Supplier Hierarchy issue

Question

anyone have idea to map 0XALSUPPA (Source System Supplier (parent) (ERP).
As far as I understood this field is to enable supplier hierarchy in SPM.
We are using datasource method to map from ECC but 0XALSUPPA (Source System Supplier (parent) (ERP) is not part of datasource  (Z_SADSERPSUPPLIER)?
Rgds,

Answer 1

Hi Sathyasree,
Its not easy to populate the hierarchy table directly in BW.  Instead follow the suggestions mentioned above.  Populate the parent attribute in the master data object and use the SPM program to generate hierarchy.  The program to be used is "RSXSA_HIERARCHY_UPLOAD", the values you need to pass this program are:
Upload ID: just use 1
Hierarchy name: Provide a valid hierarchy name
Info-object: is the characteristics on which you want to create a hierarchy (0XARLSUPP, 0XAREWCCAT, ETC...)
Hierarchy-bearing attribute: This is the attribute which will provide a valid parent ID
Hierarchy root node: Root node of the hierarchy.
This program is called in few SPM process chains (0ASA_XA_P14, 0ASA_XA_P04, 0ASA_XA_P27), these should give you a good idea of how this program works.
Limitations of the above program for now.
1.  Make sure this is one and only record where the ID and the parent match, this is basically the root node of your hierarchy.
2.  Text nodes are not supported at the moment to create a hierarchy.
3.  External characteristics are not supported to create a hierarchy.
4.  The ID provided in the parent attribute has to be a valid master data ID.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Rohit