SRM and MDM Material repository

Hello!
We'll implement MDM as a material repository which will consolidate materials info from different backend systems (SAP and non-SAP). We will also implement SRM 6.0, which will receive data about materials, product categories, etc. from MDM.
Has anyone worked with a similar landscape?
Regards,
Gustavo

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SRM and MDM for material master in SRM contracts for multiple R/3

Dear all,
my question is:
We are implementing SRM 4.0 in classic scenario with multiple R/3 back-end and we want to set-up Global Outline Agreements in SRM in a multi-backend environment where the Material Master are not harmonized.
We heard that MDM and COntent Integraton can be a solution.
Then detailled question is:
Can we have 2 material numbers (e.g. ABC and XYZ) in 2 different R/3 systems refering the same product.
Have the mapping done in MDM (Content Integrator?) to a third material number:123
Replicating the material master 123 to SRM from MDM(?)
Create global Outline Agreements in SRM for Material Master 123.
Distribute the GOA as Outline Agreement to R/3 system 1 with the translation to ABC and to R/3 system 2 with the translation XYZ, all of that during the distribution step (or another).
Have the call-offs quantities correct on 123 in SRM and BW?
IF yes, how is it working, do you have some documentation discribing the scenario and the config steps to do?
Thanks in avance

Hello RD,
That's a good question.
You are on the right way. MDM is the tool for you.
But..
Content Integrator (CI) was first developped for Shell, to address the need of cross-referencing of material/supplier/category IDs, for:
- reporting purpose (actual Spend Analysis)
- mapping purpose (send of XML PO)
CI was later "fusionned" into the new MDM (1.0) solution.
So now, you can not order CI without MDM (even if some SRM slides still present CI).
But mapping API where developped for all inboud/outbound interfaces in SRM, for materials only (good luck for you).
You will find everywhere this piece of code:
Call ECI
    CALL FUNCTION 'BBP_PRODUCT_MAP'
      TABLES
        it_input          = lt_mapping_in
        et_output         = lt_mapping_out
      EXCEPTIONS
        logsys_not_found = 1
        driver_not_found = 2
        product_not_found = 3
        internal_error    = 4
        OTHERS            = 5.
So it is ok, you have the mapping call, but I don't know if all the rest of the process was really "finalized" (call of API mapping in CI, via XI). I personnaly never used it, but I assume it should work.
I my opinion your process is supported by SAP:
- Extract materials from both R/3 and consolidate them as a single product in MDM.
- Distribute this product into SRM.
- Maintain contracts on those products.
- Distribute them to R/3 (The ECI call is also used during contract distribution).
- Call offs corrects in SRM and BW
For MDM documentation, look at netweaver area of service.sap.com.
For MDM/SRM integration, look at SRM 4.0 spend analysis:
https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700004424262004E/GlobalSpendOverview.ppt
For SRM contract distribution, call-offs, BW, look at SRM in details in service.sap.com/srm/SRM4.0:
https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700001966382004E/contracten.ppt
For SRM5.0, see online help on help.sap.com.
Rgds
Christophe

SRM and MDM Catalog issues

Hi
We are experiencing an unique problem.
We have SRM 4.0 with MDM 1.0 as Catalog?
One of the issues that we are facing is price for items in held shopping carts. changes whenever MDM Catalog is refreshed.
We refresh our MDM catalogs twice a week.
So when a user who has a held shopping cart changes the shopping cart
the price of existing items in the cart changes.
All help/advice on this issue is appreciated.
Thanks,
Nikhil

hi Jorge,
Can you elaborate on response?
How do i check the if in BBP_WS_ENTITY_V update view the field OCI_VALIDATE in the record corresponding to your catalog has the value?
Note the price of the item in catalog is same ....but for some reason the one in held shopping cart changes after the catalog is refreshed.
Thanks,
Nikhil

Difference between Material Repository and Product Repository

Hi Guys,
Can you please explain the difference between the Product Repository and Material Repository.
Thanks,
Sandy.

Hello,
The MDM Products repository is structured to maintain the "sell- side" of the organization, meaning these are the products that the organization sells.
The MDM Material repository, however, is structured to maintain the "buy- side" of the organization, meaning these are the raw materials that the organization buys in order to produce/ manufacture its products.
These differences are also seen in the schema -the data elements that are maintained for each repository.
Regards,
Hedda Cohen.

Error 'Program not registered' while testing RFC - SRM to MDM / TCP/IP conn

Hello All,
While testing RFC connection in SRM, we are getting this error. This connection between SRM to MDM. Any inputs will be highly appreciated.
Error Details LOCATION: SAP-Gateway on host <hostname> / sapgw<instance no>
our server OS : windows 2008 server
We are getting error while doing connection test in SRM.
This is sm59 connection (TCP/IP ) connection.
Connection Type: T / RFC destination Name: MDM_API_CATALOG
Registered server program: hostname.MDS
I checked smgw transaction ..Logged on clients...Program id is not showing. Any hint will be helpful.
I Checked this MDM setup also.
MDS setup
In mdm server go to folder F:\usr\sap\DM1\MDS00\config
Open MDM.ini file in notepad
Add the below 2 entries.
SAP RFC Gateways= GWHOST=XXXX.hostnamexxx.xxx GWSERV=sapgw00
Trusted SAP Systems= XXD
This will enable gateway connection between SRM and MDM and will enable trusted connection.
For trusted connections to work, we created a service user called SRM_MDM_API with SAP_ALL in SRM and also created the same user in MDM with Default role.
Error message:
Logon Connection Error
Error Details Error when opening an RFC connection
Error Details ERROR: program XXXXXXXXPRD.MDS not registered
Error Details LOCATION: SAP-Gateway on host XXXXXXXXprd.xx.xxxxxxhostname.xxx / sapgw00
Error Details DETAIL: TP XXXXXXXXPRD.MDS not registered
Error Details COMPONENT: SAP-Gateway
Error Details COUNTER: 77326
Error Details MODULE: gwr3cpic.c
Error Details LINE: 1778
Error Details RETURN CODE: 679
Error Details SUBRC: 0
Error Details RELEASE: 700
Error Details TIME:
Error Details VERSION: 2
Procedure Tried
1) This procedure is for Linux OS - Similarly we tried in Windows OS ( If any procedure is wrong also, Please correct us)
To register the program login into the OS level as sudo su u2013 <sid>adm and execute the following command.
rfcexec u2013g<program id> -a<gateway host name> -x<gateway service>
rfcexec is the server program name, the <program id> can be obtained from SM59, it is case sensitive and should match with the entry in SM59. The <gateway host name> and <gateway service> can be obtained from the transaction SMGW. When this command is executed it goes to a hanging loop.
The connection will fail once this command is terminated or the user executing this command logs off
2)
To avoid this, instead of using the above mentioned command an entry should be made in the file saprfc.ini
To do this, execute the following command
sudo su u2013 <sid>adm
rfcexec u2013D<destination name>
<destination name> is the RFC destination name in SM59
In order to do above step 2, we could not find saprfc.ini in windows 2008 server. Please let us know path where it will be usually?
3) Already checked the notes sapnote_0000684841
I know that it is generic error..This is happening to specific one of system only.
Thanks
Edited by: saptest2011 on May 20, 2011 5:36 PM

Hello SM,
Thanks for your quick reply.
Thanks for sharing link for document ie Configure the MDM Administration_cockpit. It is helpful. I read that document.
But still issue remain there.
The same RFC connection works between SRM sandbox to MDM sandbox.
Only issue with SRM Prod to MDM Prod (newly built system)
difference between MDM Prod and MDM sandbox.
MDM Prod runs: Windows server 2008 OS
MDM Sandbox runs: Windows server 2003 OS
Landscape: PI7.1, MDM 7.1 and SRM 5.5, SRM-MDM Catalog 3.0
Even i did os01 tcode ping test using host name (specific IP address) from SRM prod to MDM prod, it is fine.
Thanks a lot for your help.
I checked these notes also
Note 353597 - Registering a server program
Note 44844 - No connection to registered RFC program
Note: in smgw tcode in SRM system, the required program id is not showing in logged on clients
Thanks
Edited by: saptest2011 on May 23, 2011 5:00 PM
Edited by: saptest2011 on May 23, 2011 5:39 PM

Replicating Products/Catalog from SRM to MDM

I am implimenting SRM and MDM on 7.1 and SRM-MDM Catalog 3.0
I wanted to replicate catalog data from SRM. As we know each catalog record in MDM contains Product, Supplier, Info record data. I am not sure if we have to map all these in MDM or It will be mapped by SAP delivered content for replication.
I am using BBP_CCM_TRANSFER transaction in SRM to transfer data to MDM. In the selection screen I am using 'Category Hierarchy', Category ID and Language fields. I did unchek/check Force Intial Transport and P_debug. There was not much difference.
However I am getting following info messages, but unable to see any data in MDM
16.06.2010 09:27:41: Initial transfer for catalog SRM_EXTRACTED_CTLG
16.06.2010 09:27:42: Determine category TELEPHONE (5 products)
16.06.2010 09:27:42: Start of catalog transfer for 1
16.06.2010 09:27:42: catalog transfer ended
I am now stuck here. Can any one share details of the replication process and steps involved.

Hi Sudha,
Please explain your business scenario. What data you want to replicate from SRM to MDM. We can replicate Suppliers, Contracts and Product Master from SRM to MDM through XI. Make sure you hae configured XI settings for that. You have to download the pre-delivered XI content from SAP Markeplace. Please check Note # 1177779 & 1177780 regarding that.
We can use following reports in SRM to replicate following data in MDM
BBP_CCM_Transfer_Catalog-----Product master
ROS_SUPPLIER_SEND_TO_CATALOG-----Supplier data
SRMMDM_CTR_Transfer----Contract data from SRM
In your case, you are running BBP_CCM_TRANSFER. Please check the SXMB_MONI t-code to monitor the XML messages whether XML files are processing correctly or getting stuck.
Thanks,
Anshuk Saxena

Data of FI, SRM and R3 in MDM

hi!
here's my question;
what information should i take for the three systems?
what happen if i create the mdm schema with all the fields, and tables that are used in FI, SRM and R3 and create a big repository with one main table of products, and a big subtable of suppliers?
the performance will be affected?
is there any documentation that explains how many subtables you can use? or what to do in this cases?
thanx

In general this is not a good idea. There are several reasons for this:
First is performance. In order to mimic the complexity of the ERP data models, you would have to incorporate a large number of qualified lookup tables. The more complex relationships you have in your MDM data model, the worse the performance will get. MDM has to index all of the attributes you configure (for keyword or sorting) in the data model which has a hit on the memory of the server. Additionally, your Import and Syndication Servers are going to choke if you have a large attribute set.
Next, in SAP there are some tables that have a matrix of lookup values. For example, sales office field in the sales area is dependant upon a configuration which is a combination of sales area plus other things. So you have the following affect:
x [ 1, 2, 3]
y [ 4, 5, 6]
z [ 7, 8, 9]
If I select X, I want 1,2, and 3 to be available to me. If I select X and Y, then I want 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 to be available to me. This sort of complexity is very difficult to rebuild into MDM.
Third, there are some attribute sets in ECC which have proven to be incredibly difficult to build into MDM for technical reasons. For example, Partner Functions.
You want to design your data model to be restricted to enterprise level attributes (if possible). This gives a more global view of the entire landscape.

SRM and SRM-MDM: Error when ordering less than Price Base Quantity

Hi!
We face the following issue:
We have an item without material master in the MDM-catalog. The price is scaled, and 5.00 EUR up to 100 items, and 4.80 EUR for more than 100 items
If we order 90 items, the price is calculated to 5.00 EUR in MDM, BUT the price is displayed as 0.00 EUR per 100 items when transferred to SRM. The price is also 0.00 when transferring to SAP ERP backend.
If we order 100 items or more, the price is calculated correctly in MDM, and also transferred correctly to SRM and ERP. This also applies if we order e.g. 110 items - everyting looks correct (price for 110 is 5.28 EUR).
AND: in both cases, we can observe the price is correct in the OCI !
So, something happens in SRM if we order less than the Price Base Quantoty
SRM5.0, SRM-MDM 2.0
Since the price is correct in the OCI we would suspect the error to be somewhere in SRM? Any ideas?
brgs ziggy
Edited by: ziggy ziggy on Oct 27, 2009 10:35 AM

Hello Ziggy,
Could you please check OSS notes 1311046 and 1296024.
We found OSS note 1339905 and in the correction instructions were quite a few notes relating to a '0' price issue.
Obviously I don't know on which support pack level you're on.
Good luck,
Franz

MDM integrity between SRM and R/3

Hi All,
How MDM integrity of the process validations being made between SRM and R/3 for the creation of different documents.
Please share me any documents regarding MDM intergirty between SRM and R/3. This is not related to Catalogs,
1. Creation of documents like GOA in SRM and distributed to R/3. How MDM will validate that data.
2 If same material available in different backend system. while creating Contract in SRM, MDM should check the R/3 materials in MDM
3. How to integrity works for Vendors.
Thanks
ravi

Hi,
Take a look in these threads:
[Re: material master replication|Re: material master replication]
[Master Data Synchronization between SRM and ERP|Master Data Synchronization between SRM and ERP]
[Re: Material replication|Re: Material replication]
Rgs,
Pedro Marques

SRM One Client + Portal and MDM system on top of SAP EHP4 system

Hi!
we successfully upgraded SAP ERP 6.0 system to SAP EHP4.
Now we would like to extend the functionality by adding the following components:
- SRM One Client
- Portal and MDM
Question:
1) Can some one explain the procedure to do this?
2 Where can I find the Installation files and documentation?
Any helpful information will be very appreciated

Hi!
Thank you very much for your response!!
My actual situation:
I have a EHP4 for SAP ERP which has only ABAP stack.
Questions
1) Should/must I install a Java-Add In Instance?
a) Is it possible to install a Java Add In Instance for EHP4 ERP system or do I need only a extra/new Windows server for this?
b) what are the must usage scenarios I have to choose for the Java installation (Portal, MDM, PI)?
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How to make sure what material number format is the same in SRM and R/3?

Hi all!
I faced the following problem:
"Product does not exist in plant or it has been flagged for deletion". This error message occurs during shopping cart creation or during transferring purchase requisition from R/3 to SRM. It seems like SRM carries out some material checking in R/3 before shopping cart save and can't find out appropriate R/3 material. The only reason I can assume is different material number formats in SRM and R/3. Material number length is the same in both systems.
Thanks in advance,
Alexander.

Alex-
We experienced this problem just recently. Our situation involved trying to add a material to the cart from an internal catalog (CCM). As mentioned earlier their is a configuration setting to indicate the number of characters the "Product" (SRM terminolgoy) or "Material" (R/3 terminology) should be. We made our setting 18 characters (same length as field in R/3). The important thing to understand is that the material number is actually defined as a character field, not a numerical field so the length of the material "number" is critical for the system to accurately check the material. Do the following and see if you correct the error.
1) Go into transaction COMMPR01 in SRM, select the search tab and choose Material in the Find box, then click start. Choose the material you are experiencing the problem on and verify that the number of characters is the same in SRM as it is in R/3.
2) Next, go into R/3 and look at table entries in MARC for the material. This will show you all the different plants associated with the material.
3) Finally, create a cart and procure the material. If you get the error message go to the basic data of the cart and verify the location (plant) is one of the plants you found in step 2. If not, change the location to one from step 2 and check the cart.

SRM and Inventory with a Contract

Using ECC 6, SRM 7(Extended Classic)
Contracts maintained in backend and replicated into SRM.
Inventory Contract created in a 'bulk' fashion - e.g. - without a specific Material.
Contract is setup in ECC with an Item Category of 'M' (Material Unknown) and an Account Assignment Category of blank.
If using ECC we then raise a Purchase Order - this works fine.
When replicating the Contract into SRM it fails error is 'BL001' - Item type error.
General Scenario - We have a contract for numerous goods (Clothing) , so we enter one (1) line in the Contract. We can't define a specific material on the Contract as the goods required vary ecah Shoppnig Cart - e.g. - Shirt Blue Size 10 on 1 SC, then next day may be Trousers Grey Long - whatever. All of the various types of clothing are covered under one (1) Contract.
We can;t specify a particular Material on the Contract because the SC (and subsequent PO) will validate against the Contract Material. This all works fine in SRM and it seems that our problem is the inability to replicate teh contract into SRM since it does not recognise the 'M' Item Type category.
Any guidance appreciated.
Thanks.
Gerry Steer

Hello Gerry
I dont know the answer but i am telling the fact of SRM
SRM has three Item types
Material
Product category
Services
but i understand you use this report BBP_CONTRACT_INITIAL_UPLOAD program to transfer all ECC contract to SRM as a repository upon your business rule,
SAP SRM dont have idea how material unknown M item category mapped in SRM
as of i know there is no option in SRM for this MATERIAL UNKNOWN item type .
SERVICE - AVAILABLE IN SRM
MATERIAL - KNOWN MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN SRM
MATERIAL GROUP - Available in SRM
Please kindly report to SAP via OSS message , i think this unknown material mapping must be done as equivalent to ECC or some alternative like product category contract.
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SRM to MDM Scenario -- Unable to Edit the Integration Scenario

Hi Experts,
I'm doing a scenario in XI/PI from SRM to MDM.
I had downloaded all the related content from service market place and also established SLD connections as well.
When I'm trying to import the Integration Scenario from Integration Repository to Integration Directory I'm getting the follwing error.
Software component version with GUID 77891250-7da4-11d8-b240-e6890a114c15
does not exist (SWC_NOT_EXIST)
I'm unable to edit the integration scenario in IR even with PISUPER credentials which have all the access.
I'm also unable to edit any of the other objects as well (e.g.,Message Interface,Interface Mapping etc.,)
PFB the link where I pasted the error snapshot I'm getting when I'm trying to open the Integration Scenario in IR.
[http://picasaweb.google.co.in/prajwal24/MyScenario#5492932473682114498]
Can anyone please help me out on what can be done to edit the Integartion Scenario.
Thanks and Regards,
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Thanks kaushik and Salvi for your valuable inputs.
I have created a copy and now able to edit the Integration Scenario.
But again a new problem came up.
Now after editing the predefined scenario which has only SRM 5.0 and SRM 7.0
I need to add SRM 7.0 application component here in this Integration scenario and this was done successfully.
Now i need to add one send action and this send action is present in the SWC SRM SERVER IC 7.0.
I had downloaded the SRM SERVER IC 7.0 content already and I'm able to see in Integration Repository also.
But this SWC is not present in the application component SAP SRM (WITH SAP EBP) 7.0.
Please let me know what to do now inorder to add this send action in that application component.
Regards,
Pruthvi

Issue with Contract Replication from SRM to MDM - XML structure

Hi
We are having an issue with trnsfering a contract to MDM. We have released the contract for update to MDM in the contract through the distribute to catalog option. An XML is generated in SRM that gets sucessfully passed to PI through Catalogupdatenotification_out. In PI the XML fails in the Interface Determination step. the issue that has been noticed is that the XML that is generated in SRM does not contain product category or product ID which is basically what the condition mapping in PI checks for. The conditions in PI were setup as per SAP.
But now the XML fails in PI because it does not find a combination for Catalog type code = 03 and product category. Please find the XML structure in SRM and you will see that it does not have a product category even though the contract has one.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <n0:CatalogTransmission xmlns:n0="http://sap.com/xi/EBP" xmlns:prx="urn:sap.com:proxy:SS1:/1SAI/TASDE808778FFEB81012891:701:2010/10/07">
- <StandardBusinessDocumentHeader>
<ID schemeID="0080">56000004100000000220110616202243</ID>
<CreationDateTime>2011-06-16T20:22:43Z</CreationDateTime>
- <SenderParty>
<InternalID schemeID="PartyID" schemeAgencyID="SS1CLNT100">143</InternalID>
</SenderParty>
</StandardBusinessDocumentHeader>
- <Catalog>
<ID>5600000410</ID>
<CatalogTypeCode>03</CatalogTypeCode>
- <NameList>
<Name>(Copy of Contract 5600000395)</Name>
</NameList>
<ActionCode>04</ActionCode>
<CompleteTransmissionIndicator>true</CompleteTransmissionIndicator>
- <ValidityDateTimePeriod>
<StartDateTime>2011-06-13T12:00:00Z</StartDateTime>
<EndDateTime>2012-06-12T12:00:00Z</EndDateTime>
</ValidityDateTimePeriod>
- <CatalogContent>
- <ItemList>
- <Item>
<ID>1</ID>
<ActionCode>04</ActionCode>
<CompleteTransmissionIndicator>false</CompleteTransmissionIndicator>
- <PropertyValuationList>
- <PropertyValuation>
<PropertyReference>/CCM/PRICE</PropertyReference>
- <PropertyValues>
- <MultipleValue>
<Index>1</Index>
- <SimpleValue>
<AmountSpecification currencyCode="USD">1.0</AmountSpecification>
</SimpleValue>
</MultipleValue>
</PropertyValues>
</PropertyValuation>
- <PropertyValuation>
<PropertyReference>/CCM/PRICE_BASIS_QUANTITY</PropertyReference>
- <PropertyValues>
- <SimpleValue>
<QuantitySpecification unitCode="EA">1.0</QuantitySpecification>
</SimpleValue>
</PropertyValues>
</PropertyValuation>
- <PropertyValuation>
<PropertyReference>CCM/PMNTTRMS</PropertyReference>
- <PropertyValues>
- <SimpleValue>
<NameSpecification>0002</NameSpecification>
</SimpleValue>
</PropertyValues>
</PropertyValuation>
</PropertyValuationList>
</Item>
- <Item>
<ID>2</ID>
<ActionCode>04</ActionCode>
<CompleteTransmissionIndicator>false</CompleteTransmissionIndicator>
- <PropertyValuationList>
- <PropertyValuation>
<PropertyReference>/CCM/PRICE</PropertyReference>
- <PropertyValues>
- <MultipleValue>
<Index>1</Index>
- <SimpleValue>
<AmountSpecification currencyCode="USD">12.0</AmountSpecification>
</SimpleValue>
</MultipleValue>
</PropertyValues>
</PropertyValuation>
- <PropertyValuation>
<PropertyReference>/CCM/PRICE_BASIS_QUANTITY</PropertyReference>
- <PropertyValues>
- <SimpleValue>
<QuantitySpecification unitCode="EA">1.0</QuantitySpecification>
</SimpleValue>
</PropertyValues>
</PropertyValuation>
- <PropertyValuation>
<PropertyReference>CCM/PMNTTRMS</PropertyReference>
- <PropertyValues>
- <SimpleValue>
<NameSpecification>0002</NameSpecification>
</SimpleValue>
</PropertyValues>
</PropertyValuation>
</PropertyValuationList>
</Item>
</ItemList>
</CatalogContent>
</Catalog>
</n0:CatalogTransmission>
Edited by: vishakhrajeev123 on Jun 20, 2011 6:49 PM

Dear Krupa,
Thank you for your quick reply.
So we should consider the scenario where SRM is the central repository for the contracts, and all the changes done in SRM should be replicated to ERP.
In this scenario, do you know which steps should be done to allow contract replication from SRM to ERP? I already created a central contract in SRM but there is no message sent to PI.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Andreia

MDM Material master

Dear All,
I Created new item incorrectly ,,,,, FR1GM72 with local layout 090720402 ,in actual fact the MDM should be FR2GM72 can be changed or di I have to create new material.SAP PORTAL NO 392137.
If I have to create another material then do I need to remove the layout FR1GM72.
Thanking you,
With Rgds,
Vinod

Hi Shankar,
MDM have created a Standard BUSINESS CONTENT which u can find inside the folder where u have installed the software. For eg.
D:\MDM\
Now inside the business content folder u will find zipped files for different Masters such as MATERIAL,VENDOR,CUSTOMER etc.
Step 1:
Now unzip the MATERIAL zip file,which is ur requirement in to a target location (local Hard disk).
Step 2:
Upon Unzip u will get 3 more zipped files namely Import maps,Export maps,XSD and a Material.a2a file.Unzip the Maps to a target location .
Step 3:
Place the Material.a2a file in the archives folder of the server which u want to mount and work upon.Here it is
D:\MDM\Server\archives\
Step4:
Upon placing the >a2a file which is the archived format of the standard business repository.Jst Mount the particular server and Right click on the server icon.Choose the option Unarchive Repository and and select the particular file Material.a2a from the drop down.
The repository will be available for working.
Award me with points if this blog proved to be a help.
Thanks & Regards
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