Product Category Hierarchy in SRM

Hi,
Is any one has experienced in Creating product category hierarchy in SRM7.0?
Also how we can replicate the material group hierarchy from ECC to SRM7.0?
Vasu

Hi all,
How are you?
I´ve seen some scenarios where clients have product category maintained in R/3 (SPRO / Logistics - General / Material master / Settings for key fields / Define Material groups).
You can use LSMW to create product categories.
Then you have to replicate those categories / Material groups to SRM. You can do this by Midleware (transaction R3AS). You can see hierarchys in srm at transaction comm_hierarchy.
Hope this helps,
Regards,
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Award point for helpful answer.
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Hi,
Did u find the solution?
I have similar requirement. I want to assign the backend pdt category to pdt category created locally in SRM.How can this be done?
Scenario -> Extended classic in SRM 5.0
1) Is it posible to do the assignment during the intial load? How abt using BBP_PRODCAT_HIER?
2) Is it posible to assign the already replicated pdt. categories to locally created pdt. category in SRM?
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I have doubts on Product Category hierarchy....
1) As far as i understand whenever we replicate the material from Backend R/3 there is a product hiearachy created and assigned automatically. However, we also have the option of creating local hiearachies.
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2) I read from the help portal in SAP that Product Hierarchy helps in determining the source of supply. I am not able to understand how that is possible. I have searched for documentation all around but could not find any?
3) In one of the forums i saw that one consultant activated the product hiearachy, then to his surprise the automatic sourcing configuration which he had done has not worked due to activation of hierarchies
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Abhinandan

Hi
1)
2) Most of the time, We create multiple hierarchy levels in case of Extended Classic Scenario (ECS).
3) Might be due to some bug (some OSS note is missing here).
Please go through the links as well ->
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/02/faeb38d391aa6ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/55/4af548688211d4977e0004ac962ee6/frameset.htm
Note 519794 - EBP: Replication of materials with purchasing view
Note 720819 - Middleware consumer entry for SRM 40 and 50 in the OLTP-syst
Note 902814 - Dump during product category download
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/43/2022b83fbc2be8e10000000a11466f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/3a/d6ad4240adb111e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/42/151D4193BB73ADE10000000A114B54/content.htm
http://searchsap.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid21_gci1245134,00.html
http://www.infosys.com/industries/electronics_hightech/ViewPoint_Order_Management.pdf
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/c5/13e53c759d4d19a7e20d9d32569abe/frameset.htm
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no ravi . it is sap standard.
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Hi,
Use the following reports
COM_PRODUCT_DELETE_ALL      Used to delete product master data.
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UNSPSC Product Category Hierarchy...

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We have classic scenario in place and the materials will get replicated from R/3.
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Satya.

Hello,
I'm not sure I follow your question. Are your Product Categories in the back-end system UNSPSC? If so, then replication will bring them over. Or are you trying to map catalog UNSPSC codes to your product categories?
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Product category in srm should over write the punch-out catalog category

Hello Gurus,
I have a requirement to overwrite the product category which is coming from the punch-out catalog with the SRM product category.
Exactly saying i am looking for a mapping program.
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Hi Pierre,
Actucally i am using NIGP as the Schema, Can you explain me how we can do with more details how to configure the settings to map the exteranal product category with the internal product category and with out going to BADI.
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If I select a product category via the match-code (search help), after the category is selected, the window freezes.
I have to shut it down manually using the Windows Close button.
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Hello,
We have the exact same issue in SRM 7.0 Extented Classic Scenario. This was working fine before we installed the latest support package 11. Which support package do you have?
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Edited by: Matti Hokkanen on Nov 4, 2011 10:43 AM

Default product category

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I am having a problem with the 'default' product category function:
If I DO NOT set the indicator for making a product category as default, SRM takes the last one from the list in extended attributes?
I would like the field 'product category' in the shopping cart to be blank?
Can anyone help me?
BR. Kim

Hi,
Which SRM version are you using ?
It's a standard SAP behaviour.
Product categories have to be available into SRM !! It is a mandatory master data.
You can use method ENRICH_ITEM_DATA in BADI BBP_CATALOG_TRANSFER to do this.
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Or
Implement the BADI "BBP_F4_READ_ON_ENTRY".
Or
Implement combination of BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADI as well as BBP_DOC_CHECK_BADI.
See the following useful pointers for detailed help and source code:-
Re: Shopping cart creation category dropdown selecting the most used category
Punchout Product Category Default
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Re: How to enable "shop on behalf" functionality in BBPSC03 ?
Re: How to stop a new Prod Categ from becoming 'default' display when shopping
Re: search help results of cost center
Re: No authorization to purchase from product category
Re: make Category id field blank in Describe requirement
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Issue in product category replication from R/3 to SRM

Mehul G Shah: BACKGROUND:
We are in the process of replicating Material Group from R/3 to SRM
using transaction R3AR2 & R3AR4. Our Pre-Production server got
refreshed recently & this has caused all EBM data inclucing Logical
System & Destination being overwritten with EBP data.
We have maintained middleware paramaters, viz., CRMCONSUM, CRMRFCPAR,
CRMPAROLTP & also TBE11.
We have also maintained sites in CRM Middleware Monitoring Cockpit
using SMWP.
We have also tried after deleting entries in tables CRMPRLS (R/3) &
CRMMLSGUID (EBM) as suggested by SAP note 765018
We have followed steps mentioned in link /people/marcin.gajewski/blog/2007/02/05/how-to-replicate-material-master-from-r3-to-srm
(But we are not clear about site attributes which needs to maintain as per the CRM Middleware Monitoring Cockpit.)
ISSUE:
Material Group gets replicated to Product Category in SRM. However, the
Product Category gets replicated with Logical System which is not
maintained in EBM

Hi ,
Thanks 4 ur replay,i have maintained Site attributes,please give me detail of site attributes like which attributes should i maintain ?please give me descriptive answer.

Product Category Description 2 in SRM missing

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we have the issue, that the Product Category Description 2 is needed in the SRM System. The replication from ERP just giving Product Category Description 1. We are running SRM 7.0 and habe ECC 6.0 (EHP4) as Backend.
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1. Enhance the master data replication and
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How can an enhancement to the replication be done? Is there a BADI as for vendors available?
How the middleware program need to be changed?
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Hi. In that case....
Go to BBPSC01 in the GUI, get the search help name from the category field.
Go to SE11 and change the search help to add a new field and put in a search help exit just like any other search help.
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You could implement a custom field and use BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADI to populate the second description. It will be shown in a different section on the cart though.
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Dave.

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Nikhil

HI
there is no relation like that.
some customer expects this facility
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prod category - Building equipments - DLF
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6) Error calling META BAPI META_CALCULATE_TAX
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I have also check that when i click Add to Shopping Cart Button - The item_check Badi is also triggered . When I set up the break point there for debugging purpose its not triggeing and coming up with the above error messages.
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