OCI Catalogs in MM

Hi Guys,
as we all know since ECC6.0 we can use OCI catalogs in MM.
I now have a vendor who send me his OCI interface data. I customized the data. Everything is fine.
But I now have additions wishes:
1. Integration of multiple catalogs - only the default catalog is shown but there must be an opportunity to do this because it's mentioned in sap note 1092922 - has anybody done this before?
2. Is there any chance to influence the data from OCI catalog via BAdI or Enhancement. The only BAdI i found is ME_CATALOG_INTERFACE which is not accesible because it's declared SAP internal
3. How can i use the fields "NEW_ITEM-CUST_FIELD1" - "NEW_ITEM-CUST_FIELD5" can i define a mapping anywhere?
4. Has anybody here ever written an costumer specific transaction using MM Catalog API? Please let me know how it was done.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Christian

about Q2:
The BADI will be available to customers only from EHP4 on. The reason for that not being delivered to customer was that the
interface was not finalized and would be possibly changed.
If you want to implement it you may do it under own responsibility. In order to use this BADI, you need to execute transaction SE18 and select BADI ME_CATALOG_INTERFACE. You will need to uncheck checkbox 'within SAP' and save. Then you should be able to create your implementation via SE19. Or change the internal flag directly on database table SXS_ATTR
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