Master Catalog Publishing

Hi All,
Can anyone throw some light why master catalogs get locked while publishing - the main cause; & how one can avoid getting them locked?
Thanks in advance!
Raman

Hi Raman,
In a nutshell, the main reason for catalog locking is due to unfinished/cancelled processes during the publication.
There are several stages of publication, the are primarily ~ Initiation -> Content Aggregation -> Indexing and Optimization -> Rule Execution (if required) -> Catalog Activation. Then as a seperate process we run the DELETE_OUTDATED_CATALOG process to remove the old SE version.
Sometimes what happens, particularly where people use parallel processing/large amounts of rules and views/have very little memory resource available to the catalog we see failures. Sometimes, people cancel the jobs because they feel publication is not doing anything, i.e. they look in SM37 and just see the job running for what seems like forever. We tend to see this when the publication is on the Rule Execution phase or activation phase. Cancelling the job now leaves the catalog in an inconsistent state which will certainly require manual intervention to 'Cleanup'.
When experiencing issues with the publication you should always analyse the underlying cause, i.e. if the problem seems to be in Rule Execution, maybe 80% of the runtime is spent here, then can you reduce the amount of views used or the amount of contained rules in these views? Would it be easier to limit the access by creating different procurement catalogs with different call structures rather than having lots of views ?1?!
Parallel processing is also an issue occasionally, mostly, it is very useful and improves the runtime, but from time to time especially if your catalog is already problematic, it can make things much worse .... where you had a process which was possibly problematic with sequential processing, now with multiple processes, this is simply going to be a problem!!
Best always to switch this parallel processing off until the catalog is returned to a healthy state again.
I hope this provides some help ...
Regards,
Jason

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CCM - Publishing Master catalog gives short dump and terminates publishing

Hello Experts,
we are implementing SRM 5.0 with CCM 2.0 in SP08.
When we tried to publish the master catalog in CCM. we are getting the following error.
FYI..
i ran /CCM/initialize_cme once.
Checked TREX it is working fine. (checked with reports as well)
Your help will be greatly appreicated.
Thanks, Renga.
-========================================================-
Data type 4688C4C9FE4702CE00000000AC140239_ 0000000001 does not exist
Data type not found
Data type not found
Unable to initialize the characteristics/data types (catalog /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG)
Error when generating catalog /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG
Catalog update was terminated
Error when generating catalog /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG
Publication in target system was discarded
Exception /CCM/CX_PUBLICATION_FAILED occurred (program: /CCM/CL_PE_PACKAGING_SERVICE==CP, include: /CCM/CL_PE_PACKAGING_SERVICE=
Exception /CCM/CX_PUBLICATION_FAILED occurred (program: /CCM/CL_PE_REQUEST_SERVICE====CP, include: /CCM/CL_PE_REQUEST_SERVICE===
07/03/2007 13:45:01 (EST): Catalog publication was started
Publishing catalog /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG for the first time
Publication will only be local
Maximum package size (catalog items): 5000
07/03/2007 13:45:02 (EST): >>> Start: Publication of catalog model
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST): Data types published; 25 updated/created; 0 deleted
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST): Characteristics published; 35 updated/created; 0 deleted
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST): Schemas published; 1 updated/created; 0 deleted
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST): Categories published; 313 updated/created; 0 deleted
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST): >>> End: Publication of catalog model
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST): >>> Start: Publication of catalog content
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST) ************ Start Applications Log for Package 0001 *******************
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST): Package 0001 is being transferred to Update Manager
07/03/2007 13:45:03 (EST): Package 0001 is being updated locally
Catalog update was terminated
07/03/2007 13:45:05 (EST) ************* End Applications Log for Package 0001 ********************
07/03/2007 13:45:05 (EST): Package Nr. 0001 was sent
07/03/2007 13:45:01 (EST): system is waiting for response messages
07/03/2007 13:45:04 (EST): >>> Start: Processing of confirmation message for package 0001
Local update of package 0001 has failed
07/03/2007 13:45:04 (EST): >>> End: Processing of confirmation message for package 0001
07/03/2007 13:45:04 (EST): >>> Start: Processing of confirmation message for catalog
Local publication of catalog /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG has failed
07/03/2007 13:45:04 (EST): >>> End: Processing of confirmation message for catalog
07/03/2007 13:45:05 (EST): End of catalog publication
Total runtime of catalog publication: 00:00:04 ***
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Hi
Please go through the SAP OSS Notes below ->
Note 866547 Error when accessing TREX server
Note 878316 - Missing standard characteristics in CCM2.0 catalogs
Note 910814 Lowercase letters in ID
Note 734168 - Error during initialization of characteristics & data types
Note 730047 CME-Customizing check
Note 937756 Runtime improvement when using view rules
Note 933796 Timeout while publishing using parallel processes
Note 904420 Tolerating inconsistencies in the view relationship
Do let me know.
Regards
- Atul

Problem in publishing master catalog

Hi,
I am not an SAP expert. I would like to ask your help about our current issue at hand. I need to publish the master catalog but I dont know how to do it. We have installed SRM 5.0 and CCM 2.0. Can you give me a detailed steps on how to do it? And also, i dont know how to create nor upload a schema. The only type of schema that the system may accept is in csv format because xml format will be applicable because it is a stand-alone system. It is not integrated yet to EP or XI.
Hoping for your apt reply. Thank you.
Regards,
Charm

Hi
Please go through the following details, which will definitely help ->
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/42/151D6093BB73ADE10000000A114B54/content.htm
https://websmp105.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700003992672005E/Config_Guide_CCM200_640doc.pdf
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/e5/f5e938b4ece075e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/01/2ee339a327f136e10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/5d/4cacb2fe20430aa0e4666be4fe1d5e/frameset.htm
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Re: Master catalog schema.......
Catalog item not found during publication master catalog
The Master Catalog in CCM is never manually created by an administrator, the catalog is generated upon entering the CDC (Catalog Design Center) {Edit Catalogs}. Providing the CCM system has been initialized using the report /ccm/initialize_cme the catalog will be automatically generated as described above, even if deleted upon next entry to the CDC a new Master will be created again.
Regards
- Atul

No entry was generated in Master catalog after contract upload by PI...

We use CCM 2.0 as percurment catalog in SRM 7.0 server.
1.I finish the basic configuration and tranfer the product catalog to the CCM.
2.Then I do the mapping of product cat to master cat.
3.I finished the PI scenarios for upload contract.
4.When I publish a contract in the potral, I check the PI monitor is fine.
5.I check the CCM log more,but there is a warning message 'No original catalog item found for contract catalog item 1'.
6.The contract upload successfully and it occurs in the ccm cataloags.
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19.09.2010 16:09:01 (CET): Starting mapping
19.09.2010 16:09:01 (CET): Starting mapping analysis for catalog 4400000049 -> /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG
19.09.2010 16:09:04 (CET): Mapping completed for catalog /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG
19.09.2010 16:09:04 (CET): Mapping completed for catalog 4400000049
But unfortunately,there is no entry in the master catalog for this contract.
Could you give me some suggestion?
Much appreciated~~~

Looks like the catalog was unable to be enriched from existing data - does this contract item exist in the SRM product catalog or a supplier catalog for enrichment to take place?
Regards.
Jason

CCM 2.0: Status of items is not changed in Master Catalog

Hello all,
when I upload the same items in Supplier Catalog in Master Catalog and Procurement Catalog for items status is not changed from "Approved" to "Not Approved".
Funny thing is that items need to be approved to go to Procurement Catalog from Master and to publish Procurement Catalog.
What to do?
Gordan

Hello Gordan,
do you mean that in CAT customizing you have your /ccm/master_catalog with "approved" value and the name of your procurement with "To approve" value?
Best regards
Jorge

How to upload Master Catalog Schema in Catalog Content Management SRM

Hi All,
Please provide the solution as we are in real trouble.
We have to delete master catalog and upload it again. Deletion is done because the mapping and all are being corrupted. SAP has suggested to delete the catalog and again upload it and do all the mapping again related to supplier and procurement catalog.
Can all of you guide us what to do:
1. How to delete a existing Master catalog (can de-publish will do it?)?
2. We have the master catalog schema with us. Please tell how to upload this schema. Which link we have to follow?
3. After uploading the master schema how we can check that master catalog is working fine.
The answers will be rewarded with valuable points
Regards
Praveen K Ghosh

Sridhar,
I am contacting you regarding the same problem with the CCM MASTER CATALOG, as Praveen said, SAP has suggested to delete the catalog and again upload it and do all the mapping again related to supplier and procurement catalog.
I have read the documents that you refer to at http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/7f/9b62405c910272e10000000a155106/frameset.htm.
In this link I found information really useful, however according to the document the CCM MASTER CATALOG should be created automatically by the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool, this happends the first time that you are using the system.
Catalog Creation
You use this function to create catalogs in SAP Catalog Authoring Tool.
You can create the following types of catalogs:
Supplier catalogs
Procurement catalogs
Model service catalogs
Note
SAP Catalog Authoring Tool creates the master catalog, the SRM product catalog, SRM contract catalogs, and the contract catalog for service specifications automatically.
When SAP Catalog Authoring Tool is used for the first time, you must open the Edit Catalogs application once, before you create any catalogs. Choosing Edit Catalogs triggers the creation of the master catalog. If you do not do this, SAP Catalog Authoring Tool outputs an error message when you try to create a catalog.
We have already the Master Schema and we know how to map the CCM MASTER CATALOG to the supplier and procurement catalogs. The main problem is that we need to delete the CCM/MASTERCATALOG and created again.
1. How delete the CCM/MASTERCATALOG?
In a Test enviroment I have delete the CCM/MASTERCATALOG using the "Edit Catalogs" mode then choosing the catalog and confirm the deletion.
Once this has been done, all the catalogs has been erased including the CCM/MASTERCATALOG, so now we have the system in blank. I am not sure if this is the correct way to delete the catalog or there is an easiest way where the Procurement and supplier catalogs dont dissapear once the CCM/MASTERCATALOG is deleted.
2. Once the CCM/MASTERCATAOG is deleted how to created again?
According to the instructions the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool should created this automatically when is used for the first time, however how we can created the CCM/MASTERCATALOG again if the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool is not used for the fist time.
Is there a way where the system can create the CCM/MASTERCATALOG for a second time?
I follow the steps to create the CCM/MASTERCATALOG for the first time however i didnt get a positive result.
Any help provided will be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Carlos

Upload categories master catalog

Hi to all,
- I am working in the extended classic scenario
- release 5.0
- file .CSV 2.0
I have a problem uploading the categories of the master catalog:
when i go to edit the master catalog, the system doesn't permit to see the categories and i can read the following error message:"not category in the master catalog".
The master catalog is in error.
I can see that it has no category (it is empty) and there are two red dots, one under "published" and one under "uploaded".
So I want one of the following:
1.To create a new master catalog, can you help me step by step?
2.Is it possible to have a general file in format .CSV to upload my master catalogin error?
Best regards.
thanks a lot.
DaviMarc

Hi DaviMarc,
Which version and SP of CCM are you using? if you have problems to edit your master catalog you can check OSS Note 1024002 (depends of your version)
On the other hand I have an example of the file to upload the schema to the master catalog, give me your ID and I can send you
Regards,
José Luis D.

(CCM2) Error when edit Master Catalog

Hi,,
I have one problem
Hi,,
I have two problems with the catalog
1.- After I uploaded some content in a supplier catalog, I was not able to do any mapping. I think the problem is in the master catalog. Now suddenly I can't edit it. A error message is displayed. I saw the dump in the system but I don't see any SAP note related.
the message say
"RAISE_EXCEPTION" C
"SAPLSYGU" or "LSYGUU03"
"GUID_CONVERT"
or                                                        "SAPLSYGU" "PARAMETERS_ERROR"                             or                                                        "SAPMHTTP " "PARAMETERS_ERROR"
Our level of patch is
SAP_ABA     640     0015     SAPKA64015
SAP_BASIS     640     0015     SAPKB64015
PI_BASIS     2005_1_640     0005     SAPKIPYJ65
ST-PI     2005_1_640     0003     SAPKITLQH3
CCM     200_640     0002     SAPK-26402INCCM
SRM_SERVER     500     0008     SAPKIBKS08
Thanks

You should check if you have two different master catalogs in your CCM system itself, not only in your web frontend (e.g. Internet Explorer). One master is probably active and one master is set to inactive. Delete the inactive master and you are able again to do the mapping between supplier catalog and master catalog and to edit the master.
@ R.Janke: Independent of the problem in this thread. Is it really necessary to publish the master schema only? In case you want to work with purchasing catalogs you wouldn´t publish your master catalog at all. Is your proposal related to any SP or is it already solved with a new SP?
Regards,
Bodo

Master Catalog is locked!

Need you help!
Our master catalog is locked and I'm trying to unlock it. As I read some of the postings in this thread, I checked /CCM/D_CTLG_REG and I see two versions of our master catalog. However, both versions are inactive (there's no x next to either one).
To unlock or delete inactive catalogs, there's /CCM/CLEANUP_CATALOG. Since our master catalog is inactive for both versions, if I delete 'inactive' version, would that delete both of them? How do I set one of these to active and delete the inactive one?
Please help.
SN

Hi
Which CCM version are you using ?
We faced fimilar issue ... SAP has suggested this long back ->
The problem is as a result of a system restart which occured while a
publication job was in process. The shutdown cancelled the job for
program /CCM/PE_START_REG_PUBLICATION but did not cancel or clean up
the corresponding table entries which are causing the error you now
encounter
Go to table /ccm/d_pub_st
Here you will see one entry in status 'R' (Running) this needs to be
changed to status 'E' (Published with errors)
Then Use report again /ccm/cleanup_catalog
Related Help links ->
To remove the locks, use SE38 transaction and type program name as /CCM/CLEANUP_CATALOG to unlock or delete catalogues. Please select the correct option !
Re: CCM Mater catalog is locked
Re: /CCM/CLEANUP_CATALOG won't unlock the catalog
Re: CCM Related
Related SAP OSS Notes ->
Note 965357 - /CCM/CLEANUP_MAPPING: Long runtimes Note 773975 - TIME_OUT short dump when publishing very large catalogs
Note 909907 - Improved performance of update overview (CCM20)
Please see the related links which deal with the same issue, and will definitely answer your query ->
Unlock catalog
Go to transaction SE38 and execute program /CCM/CLEANUP_CATALOG. Information about the catalog status is held in table /CCM/D_CTLG_REQ.
If your catalog is locked by UI (i.e. publishing) try the report /CCM/CLEANUP_UPDATE_STATUS.
CCM Mater catalog is locked
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Do let me know incase you still have any queries.
Regards
- Atul

Unlock Master Catalog in CCM1.0

I'm on SRM 4.0 with CCM1.0 and my production master catalog is locked.
In looking at table /CCM/D_CTLG_REQ for process AI, I see the latest version of the master catalog without the checkbox, which means it's inactive. I understand report /CCM/CLEANUP_CATALOG is used to delete/unlock catalog, but I'm cautious as I'm not sure which version to delete.
I tried unlocking it and it doesn't work. I think I need to delete this inactive version but CCM1.0 does not give me option to specify the exact version I want to delete. The latest inactive version of the master catalog is 113. I can delete the catalog with the following options:
Process: SE or AI ? I assume it's AI
Catalog ID:
Inactive version
Active version
Last version
In my case, should I delete the latest version or the inactive version? Or does it matter? Since the system doesn't show me the active version, I don't want to accidentally delete the catalog. Advice would be greatly appreciated, and points will be rewarded.
SN

>> 1. check the table /CCM/D_UPD_STATE, put the concerning catalog ID and to see whether the status is 03---means running. If yes, go to next step. If No, you should not run the report in step 2 and there must be other reason for the error.
2. run the report /CCM/CLEANUP_UPDATE_STATUS. Notice: you must specify process "AI", catalog ID and status, eg 03, then you can the report.
3. Check the table again, the concerning record should be removed. and the message in front end should be no longer existing.
>> Also check in SE38 the program /CCM/VERIFY_CATALOG, where in case if you need to verify catalog (e.g. you get some error messages during publishing of the entire catalog etc)

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This is similar to Goeffbubbles question but I don't want to have the original files on both laptop and desktop
Here is the question:
I want to make a copy of a Lightroom 3 catalog to put on my laptop so while on the move I can be geo-tagging and keywording to 8000 photographs. I don't want to drag an external drive with me. I just want to be able to work on the catalog metadata and have all the updates/changes stored there (on the laptop)(in the catalog) and then transfer the catalog back to the desktop (to the primary archive) and have all the updates/changes pushed back into the DNG's or the XMP sidecar files alongside the CR2's. These changes would be only keywording and possibly writing GPS data into them….NOT image edits (that would probally require access to the original image files)
As a test, I tried "exporting as catalog", TWO images (with the source images "unavailable"). I flash-drived the resulting catalog to my laptop. I opened the catalog in LR3 and made changes to the metadata. I tried both "saving metadata to file" and "updating DNG previews" (which would be useless anyway since I could not write data back to the missing originals) and also tried doing nothing and just closing LR, then pulling the flashdrive and plugging it into the DESKTOP.(knowing the changes are stored within the catalog itself only) I open the 2 picture catalog in LR and see the keyword updates. Hurrah!
I switch over to the master catalog. All I want to do is import the updated metadata (keywording, contrast, etc…) back into the master catalog and push the data into the original DNG or XMP. On import I select "replace: Metadata and develop settings only" (with or without "preserve old settings" checked) and click import. Voila! NOTHING HAPPENS and the updated keywords are NOT picked up.
Where did I go wrong? I know that the metadata updates were carried out because they showed up when I opened it separately in LR! For some reason they don't seem to making through the import process to the master catalog…
Sorry if I am being overly verbose....Any suggestions?

the part you're missing is that you have to be a little more destructive in your creation.
here are my steps:
In LR, put the files you want to work on in a subfolder of your Primary catalog
Export Folder As Catalog with previews, but without including the DNG's
At your new location/machine work on that catalog.
Here's the part that's no fun, (obviously have a backup of your catalog before you do this)
In your primary catalog REMOVE that folder from your catalog. (this will remove all references within your catalog, but leave the RAW files alone where they were)
You then FILE-->IMPORT FROM ANOTHER CATALOG, and import your subfolder export back into your Primary catalog.
It'll bring all of your changes and previews back into your Primary catalog but with unlinked RAW files.
Click on the question mark in the corner of the thumbnail that's telling you it doesn't know where the source files are and LOCATE the original file again in your file structure, with the FIND NEARBY MISSING PHOTOS box checked.
Overly complicated for what it is, but it gets the job done.
I found your post because it was suggested on the sidebar after I just made a feature request on the same topic.

Error while uploading schema for Master Catalog

Guys,
I got the below error while uploading Schema with custom char for Master catalog;
"Error in row 11 of the CSV file" where as the 11th row is "DataType;INTEGER;integer;Integer Type"
in the csv file. Please suggest.
Regards
TGB

Hi,
Check txn-SLG1 in SRM system. There if you go to details, you will see exact description of error.
There are some dos and donts for csv files. for e.g you can't put : , / etc.symbols in the csv file.
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I have been using a PC with a Sinology NAS for picture storage. The master catalog has been generated from this PC. I would like to use the same catalog on my Macbook Pro. Is there a way to sync the two computers using one common catalog?

Some users have a shared catalog on an external hard drive, which if portable can be carried around. I’ve never use network storage; but in theory it could work if all the file paths were identical on both machines.
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Here is a video tutorial which demonstrates the use of a catalog on location.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-complete-picture-with-julieanne-kost/how-to-use-lightroom-5- on-location/

LR - how to make a master catalog??? my pictures are all over somewhere i can't find.

i put LR on an external hard drive. now i suddenly have multiple catalogs as well as data previews. my photos are scattered all over hell, i can't find what i'm looking for and half the time, i bring up a file and it cannot be found. i tried following a tutorial to create a master catalog, but i can't find the options that say "catalog" they only say "create new folder" etc.

Really?? No one knows??
This is an Apple support forum is it not?
If anyone can at least point me in the right direction that would be great!!

Empty schema in master catalog

Hi,
I just did the basic setup CCM 2.0 on WAS 7.0
Now I see the master catalog has no standard schema yet.
I read this willl be generated the first time it gets edited, but it is not.
Is this right, and do I have to build this schema on my own, or is there a initial upload available anywhere?
Regards, Toine.

HI,
As already identified by Masa you must create the schema yourself either directly in the catalog (not recommended) or use either XML or CSV uploads. Please see the help documentation for details on schema file creation:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ccm20/helpdata/en/index.htm
Also - I have attached a simple test csv file for you to load to your catalog to get you started.
Regards,
Jason

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