Unable to Map Contract Catalog to Master Catalog

Hello,
We currently use CCM 2.0 with SRM version 5.
Our issue is that when items are added to a contract catalogue and released, the contract releases successfully but errors appear in the upload logs advising u2018It is not possible to retrieve the data types for catalog **********. Catalog update was terminatedu2019.
The contract catalog then has a red light against so we are unable to map the contract to the Master Catalog.
The issue appears to be intermittent as we have had some go through successfully.
I have checked the following:
SXMB_MONI u2013 shows as successfully processed
SLG1 u2013 shows no errors
/CCM/D_CTLG_REQ u2013 there is no entry in the req_sender field
/CCM/D_UPD_STATE u2013 the status is 02 u2013 completed with errors.
Iu2019ve seen a similar issue posted with the advice to run /CCM/CLEANUP_DIS_PERSISTENCY, however I havenu2019t ran this before and would like some advice on the impacts of doing so before I run it in our Production environment.
Can anyone provide some information on why this issue could be occurring and what I can do to resolve the issue?
Many Thanks
Lisa

Hi Lisa,
Such an error normally means the catalog is corrupted, you can run the cleanup_dis_persistency report in the hope that it can repair the links but it is doubtful, it is more likely that you will have to delete this contract catalog and then re transfer the contract to CCM again before mapping to the master.
Regards,
Jason

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Hi Serguei,
Do I need to map the contract Catalog and Master Catalog explicitly?? SAP documentation on this says:
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Hi,,
I have one problem
Hi,,
I have two problems with the catalog
1.- After I uploaded some content in a supplier catalog, I was not able to do any mapping. I think the problem is in the master catalog. Now suddenly I can't edit it. A error message is displayed. I saw the dump in the system but I don't see any SAP note related.
the message say
"RAISE_EXCEPTION" C
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or                                                        "SAPLSYGU" "PARAMETERS_ERROR"                             or                                                        "SAPMHTTP " "PARAMETERS_ERROR"
Our level of patch is
SAP_ABA     640     0015     SAPKA64015
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Error analysis
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 condition "PARAMETERS_ERROR".
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 in the hierarchy, processing was terminated.
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 "GUID_CONVERT"
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 "SAPLSYGU" "PARAMETERS_ERROR"
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 "SAPMHTTP " "PARAMETERS_ERROR".
Information on where terminated
 The termination occurred in the ABAP program "SAPLSYGU" in "GUID_CONVERT".
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 The termination occurred in line 119 of the source code of the (Include)
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 of the source code of program "LSYGUU03" (when calling the editor 1190).
Line SourceCde
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 95 map22to16b 18 13 14 gc_map5678__34.
 96 map22to16b 19 14 15 gc_map78__3456.
 97 map22to16a 20 15 gc_map__345678.
 98 map22to16a 21 16 gc_map345678__.
 99 map22to16a 22 16 gc_map5678__34.
100 lv_g16x = lv_g16.
101 ev_guid_x16 = lv_g16x-x.
102 ev_guid_c32 = ev_guid_x16.
103
104
105 * conversion x16 or c32 to c22 if requested
106 *** iv_uuid_x16 (wins) or iv_uuid_c32 have to be filled with valid guid!
107 ELSE. "Y9CKxxxxxx
108 * elseif ev_guid_c22 is requested. "Y9CKxxxxxx
109 IF NOT iv_guid_x16 IS INITIAL.
110 lv_g16x-x = iv_guid_x16.
111 ev_guid_x16 = iv_guid_x16. "Y9CKxxxxxx
112 ev_guid_c32 = iv_guid_x16. "Y9CKxxxxxx
113 ELSEIF NOT iv_guid_c32 IS INITIAL.
114 lv_g16x-x = iv_guid_c32.
115 ev_guid_x16 = iv_guid_c32. "Y9CKxxxxxx
116 ev_guid_c32 = iv_guid_c32. "Y9CKxxxxxx
117 ELSE.
118 * no parameter at all provided ... "Y9CKxxxxxx
>>>>> RAISE parameters_error.
120 ENDIF.
121
122 IF ev_guid_c22 IS REQUESTED. "Y9CKxxxxxx
123 lv_g16 = lv_g16x.
124 ASSIGN lv_xofs TO <lv_xofs> TYPE 'b'.
125 map16to22a 01 01 fc gc_base345678__.
126 map16to22b 02 01 03 02 f0 gc_base5678__34.
127 map16to22b 03 02 0f 03 c0 gc_base78__3456.
128 map16to22a 04 03 3f gc_base__345678.
129 map16to22a 05 04 fc gc_base345678__.
130 map16to22b 06 04 03 05 f0 gc_base5678__34.
131 map16to22b 07 05 0f 06 c0 gc_base78__3456.
132 map16to22a 08 06 3f gc_base__345678.
133 map16to22a 09 07 fc gc_base345678__.
134 map16to22b 10 07 03 08 f0 gc_base5678__34.
135 map16to22b 11 08 0f 09 c0 gc_base78__3456.
136 map16to22a 12 09 3f gc_base__345678.
137 map16to22a 13 10 fc gc_base345678__.
138 map16to22b 14 10 03 11 f0 gc_base5678__34.
Contents of system fields
Name Val.
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SY-INDEX 1
SY-TABIX 1
SY-DBCNT 0
SY-FDPOS 2
SY-LSIND 0
SY-PAGNO 0
SY-LINNO 1
SY-COLNO 1
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SY-UCOMM
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Deal all,
Any help would be appreciated.
It seems like master catalog got locked. When I tried to map few supplier catalog to master catalog, I could see the message "Master catalog is locked" in SLG1.
I noticed two things which could be a reason:
1. There are two entries for the master catalog in the
table: /CCM/D_CTLG_REQ. Two versions are there 109 and 110. For the
version 109, field REQ_SENDER is showing the value FILE UPLOAD. Seems
like the master catalog is locked.
2. In the table /CCM/D_CTLG, for the version 109 the value for the
field Operation is showing as blank (undefined)
In SLG1 - when we tried to upload data in other supplier catalogs, we
are getting the message "Master catalog is locked".
I ran the report /CCM/CLEANUP_CATALOG to unlock the master catalog. But
it is not unlocking the catalog.
Also I ran the report: /CCM/CLEANUP_UPDATE_STATUS which changed the
status of the catalog from 03 to 05 in the table: /CCM/D_UPD_STATE
Please advise.
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Hi,
I am not an SAP expert. I would like to ask your help about our current issue at hand. I need to publish the master catalog but I dont know how to do it. We have installed SRM 5.0 and CCM 2.0. Can you give me a detailed steps on how to do it? And also, i dont know how to create nor upload a schema. The only type of schema that the system may accept is in csv format because xml format will be applicable because it is a stand-alone system. It is not integrated yet to EP or XI.
Hoping for your apt reply. Thank you.
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Please go through the following details, which will definitely help ->
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/42/151D6093BB73ADE10000000A114B54/content.htm
https://websmp105.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700003992672005E/Config_Guide_CCM200_640doc.pdf
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/e5/f5e938b4ece075e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/01/2ee339a327f136e10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/5d/4cacb2fe20430aa0e4666be4fe1d5e/frameset.htm
Problem with publishing catalog in another language
Re: Master catalog schema.......
Catalog item not found during publication master catalog
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No entry was generated in Master catalog after contract upload by PI...

We use CCM 2.0 as percurment catalog in SRM 7.0 server.
1.I finish the basic configuration and tranfer the product catalog to the CCM.
2.Then I do the mapping of product cat to master cat.
3.I finished the PI scenarios for upload contract.
4.When I publish a contract in the potral, I check the PI monitor is fine.
5.I check the CCM log more,but there is a warning message 'No original catalog item found for contract catalog item 1'.
6.The contract upload successfully and it occurs in the ccm cataloags.
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19.09.2010 16:09:01 (CET): Starting mapping
19.09.2010 16:09:01 (CET): Starting mapping analysis for catalog 4400000049 -> /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG
19.09.2010 16:09:04 (CET): Mapping completed for catalog /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG
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Looks like the catalog was unable to be enriched from existing data - does this contract item exist in the SRM product catalog or a supplier catalog for enrichment to take place?
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Hi All,
Please provide the solution as we are in real trouble.
We have to delete master catalog and upload it again. Deletion is done because the mapping and all are being corrupted. SAP has suggested to delete the catalog and again upload it and do all the mapping again related to supplier and procurement catalog.
Can all of you guide us what to do:
1. How to delete a existing Master catalog (can de-publish will do it?)?
2. We have the master catalog schema with us. Please tell how to upload this schema. Which link we have to follow?
3. After uploading the master schema how we can check that master catalog is working fine.
The answers will be rewarded with valuable points
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Sridhar,
I am contacting you regarding the same problem with the CCM MASTER CATALOG, as Praveen said, SAP has suggested to delete the catalog and again upload it and do all the mapping again related to supplier and procurement catalog.
I have read the documents that you refer to at http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/7f/9b62405c910272e10000000a155106/frameset.htm.
In this link I found information really useful, however according to the document the CCM MASTER CATALOG should be created automatically by the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool, this happends the first time that you are using the system.
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We have already the Master Schema and we know how to map the CCM MASTER CATALOG to the supplier and procurement catalogs. The main problem is that we need to delete the CCM/MASTERCATALOG and created again.
1. How delete the CCM/MASTERCATALOG?
In a Test enviroment I have delete the CCM/MASTERCATALOG using the "Edit Catalogs" mode then choosing the catalog and confirm the deletion.
Once this has been done, all the catalogs has been erased including the CCM/MASTERCATALOG, so now we have the system in blank. I am not sure if this is the correct way to delete the catalog or there is an easiest way where the Procurement and supplier catalogs dont dissapear once the CCM/MASTERCATALOG is deleted.
2. Once the CCM/MASTERCATAOG is deleted how to created again?
According to the instructions the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool should created this automatically when is used for the first time, however how we can created the CCM/MASTERCATALOG again if the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool is not used for the fist time.
Is there a way where the system can create the CCM/MASTERCATALOG for a second time?
I follow the steps to create the CCM/MASTERCATALOG for the first time however i didnt get a positive result.
Any help provided will be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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Hi All,
Please provide the solution as we are in real trouble.
We have to delete master catalog and upload it again. Deletion is done because the mapping and all are being corrupted. SAP has suggested to delete the catalog and again upload it and do all the mapping again related to supplier and procurement catalog
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/7f/9b62405c910272e10000000a155106/frameset.htm.
In the link above I found information really useful, however according to the document the CCM MASTER CATALOG should be created automatically by the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool, this happens the first time that you are using the system.
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Supplier catalogs
Procurement catalogs
Model service catalogs
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1. How delete the CCM/MASTERCATALOG?
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Once this has been done, all the catalogs has been erased including the CCM/MASTERCATALOG, so now we have the system in blank. I am not sure if this is the correct way to delete the catalog or there is an easiest way where the Procurement and supplier catalogs don't disappear once the CCM/MASTERCATALOG is deleted.
2. Once the CCM/MASTERCATAOG is deleted how to created again?
According to the instructions the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool should created this automatically when is used for the first time, however how we can created the CCM/MASTERCATALOG again if the SAP Catalog Authoring Tool is not used for the fist time.
Is there a way where the system can create the CCM/MASTERCATALOG for a second time?
I follow the steps to create the CCM/MASTERCATALOG for the first time however I didn't get a positive result.
Any help provided will be really appreciated.

Hi,
Generation of the /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG is automatic and does not require any additional effort from a catalog admin other than accessing the CDC (Edit Catalogs).
If the catalog is not regenerated at this point it is likely that you then receive an error like 'Error reading catalogs, error reading Master Catalog' or something similar which would indicate that the previous deletion of the master from either table /CCM/D_CTLG or /CCM/D_CTLG_REQ was not successfully completed or that the update operation in table /CCM/D_UPD_STATE remained in update status and never for some reason completed (status 03).
Deletion of the Master catalog should not cause the deletion of any other catalog, unless you have chosen 'delete all catalogs'! Choosing the Master and delete should result in only a deletion request for the master catalog, be aware however that all mapping records between Supplier -> Master -> Procurement catalogs will be destroyed and cannot be 'rejoined' but only rebuilt from scratch. It is also advisable after the Master deletion to chcek with report /CCM/CLEANUP_MAPPING which orphaned items and mapping records require cleanup as it is better to remove these before proceeding with the new mappings.
Regards,
Jason

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we are implementing SRM 5.0 with CCM 2.0 in SP08.
When we tried to publish the master catalog in CCM. we are getting the following error.
FYI..
i ran /CCM/initialize_cme once.
Checked TREX it is working fine. (checked with reports as well)
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Catalog update was terminated
07/03/2007 13:45:05 (EST) ************* End Applications Log for Package 0001 ********************
07/03/2007 13:45:05 (EST): Package Nr. 0001 was sent
07/03/2007 13:45:01 (EST): system is waiting for response messages
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Local update of package 0001 has failed
07/03/2007 13:45:04 (EST): >>> End: Processing of confirmation message for package 0001
07/03/2007 13:45:04 (EST): >>> Start: Processing of confirmation message for catalog
Local publication of catalog /CCM/MASTER_CATALOG has failed
07/03/2007 13:45:04 (EST): >>> End: Processing of confirmation message for catalog
07/03/2007 13:45:05 (EST): End of catalog publication
Total runtime of catalog publication: 00:00:04 ***
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Hi
Please go through the SAP OSS Notes below ->
Note 866547 Error when accessing TREX server
Note 878316 - Missing standard characteristics in CCM2.0 catalogs
Note 910814 Lowercase letters in ID
Note 734168 - Error during initialization of characteristics & data types
Note 730047 CME-Customizing check
Note 937756 Runtime improvement when using view rules
Note 933796 Timeout while publishing using parallel processes
Note 904420 Tolerating inconsistencies in the view relationship
Do let me know.
Regards
- Atul

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HI everyone,
I need to load my master catalog items into CCM 1.0, I'll use CSV because I'll not have XI for a few months.
For some reason, when I add to my shopping cart any item comming from my CCM 1.0, the "Order as Direct Material" button dissapear.   It is managed like the "described" items (when the user types everything).
Im not sure if I need to map some fields in CCM in order to make a link with my Master Material CAtalog (R3).
Any idea ?
Regards,
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Bonjour amis =)
1. Vadim, I followed your instructions and now is working fine (Direct Order Material button is there)
2. Christophe, Im not sure if your propossal works.. because I think I have all that requirements and the button wasn't there:
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   - the catalog ID is customized to no product check:YES
   - the product source logical system does not equel EBP logical system (i.e. it is not a standalone scenario). Normaly it should be the backend where the product really exists: YES, in my case I put R3DCLNT120 (R3 client 120)
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How can I update a catalog on my laptop and then transfer the updates to master catalog on desktop?

This is similar to Goeffbubbles question but I don't want to have the original files on both laptop and desktop
Here is the question:
I want to make a copy of a Lightroom 3 catalog to put on my laptop so while on the move I can be geo-tagging and keywording to 8000 photographs. I don't want to drag an external drive with me. I just want to be able to work on the catalog metadata and have all the updates/changes stored there (on the laptop)(in the catalog) and then transfer the catalog back to the desktop (to the primary archive) and have all the updates/changes pushed back into the DNG's or the XMP sidecar files alongside the CR2's. These changes would be only keywording and possibly writing GPS data into them….NOT image edits (that would probally require access to the original image files)
As a test, I tried "exporting as catalog", TWO images (with the source images "unavailable"). I flash-drived the resulting catalog to my laptop. I opened the catalog in LR3 and made changes to the metadata. I tried both "saving metadata to file" and "updating DNG previews" (which would be useless anyway since I could not write data back to the missing originals) and also tried doing nothing and just closing LR, then pulling the flashdrive and plugging it into the DESKTOP.(knowing the changes are stored within the catalog itself only) I open the 2 picture catalog in LR and see the keyword updates. Hurrah!
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here are my steps:
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Export Folder As Catalog with previews, but without including the DNG's
At your new location/machine work on that catalog.
Here's the part that's no fun, (obviously have a backup of your catalog before you do this)
In your primary catalog REMOVE that folder from your catalog. (this will remove all references within your catalog, but leave the RAW files alone where they were)
You then FILE-->IMPORT FROM ANOTHER CATALOG, and import your subfolder export back into your Primary catalog.
It'll bring all of your changes and previews back into your Primary catalog but with unlinked RAW files.
Click on the question mark in the corner of the thumbnail that's telling you it doesn't know where the source files are and LOCATE the original file again in your file structure, with the FIND NEARBY MISSING PHOTOS box checked.
Overly complicated for what it is, but it gets the job done.
I found your post because it was suggested on the sidebar after I just made a feature request on the same topic.

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Guys,
I got the below error while uploading Schema with custom char for Master catalog;
"Error in row 11 of the CSV file" where as the 11th row is "DataType;INTEGER;integer;Integer Type"
in the csv file. Please suggest.
Regards
TGB

Hi,
Check txn-SLG1 in SRM system. There if you go to details, you will see exact description of error.
There are some dos and donts for csv files. for e.g you can't put : , / etc.symbols in the csv file.
Regards,
Sanjeev

How can I use the same master catalog in Lightroom 5 on my PC and Mac?

I have been using a PC with a Sinology NAS for picture storage. The master catalog has been generated from this PC. I would like to use the same catalog on my Macbook Pro. Is there a way to sync the two computers using one common catalog?

Some users have a shared catalog on an external hard drive, which if portable can be carried around. I’ve never use network storage; but in theory it could work if all the file paths were identical on both machines.
The alternative is to use a travel catalog. I dpo this on my Macbook Pro using a 128gb SD card. It means I can then process, edit photos and add metadata etc. When I get home, I import the travel catalog to Lightroom on the Windows PC to combine it with the master catalog.
Here is a video tutorial which demonstrates the use of a catalog on location.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-complete-picture-with-julieanne-kost/how-to-use-lightroom-5- on-location/

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