What is change pointer in ALE ?

[Former Member]

Dear Guru,

1. What is change pointer in ALE and how to configure it ?

The process of configure please guide me !

Tanks and Regards,

Subash.

[Former Member]

Dear Guru,

1. What is change pointer in ALE and how to configure it ?

The process of configure please guide me !

Tanks and Regards,

Subash.

[Former Member]

Hi,

The Change Pointer Technique

Enable Change Pointers Globally

TCode: BD 61

Path: From the ALE Customizing in IMG,choose Modeling and Implemantation Business

Process, MAster Data distribution, Replication of Modified Data, Activate

Change Pointers

Enable Change Pointers Globally

TCode: BD 50

Path: From the ALE Customizing in IMG,choose Modeling and Implemantation Business

Process, MAster Data distribution, Replication of Modified Data, Activate

Change Pointers for Message Type

Specify the Fields for which Change Pointers are to be written

TCode: BD 52

Path: From the ALE main Menu, Choose ALE Development, IDOCs, Change , Define

Change-Relevant Fields

After making all these config. go to BD21 and mention the message type and execute.

Reward points if you find it helpful.

Regards,

J.Prasanna

[Former Member]

Hi,

Change pointers are R/3 objects that mark changes to SAP master data. Change pointers are managed by mechanisms in a Shared Master Data (SMD) tool and are based on Change Document (CD) objects. CD objects record the changes occurring to master data at a field level. These changes are stored in tables CDHDR (header table) and CDPOS (detail table). ALE configuration provides a link between CD objects and change pointers. Internal mechanisms update tables BDCP and BDCPS, which host the change pointers. While CD objects are application-data-specific, the processing status of change pointers is message-type-specific. Also, the ALE change pointers are activated first at a general level and then at the message-type level.

ALE provides powerful capabilities to capture changes occurring to master data and to distribute them via the IDOC interface. This feature can be used to keep two or more systems synchronized with respect to master data.

Steps to configure change Pointers:

1.Activate the change pointers globally(BD61)

2.Activate the change pointers for individual message types(BD50)

3.Schedule the program RBDMIDOC to run periodically on the sending system.

To Delete Change pointers use transaction BD22 and the standard program is RBDCPCLR

Remember You can see a check box in Further characteristics tab of the data element ( se11>enter data element>Further characteristics tab) for change document.

This check box is to bo checked to trigger change pointers.

please check out the following link for more information it might help you

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

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/en/dc/eb683c00e8a646e10000000a11402f/frameset.htm

Regards,

Satish