unable to switch between catalogs using F4 help
Note 890967 - /CCM/CHECK_TREX shows incorrect document content
Note 946185 - CCM20: /CCM/CHECK_TREX modifications
Note 707781 - Product search does not find all documents
Note 481295 - Short dump RAISE_EXCEPTION when expanding a product node
Note 723688 BBP TREX corrections for SRM 4.0 SP01
Note 778688 TREX_INDEX_MANAGER unit test update_view(): incorrect search
Note 930788 - Search help for catalog does not display all catalogs
Note 1028343 Changes in the repository not reflected in Catalog UI
Note 1015201 - SRM-MDM Catalog 1.0 Patch02 Release Note
Note 487917 BADI implementation f. BBP_CATALOG_CONTENT (Troubleshooting)
Note 877131 Product category is not permitted for the user
Note 623067 SRM 2.0 Integrated Catalog does not display catalog info
Re: ITS Template not found
SRM MDM Catalog --Login error
Do let me know.
Regards
- Atul

SRM MDM Catalog Multiple Imgae (field) display in UI

Hi MDMers,
I have configured the SRM-MDM Catalog and I had done Import data, mapping data, OCI, SRM call structure and UI settings. Everything works fine when we call the Catalog in SRM.
My SRM -MDM Catalog needs certain custom fields which should hold some Button indicator for item classification (Red, Amber, and Green)
Already we used MDMSRM_IMAGE field to have pictures of Item and mapped in Display view in UI manager.
I tried one more custom field for the Image to hold this buttons (.gif file) but unfortunately it is not bringing the indictor images, just place holder is exist without indicator image.
Could you please help me and give some work around solution to bring that Button Indicator in My Catalog view for each item.
Please light up something on TEXT HTML, TEXT BLOCK, HYPERLINK and mime type
Is it possible to have the .gif Image by using above functionality? If so please guide mates.
Regards
Edwin

Hi Tam,
I have tried to set up hyperlink for my images in SRM-MDM catalog.But no luck.
1. My MIME Type is GIF.
2. My url is
http://fssomsdits01.forensic.gov.uk/eMerge/images
The URL path contains my Images file like GREEN.GIF and RED.GIF
Where I have to display the 2 images according to the catalog Item.
As per forum discussion I tried the steps.
I declared the MIME Type & Hyperlink type (rendered) in Look up table.
I have mapped the fields in Catalog item table for MIME Type<hyper link> & URL<hyper Link> and Hyper Link.
The data is just replicating in DATA manager, but not displaying in UI as image.
Please can you help me to sort it out?
Just explain me how to enable the Hyperlink field to line item.
The steps to import thre Mime type/hyperlinku2026look up table and Qualified table.
Regards
Edwin

Is use of flat file in SRM-MDM catalog search UI possible ?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for