Multiple OCI catalogs in MM

Dear Community,
in standard, MM only supports connection of one OCI catalog for use in transaction ME21N or ME51N.
I have heard rumors that there is a "tweak" or "modification" that enables the use of multiple catalogs in MM too.
Does anybody know more details or has some suggestions how to carry out such change in the system?
Thanks and kind regards
Julian Bradler
PS: Happy new year 2009 to all of you!

Hi,
Could you tell me the SPRO path for doing setting for catalog use in ME21N and ME51N
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