Legacy Data, MDM and ECC

[#1]

Hi,

We are using SAP supplied repository for consolidating Material records. This repository is just a small set of all Material fields available in ECC. We are planning to bring in data from legacy system, de-dup it in MDM and then send it to the target ECC system. However, we am not sure that after sending this data in ECC, how can we then complete this data in ECC with the rest of the values from the legacy system. We don't want to manually extend these records in ECC as this would mean a lot of work on users side. What other options are available that we can use to complete this data programmatically (ABAP, ALE, BDC???). What does SAP recommends?

Thanks,

T

[Former Member]

Hi,

However, we am not sure that after sending this data in ECC, how can we then complete this data in ECC with the rest of the values from the legacy system.

As your MDM will have complete data from ECC and Legacy, you can send this complete record to ECC. Thus no need to create manually in ECC.

Hope this helps,

+ An

[Former Member]

Thanks for your reply.

We are maintaining the material data in MDM. However, we are just maintaining the basic data (description, unit of measure etc.), not the complete record. Once we send this basic data to ECC and get this record created, how do we then populate data for other views (accountring, costing, quality, forecasting etc.) in ECC? Manually? (and spend so much time and effort on it) or programmatically (what are the options?).

Please don't suggest to maintain ALL data in MDM as

a) Maintaining all the views in MDM is not very well supported. (I have done that, I know)

b) That's not a part of the plan

Thanks in advance,

T

[Former Member]

Hi TechX,

from my point of view, ABAP programming is best way to do because using ABAP reports you can apend data to different tables as well as can modify in the table you require. So use the method first extract data from the tables you want to input or say take the input and using modify statement you can alter it in interanal tables of R3/ECC system.

BR,

Alok