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Mass Change Material Group in Task List Operations

sebastian_lenartowicz
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Greetings Experts, Gurus and SAP Sages!

We are on the brink of changing the Material Groups in Purchasing. However, a Material Group has been maintained on the external processing data of numerous of our Task List Operations.

I'm fishing for suggestions here, whether you have been through a similar mass update and have any advice on how can this be done in an easy way (short of development of an update program)? Is there any option similar to CA85 for this one?

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rakesh_mane
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Hello

I would recommend you please go for BDC.As LSMW STD object does not support the Change Mode of Task List.

BDC is good option this can cater you for multiple operations line items per task list .i used in it past.

Br

Rakesh

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Hi,

Rakesh is right. There is no standard BAPI to do this changes and LSMW is also not recommended for this changes.

Better way go for BDC. It will help you in future for multiple operations.

Regards,

Chaitanya Parchure

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Hi Rakesh

Can you tell us how you get it to go to the correct Operation number please? I've looked at BDC, via LSMW and SHDB, can can't see how to navigate to the desired operation number - eg: I want to change the System Condition on the 7th operation. How to make the system navigate to this operation only. In objects like PO, there is an Item Number, which you can populate and it puts that row on the top line, so you can edit from there. I can't see the same in Task Lists.

Otherwise I completely agree from my experience. The IBIP tools for task lists are brilliant for creating every level and activity for TL's. But they can't do changes.

Regards

rakesh_mane
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Hello Richard,

Please prepare the data doe Task List Operation in such way that it links the Task List Header to Task List operation.

Task List header File

Group      Counter      Key

1                1                1

Task List operation File

Group      counter      Operation       Status      Key

1                     1                10            1           1

1                     1                20            0           1

define Key Field in BDC and it  will be same in header and operation file.

You have to do the recording and then go for BDC creation .Coding will be according to above format.Please consult with your abap person.

Br

rakesh

sebastian_lenartowicz
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Greetings Richard,

From my experience,the only way to do it via an LSMW recording is to select the Operations using the selection icons to the left of the Operations list, then define each of these as a field in the recording and write a bit of code to populate them with 'X' based on a value read from an input file. But in this way you can't refer to an Operation number, only the sequence on the screen,and you are limited to change any of the first 15 operations only.

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sebastian_lenartowicz
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Hi all,

Thank you very much for the valuable input!

Regarding the IBIP, it would be my first choice, but I trust you mean the Objects 0470 / 0480 / 0490 / Method 0000 in the LSMW? I found them to be very useful for creating the Task Lists, but not to change (setting the transaction to IA12 instead of IA11 results in an error "Transaction IA12 not supported in batch input mode Message no. ID514" - I believe this isn't suported by the IBIP...

peter_atkin
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Sebastian,

What about FM EAM_TASKLIST_CHANGE


PeteA

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peter_atkin
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Sebastian,

You could look at the IBIP option which I believe integrates into LSMW.

PeteA