Prevent changes in active version during process chain run SAP APO

[sumaghosh]

Hi Experts,

I have long pending issue, where changes are being done to location product master in 000 version due to master data changes happening in ECC ( master data IM is active).

Requirement : I want to prevent these changes happening in APO while a process chain is running

Reason for requirement : At the beginning of process chain, 000 version data is copied to simulation version. AT the end of process chain data is merged from simulation version to active version using version merge program.

If any changes happen in 000 version between above mentioned steps, then version merge program fails. Hence we want to keep 000 version data unchanged till the end of the process chain.

Query : I went through SAP help contents and there it is mentioned locking planning version is not a good idea, instead we should lock the users. How to lock the RFC user during this time?

What is the best possible way to implement solution for above mentioned problem.

Awaiting for early revert.

TIA

[rupesh_brahmankar]

Hello,

It is recommended to stop the inbound CIF queues in APO during that time period of process chain run.

But it depends how long it takes to finished the process chain

Stop CIF Queues

If this option is set, the system stops all data transfers from R/3 systems into the SAP APO system through the Core Interface before starting the copy process. Only inbound queues in the same system are stopped. You have to stop outbound queues in the source system

You may refer SAP help document and blog on it,

Planning Version Merge - SAP Documentation

How to Understand Planning Model and Planning Version and Copy in SAP APO - Brightwork Research & An...

Best Regards,

R.Brahmankar

[sumaghosh]

Thanks for your answer.

I will have to stop the queues from changing the master data in APO. So I will have to stop it for 3 hours ( time between version copy to simulation version & Version merge program)

Moreover, I don't want to stop the outbound queues of ECC since EWM system is also connected to it.

I will stop the inbound queues to APO. Please suggest your views.

[rupesh_brahmankar]

Hello,

Yes right approach is to stop inbound queue in APO system and at the start of process chain you can have a step to stop inbound CIF queues and at the end of the process chain you need to have a another step to restart inbound queues.

Best Regards,

R.Brahmankar