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change pointers in ale

Former Member — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:20:36 GMT

hi experts,

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

Re: change pointers in ale

Former Member — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:24:07 GMT

U may refer ALE-EDi book by Arvind Nagpal.

u wil get good idea.

Check this link..

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/12/83e03c19758e71e10000000a114084/content.htm

Re: change pointers in ale

Former Member — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:30:06 GMT

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