Changing data from MARA table?

[Former Member]

Hi all,

1) Can we change(Edit, Delete) data from MARA & MAKT table? If yes then what is the procedure to do so? And if not why?

2) Can we protect the material created by a particular user(eg. PP) in MARA table?

If yes how to do it.

Thanx in advance..........

[Former Member]

Hi,

1. If MARA is really the table you want to delete records from, maybe better to use BAPI_MATERIAL_DELETE to flag it for deletion. And if you do that, then you only need to store the material numbers. Saves memory.

TABLES: mara.

DATA: wa_mara LIKE mara.

• Copy of the internal table, which is (I assume) the same as MARA.

TYPES: t_itab_keep LIKE mara,

t_itab_delete LIKE mara.

DATA: itab_keep TYPE TABLE OF t_itab_keep WITH HEADER LINE.

DATA: itab_delete TYPE TABLE OF t_itab_delete WITH HEADER LINE.

DATA: h_lines TYPE i.

SELECT * FROM mara UP TO 10 ROWS.

• TEST FILL itab_keep.

DESCRIBE TABLE itab_keep LINES h_lines.

IF h_lines < 9.

MOVE mara TO itab_keep.

APPEND itab_keep.

CLEAR itab_keep.

ENDIF.

• END OF TEST FILL itab_keep

READ TABLE itab_keep WITH KEY matnr = mara-matnr.

IF sy-subrc <> 0. "Not in ITAB, must be deleted from MARA

APPEND mara TO itab_delete.

ENDIF.

ENDSELECT.

LOOP AT itab_delete.

WRITE:/ itab_delete.

ENDLOOP.

• Be very careful (should lock too), and allow restore!

• DELETE mara FROM TABLE itab.

2.By giving Autorization u can protect your code.

anyway material creation is responsibilty of functional guys so u can better to consult functional people.

<b>Reward points</b>

Regards

[Former Member]

1) It is NOT best practice to write code to directly update standard SAP system tables. You should use:

Batch Input on MM02 or

BAPI_MATERIAL_EDIT or

RMDATIND

2) Assign such materials to their own Authorisation Group (MARA-BEGRU), then set users up to have/not have access to the via their authorisation profiles

[TMNielsen]

Hi Mohd

You should never update directly in SAP standard tables.

You ask <b>And if not why?</b>

I guess at least hundreds of tables in your SAP database contains material numbers.

I will give you an example.

If you have a sales order the material number will be stored in table VBAP.

Now if you delete the material number from MARA, there is a database inconsistency - the VBAP record links to a not existing MARA record.

This will probably result in a dump if the users try to change the sales order in transaction VA02.

best regards

Thomas Madsen Nielsen