BOM ALE issue

[Former Member]

Hello all,

I am trying to ALE BOM changes from client 300 to 100. SO I changed the qauntity of a component and saved without using ECM . I did the ALE, but in target system it did not update the item quantity. Instead it added a new line item with a valid from date.

I want to update the quantity and not add a new line item. This functionality works right with ECM, but I want to see if it can do it without ECM. Thanks

Atul

[Former Member]

Hello all,

I am trying to ALE BOM changes from client 300 to 100. SO I changed the qauntity of a component and saved without using ECM . I did the ALE, but in target system it did not update the item quantity. Instead it added a new line item with a valid from date.

I want to update the quantity and not add a new line item. This functionality works right with ECM, but I want to see if it can do it without ECM. Thanks

Atul

[JL23]

what happened to the original component item in the target system?

was it untouched, or was the vaild to date set?

[JL23]

read OSS Note 209276 - Manual setting of the ALEKZ for material BOMs

and Note 545676 - FAQ BOM data transfer

[Former Member]

lets say the original component with qty 2 was valid from 5 June and today I did the ALE, the original line is left as is and a new line with the SAME item number is created with a valid from date of today with the changed qty.

[Former Member]

Thanks but none of the notes help me. I am not sure If I can ALE changes without ECM

[JL23]

lets say the original component  with qty 2 was valid from 5 June and today I did the ALE, the original line is left as is and a new line with the SAME item number is created with a valid from date of today with the changed qty.

this sounds like it works in create mode instead of change mode.

And this makes me think that it may have something to to with the situation explained in the ALEKZ note.

Had you checked whether your BOM in the target system has the ALEKZ active?

the note explains that you can only update records with this ALEKZ set.

How do you transfer the BOM? with transaction manually or automatically using change pointers?

[Former Member]

HI Jurgen,

I had ALE'd BOM initially while creating the BOM and this is why it has an ALE indicator in the target system. Then I made a change in source system and did the ale thru BD21 using BOMMAT. It came and added a new line with same item number and new qty. Please note that when is done with ECM then it works fine.

Arul

[Former Member]

Hi, I'm having the same issue. How did you managed to solve this? if you ever could...

Many thanks.

Rodrigo.