URGENT : Does uploading texts load the P master data table ?

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have an infoobject(customer namespace) that has been marked to have master data(with one attribute, time-independent) and texts(time-independent). In R/3,we created an extractor for uploading texts only. We upload texts and expect the master data P-table to be loaded as well (without the attribute ofcourse).

But this does not happen.

The question is : if one loads texts, is the P table supposed to get loaded on its own ?

Thanks

Anuradha

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Anuradha,

When you load texts, only the T table (/bic/t<infoobject>) will be loaded. You have to do a attribute load to update the master data. Only then, P table will be updated.

The one other case where P table will be updated is, during the Transaction data load, when u specify option 'Always update data, even if no master data is avaialble'. In this case, the Data will be updated in P table as well while loading transaction data (if not available already).

Regards,

Sree

Regards,

Sree

Message was edited by: Sree Damodararaj

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks a lot to all.

I completely agree with what all of you have said and that's precisely how I had understood it anyway. I tested it with a file upload with text data into a dummy info object.

If we try to create texts through master data maintenance however, the data does come into the master data table. This along with someone insisting that master data should get loaded led to the confusion.

Sorry and thanks again.

[Former Member]

You have checked for yourself that P table is not filled. If you load only texts only T table will be filled. If you do not load attributes data, P data will not be filled, description/text is not a part of P table. The P table will be filled when you load the trasaction data, but only the ones associated with transactions, ofcourse with blanks in the attribute column.

[former_member188975]

Hi Anuradha,

The texts are loaded to the T table of the InfoObject. The P table is the table for Master Data (Time-Independant). If your extractor is supposed to load just the texts, then it will not load to the P table. When you say "expect the master data P-table to be loaded as well (without the attribute ofcourse). "...what exactly do you mean?