Unicode Conversion problem

[Former Member]

Hi

We are facing some problems with the reprocessing scan in the Unicode preparation phase. We got nearly 7 million entries without any language assignment. The reason for this is mainly words with less than 3 characters as set as default for the scans. The tables are too big to handle this situation.

what would be the best approach to deal with this?

[nils_buerckel]

Hi Giridhar,

Technically I see 3 options for you in this situation:

1) Reset SPUMG / SPUM4 completely and change the Minimum Word length to 2. Then redo the Scans. Of course this will take time, but in my opinion this is worth it. Normally it is much better to assign words via system vocabulary instead of reprocessing, because in that case R3load usually converts the entries correctly and you do not have to deal with it in reprocessing and SUMG. Therefore this would be the preferred option !

2) Maintain the open reprocessing logs:

Please have a look at note 938374, which might help you to assign some entries in the reprocessing logs automatically / semi-automatically. Maybe with these tools you can reduce the number of entries to a number, which is maintainable.

But you will still get a lot of XML-Files and you will have to do an automatic repair in SUMG.

3) Go on without assigning most of the words:

This is a VERY bad option ! This will shift the problem to SUMG after the conversion and SUMG has to be done during downtime (in the PRD system). Also you are not able to transport the results of SUMG to any other system - therefore you have to redo everything on every new system again.

Therefore if you want to test SPUMG / SUMG do NOT leave the reprocessing logs without assignment !

Looking at these options, I would really recommend to go for option 1), as overall this will probably be the "cheapest" option for you.

By the way you should save the vocabulary before resetting the SPUMG !

Best regards,

Nils Buerckel

Solution Management

Globalization Services

SAP AG

[Former Member]

Hi Nils,

I am very thankful for your solution...