SMD Tool. No change pointers log on table CDHDR nor CDPOS.

Hi everyone.
I'm trying to use the SMD tool. I've created my Message Type, and my Change Document Object(Tcode SCDO).
Priorly, I've tested the ALE Layer configuration, by sending iDocs of my message type directly with the MASTER_IDOC_DISTRIBUTE Function Module, and it works fine. I mean, I have no problem with sending iDocs or the ALE configuration.
In the transaction SCDO I've logged my Object Type, and I've assigned the table THOC (Public Holiday Calendar), from wich I want to monitoring the field DATUM, wich is flagged as "Copy as Internal Table" and "Doc. for individual fields at delete". Also in this transaction (SCDO), I've created the Update pgm.
In transaction BD95, I've inserted my ALE Object Type, and I've assigned the table THOC and the field DATUM to my Object. Field DATUM is referenced to the DATUM Data Element. Due that the Data Element DATUM isn't flagged as "Change Document", I've changed the Data Element referenced by the field DATUM for one copy of the Data Element DATUM, wich I've flagged as "Change Document".
My Message Type is alredy on the following tables:
Tcode BD50: The checkbox for monitoring Change Pointers is on.
Tcode BD52: Where I've assigned my ALE Object, the table THOC and the field KEY.
Tcode BD59: Where I've assigned to it the segment of my Message Type, and the field (same field type) wich corresponds to the field DATUM of table THOC.
Tcode BD60: The ref. msg. is the same as my Message Type, i've created the function module to create the iDocs containing the delta information (via tcode BD21 I alredy reach this FM that I've created), there's no table nor Object Type Associated (in this step I've tried both cases, with table THOC and my Object Type assigned, and both not assigned), the checkboxes "ID for reducible message type" and "BDCP2 OK" are off.
The Change Pointers in Tcode BD61 is on.
After all this configuration steps, I still cannot see logs of my Change Document Type in tables CDHDR nor CDPOS. Besides, when I run Tcode BD21 with my message type, and when the program reaches my Function Module (Z_MASTERIDOC_CREATE_SMD_xxxxx), the function CHANGE_POINTERS_READ with my ALE Object gets no records. At this step, the same function (CHANGE_POINTERS_READ) with another ALE Object does get records.
Table BDCPS alredy contains records for my Message Type, and in those records, the "Process" field is empty.
Am I missing one step or something?
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks in advice.
Regards.

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In this once we make the config to any of messages type , if any changes are made in sending system then IDOC will be posted directly to destination with user interation.
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selectively. This is not the case: you always turn them on selectively. The switch to
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module.
Call Function 'CHANGE_POINTERS_READ'
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matching IDocs.
When you want to send out an IDoc unconditionally every time a transaction
updates, you better use the workflow from the change documents.
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RBDMIDOC
we need execute the follwing t.code
BD61:to activate the change pointers globally
BD50,BD52: to activate message types ,and to enable the fileds for change pointers
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Applications which write change documents will also try to write change pointers for ALE operations. These are log entries to remember all modified data records relevant for ALE.
Most applications write change documents. These are primarily log entries in the tables CDHDR and CDPOS.
Change documents remember the modified fields made to the database by an application. They also remember the user name and the time when the modification took place.
The decision whether a field modification is relevant for a change document is triggered by a flag of the modified fields data element. You can set the flag with SE11 by modifying the data element.
For the purpose of distributing data via ALE to other systems, you may want to choose other fields, which shall be regarded relevant for triggering a distribution.
Therefore R/3 introduced the concept of change pointers, which are nothing else than a second log file specially designed for writing the change pointers which are meant to trigger IDoc distribution via ALE.
So the change pointers will remember the key of the document every time when a relevant field has changed.
Change pointers are then evaluated by an ABAP which calls the IDoc creation, for every modified document found in the change pointers.
The Change pointers are written from the routine CHANGEDOCUMENT_CLOSE when saving the generated change document. So change pointers are automatically written when a relevant document changes.
The following function is called from within CHANGEDOCUMENT_CLOSE in order to write the change pointers.
CALL FUNCTION 'CHANGE_POINTERS_CREATE'
EXPORTING
change_document_header = cdhdr
TABLES
change_document_position = ins_cdpos.
Activation of change pointer update :
Change pointers are log entries to table BDCP which are written every time a transaction modifies certain fields. The change pointers are designed for ALE distribution and written by the function CHANGE_DOCUMENT_CLOSE.
Change pointers are written for use with ALE. There are ABAPs like RBDMIDOC which can read the change pointers and trigger an IDoc for ALE distribution.
The change pointers are mainly the same as change documents. They however can be set up differently, so fields which trigger change documents are not necessarily the same that cause change pointers to be written.
In order to work with change pointers there are two steps to be performed
1) Turn on change pointer update generally
2) Decide which message types shall be included for change pointer update
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is done with a Function Ale_Component_Check
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The two points read like you had the choice between turning it on generally or selectively. This is not the case: you always turn them on selectively. The switch to turn on generally is meant to activate or deactivate the whole mechanism.
The change pointers which have not been processed yet, can be read with a function module.
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Re: change pointers method
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/ba/c9c1c31253ed4596e3bbb74922cd4a/frameset.htm
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/12/83e03c19758e71e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
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relevant field has changed.
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The following function is called from within CHANGEDOCUMENT_CLOSE in order to write the change pointers.
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change_document_header = cdhdr
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Activation of change pointer update :
Change pointers are log entries to table BDCP which are written every time a transaction modifies certain fields. The change pointers are designed for ALE distribution and written by the function CHANGE_DOCUMENT_CLOSE.
Change pointers are written for use with ALE. There are ABAPs like RBDMIDOC
which can read the change pointers and trigger an IDoc for ALE distribution.
The change pointers are mainly the same as change documents. They however can
be set up differently, so fields which trigger change documents are not necessarily
the same that cause change pointers to be written.
In order to work with change pointers there are two steps to be performed
1) Turn on change pointer update generally
2) Decide which message types shall be included for change pointer update
R3 allows to activate or deactivate the change pointer update. For this purpose it
maintains a table TBDA1. The decision whether the change pointer update is active
is done with a Function Ale_Component_Check
This check does nothing else than to check, if this table has an entry or not. If there is an entry in TBDA1, the ALE change pointers are generally active. If this table is empty, change pointers are turned off for everybody and everything, regardless of the other settings.
The two points read like you had the choice between turning it on generally or
selectively. This is not the case: you always turn them on selectively. The switch to
turn on generally is meant to activate or deactivate the whole mechanism.
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module.
Call Function 'CHANGE_POINTERS_READ'
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matching IDocs.
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Change pointers to trigger the IDOC

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I am having a selection screen with fields to create a custom info record (transaction VD51/ VD52 )
Customer
material
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Please provide the steps for that (including change document)or we need to check the CDHDR table using the following fields.
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Change pointers is the one of the IDOC processing method in ALE.
In this once we make the config to any of messages type , if any changes are made in sending system then IDOC will be posted directly to destination with user interation.
Changes pointers are configured using BD50,BD51,BD53,BD61.
Change pointers are stored in tables BDCP and BDCPS (or BDCP2 in case of high-performance setting) - like CDHDR and CDPOS for change documents (but this is not a controlling table!).
1. Do you really need change pointers?
You need change pointers to distribute changes with the ALE SMD tool. If you do not use this tool, you do not need to write change pointers.
You can deactivate change pointers and activate them again with the transaction BD61.
2. Do you really need to activate change pointers for this messages type?
If some messages types are no longer to be distributed by change pointers, you can
deactivate change pointers for this message type.
You can deactivate change pointers for the message type
and reactivate them again in transaction BD50.
For reduced message types, deactivate the change pointer with the
Reduction tool (transaction BD53).
Applications which write change documents will also try to write change pointers for ALE operations. These are log entries to remember all modified data records relevant for ALE.
Most applications write change documents. These are primarily log entries in the
tables CDHDR and CDPOS.
Change documents remember the modified fields made to the database by an
application. They also remember the user name and the time when the modification
took place.
The decision whether a field modification is relevant for a change document is
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For the purpose of distributing data via ALE to other systems, you may want to
choose other fields, which shall be regarded relevant for triggering a distribution.
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than a second log file specially designed for writing the change pointers which are
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when saving the generated change document. So change pointers are automatically
written when a relevant document changes.
The following function is called from within CHANGEDOCUMENT_CLOSE in order to write the change pointers.
CALL FUNCTION 'CHANGE_POINTERS_CREATE'
EXPORTING
change_document_header = cdhdr
TABLES
change_document_position = ins_cdpos.
Activation of change pointer update :
Change pointers are log entries to table BDCP which are written every time a transaction modifies certain fields. The change pointers are designed for ALE distribution and written by the function CHANGE_DOCUMENT_CLOSE.
Change pointers are written for use with ALE. There are ABAPs like RBDMIDOC
which can read the change pointers and trigger an IDoc for ALE distribution.
The change pointers are mainly the same as change documents. They however can
be set up differently, so fields which trigger change documents are not necessarily
the same that cause change pointers to be written.
In order to work with change pointers there are two steps to be performed
1) Turn on change pointer update generally
2) Decide which message types shall be included for change pointer update
R3 allows to activate or deactivate the change pointer update. For this purpose it
maintains a table TBDA1. The decision whether the change pointer update is active
is done with a Function Ale_Component_Check
This check does nothing else than to check, if this table has an entry or not. If there is an entry in TBDA1, the ALE change pointers are generally active. If this table is empty, change pointers are turned off for everybody and everything, regardless of the other settings.
The two points read like you had the choice between turning it on generally or
selectively. This is not the case: you always turn them on selectively. The switch to
turn on generally is meant to activate or deactivate the whole mechanism.
The change pointers which have not been processed yet, can be read with a function
module.
Call Function 'CHANGE_POINTERS_READ'
The ABAP RBDMIDOC will process all open change pointers and distribute the
matching IDocs.
When you want to send out an IDoc unconditionally every time a transaction
updates, you better use the workflow from the change documents.
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When transferring HR data from ECC to CRM via change pointers

When transferring HR data from ECC to CRM via change pointers ,certain data is getting earsed in CRM
paricularly the last name and first name of BUT000
Do you have any idea why this could be happening
Thanks in advance

Hi Kittu,
Change pointers. Change pointers are R/3 objects that mark changes to SAP master data. Change pointers are managed by mechanisms in a Shared Master Data (SMD) tool and are based on Change Document (CD) objects. CD objects record the changes occurring to master data at a field level. These changes are stored in tables CDHDR (header table) and CDPOS (detail table). ALE configuration provides a link between CD objects and change pointers. Internal mechanisms update tables BDCP and BDCPS, which host the change pointers. While CD objects are application-data-specific, the processing status of change pointers is message-type-specific. Also, the ALE change pointers are activated first at a general level and then at the message-type level.
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Creating a change pointer and subsequently triggering an IDOC
thanks
karthik

Change pointers in ale

hi experts,
what is use of change pointers in ale?please give me help about change pointers?

hi,
If you want to distribute master data changes with the SMD tool (Shared Master Data), changes to the master data objects are flagged for distribution by change pointers (Master Data Distribution).
The SMD tool is connected to the change document interface. If the master data changes are to be distributed, the application writes a change document. The contents of this are passed to the SMD tool. The tool writes change pointers, reads the application data and creates the master IDoc.
The master IDoc is then passed to the ALE layer, which sends it to all interested systems.
Regards,
Pankaj Singh

Change Pointers Needed

Hi All,
Please give me a scenario to expalin about change pointers.
Regards,
Srik

Change Pointer Configuration and extraction in HRPay.
Infotypes to be logged are in:
V_T585A,
V_T585B,
& V_T585C
Please view the table contents to understand the structure of these tables and how they are linked. These help you identify the cluster tables which store the data.
Payroll Cluster Table PCL4 contains the cluster table reference. (Please refer to the table structure below:
Payroll Custer Tables
http://www.planetsap.com/HR_ABAP_payroll.htm
Cluster tables combine the data from several tables with identical (or almost identical) keys into one physical record on the database.
Data is written to a database in compressed form.
Retrieval of data is very fast if the primary key is known.
Cluster tables are defined in the data dictionary as transparent tables.
External programs can NOT interpret the data in a cluster table.
Special language elements EXPORT TO DATABASE, IMPORT TO DATABASE and DELETE FROM DATABASE are used to process data in the cluster tables.
PCL1 - Database for HR work area; (long text, etc)
PCL2 - Accounting Results (time, travel expense and payroll); (payroll results)
PCL3 - Applicant tracking data;
PCL4 - Documents, Payroll year-end Tax data (change logs, etc)
Database Table PCL4
The database table PCL4 contains the following data areas:
LA change logs (long term documents)
SA Short-Term Documents for HR Master Data
SB Short-Term Documents for Applicant Master
SRTFD (PC400) = trans class always A for master data (1) pernr (8) info type (4) modified date (8) modified time (8) seqnr (4)
Please note that for the extraction of data, you have to use the date portion of the SRTFD and not the field value AEDTM(since it is not primary key).
Naming convention for INCLUDES when defining clusters. These INCLUDES will define the work area key above and the cluster data that is returned from an IMPORT:
RPCnxxy0
n = 1, 2, 3 or 4 (for PCL1, PCL2, PCL3, PCL4)
xx = cluster ID
y = country grouping (0 for international otherwise country indicator T500L)
Description of Cluster Data using Cluster RX as an Example
The data description is stored in the include RPC2RX00 in accordance with the above naming conventions.
RPC1TX00 - Long text cluster ID in table PCL1
RPC2RUU0 - Payroll results for the US cluster ID in table PCL2
RPC4LA00 - Change log cluster ID in table PCL4
Importing Data (I)
The IMPORT command causes data objects with the specified key values to be read from PCLn.
If the import is successful, SY-SUBRC is 0; if not, it is 4.
REPORT ZRPIMPORT.
TABLES: PCLn.
INCLUDE RPCnxxy0. "Cluster definition
Fill cluster Key
Import record
IMPORT TABLE1 FROM DATABASE PCLn(xx) ID xx-KEY.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
Display data object
ENDIF.
See sample program for long text.
Importing data (II)
Import data using macro RP-IMP-Cn-xy.
Check return code SY-SUBRC. If 0, it is successful. If 4, error.
Need include buffer management routines RPPPXM00
REPORT ZRPIMPORT.
*Buffer definition
INCLUDE RPPPXD00.
DATA: BEGIN OF COMMON PART 'BUFFER'.
INCLUDE RPPPXD10.
DATA: END OF COMMON PART 'BUFFER'.
*import data to buffer
RP-IMP-Cn-xy.
*Buffer management routines
INCLUDE RPPPXM00.
Cluster Authorization
Simple EXPORT/IMPORT statement does not check for cluster authorization.
Use EXPORT/IMPORT via buffer, the buffer management routines check for cluster authorization.
rpcbdt00 - include needed for importing from database PCL4(la) (Change log cluster ID)
Please note that data for change pointers is stored at two levels: 1) Header which has the key info and 2) BELEGE which has the changed info ie. Old value and new value.
Check standard program RPUAUD00
Applications which write change documents will also try to write change pointers for ALE operations. These are log entries to remember all modified data records relevant for ALE.
Most applications write change documents. These are primarily log entries in the tables CDHDR and CDPOS.
Change documents remember the modified fields made to the database by an application. They also remember the user name and the time when the modification took place.
The decision whether a field modification is relevant for a change document is triggered by a flag of the modified fields data element. You can set the flag with SE11 by modifying the data element.
For the purpose of distributing data via ALE to other systems, you may want to choose other fields, which shall be regarded relevant for triggering a distribution.
Therefore R/3 introduced the concept of change pointers, which are nothing else than a second log file specially designed for writing the change pointers which are meant to trigger IDoc distribution via ALE.
So the change pointers will remember the key of the document every time when a relevant field has changed.
Change pointers are then evaluated by an ABAP which calls the IDoc creation, for every modified document found in the change pointers.
The Change pointers are written from the routine CHANGEDOCUMENT_CLOSE when saving the generated change document. So change pointers are automatically written when a relevant document changes.
The following function is called from within CHANGEDOCUMENT_CLOSE in order to write the change pointers.
CALL FUNCTION 'CHANGE_POINTERS_CREATE'
EXPORTING
change_document_header = cdhdr
TABLES
change_document_position = ins_cdpos.
Activation of change pointer update :
Change pointers are log entries to table BDCP which are written every time a transaction modifies certain fields. The change pointers are designed for ALE distribution and written by the function CHANGE_DOCUMENT_CLOSE.
Change pointers are written for use with ALE. There are ABAPs like RBDMIDOC which can read the change pointers and trigger an IDoc for ALE distribution.
The change pointers are mainly the same as change documents. They however can be set up differently, so fields which trigger change documents are not necessarily the same that cause change pointers to be written.
In order to work with change pointers there are two steps to be performed
1) Turn on change pointer update generally
2) Decide which message types shall be included for change pointer update
R3 allows to activate or deactivate the change pointer update. For this purpose it
maintains a table TBDA1. The decision whether the change pointer update is active
is done with a Function Ale_Component_Check
This check does nothing else than to check, if this table has an entry or not. If there is an entry in TBDA1, the ALE change pointers are generally active. If this table is empty, change pointers are turned off for everybody and everything, regardless of the other settings.
The two points read like you had the choice between turning it on generally or selectively. This is not the case: you always turn them on selectively. The switch to turn on generally is meant to activate or deactivate the whole mechanism.
The change pointers which have not been processed yet, can be read with a function module.
Call Function 'CHANGE_POINTERS_READ'
The ABAP RBDMIDOC will process all open change pointers and distribute the matching IDocs.
When you want to send out an IDoc unconditionally every time a transaction updates, you better use the workflow from the change documents.
Arunsri
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   Re: change pointers method
Posted: Feb 27, 2008 11:08 AM    in response to: satish abap       E-mail this message      Reply
hi,,
Activating Change Pointers
Use
You can activate change pointers in the HR system to avoid distributing the entire structure when you make changes to the HR-ORG model, and distribute instead only the changes that you have made.
Procedure
1. In the Implementation Guide (IMG, transaction SALE), choose Modeling and Implementing ® Master Data Distribution ®Replication of Modified Data ® Activate Change Pointers ‑ Generally.
2. Set the activation status Activate Change Pointers ‑ Generally, and save your entry.
3. Choose the activity Activate Change Pointers for Message Types.
4. Set the active indicator for the message type HRMD_ABA.
5. Save your entries.
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What are change pointers

What are change pointers?
where do we process them,
where do we configure them
and what is its fuinctionality
please advice
Edited by: kittu reddy on Feb 11, 2008 5:02 AM
Edited by: kittu reddy on Feb 11, 2008 5:03 AM

hi,
Applications which write change documents will also try to write change pointers for ALE operations. These are log entries to remember all modified data records relevant for ALE.
Most applications write change documents. These are primarily log entries in the
tables CDHDR and CDPOS.
Change documents remember the modified fields made to the database by an
application. They also remember the user name and the time when the modification
took place.
The decision whether a field modification is relevant for a change document is
triggered by a flag of the modified field’s data element. You can set the flag with
SE11 by modifying the data element.
For the purpose of distributing data via ALE to other systems, you may want to
choose other fields, which shall be regarded relevant for triggering a distribution.
Therefore R/3 introduced the concept of change pointers, which are nothing else
than a second log file specially designed for writing the change pointers which are
meant to trigger IDoc distribution via ALE.
So the change pointers will remember the key of the document every time when a
relevant field has changed.
Change pointers are then evaluated by an ABAP which calls the IDoc creation, for
every modified document found in the change pointers.
The Change pointers are written from the routine CHANGEDOCUMENT_CLOSE
when saving the generated change document. So change pointers are automatically
written when a relevant document changes.
The following function is called from within CHANGEDOCUMENT_CLOSE in order to write the change pointers.
CALL FUNCTION 'CHANGE_POINTERS_CREATE'
EXPORTING
change_document_header = cdhdr
TABLES
change_document_position = ins_cdpos.
Activation of change pointer update :
Change pointers are log entries to table BDCP which are written every time a transaction modifies certain fields. The change pointers are designed for ALE distribution and written by the function CHANGE_DOCUMENT_CLOSE.
Change pointers are written for use with ALE. There are ABAPs like RBDMIDOC
which can read the change pointers and trigger an IDoc for ALE distribution.
The change pointers are mainly the same as change documents. They however can
be set up differently, so fields which trigger change documents are not necessarily
the same that cause change pointers to be written.
In order to work with change pointers there are two steps to be performed
1) Turn on change pointer update generally
2) Decide which message types shall be included for change pointer update
R3 allows to activate or deactivate the change pointer update. For this purpose it
maintains a table TBDA1. The decision whether the change pointer update is active
is done with a Function Ale_Component_Check
This check does nothing else than to check, if this table has an entry or not. If there is an entry in TBDA1, the ALE change pointers are generally active. If this table is empty, change pointers are turned off for everybody and everything, regardless of the other settings.
The two points read like you had the choice between turning it on generally or
selectively. This is not the case: you always turn them on selectively. The switch to
turn on generally is meant to activate or deactivate the whole mechanism.
The change pointers which have not been processed yet, can be read with a function
module.
Call Function 'CHANGE_POINTERS_READ'
The ABAP RBDMIDOC will process all open change pointers and distribute the
matching IDocs.
When you want to send out an IDoc unconditionally every time a transaction
updates, you better use the workflow from the change documents.

SMD Tool. No change pointers log on table CDHDR nor CDPOS.

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