Shared Master Data

Changes to master data objects are managed using the Shared Master Data (SMD) tool. The SMD tool distributes master data changes to the decentralized systems.

An important note is that the SMD tool is connected to the change document interface (CDHDR and CDPOS). If the master data changes are to be distributed, the application writes a change document.

Configuration and use

1. Activate the functionality for the change pointers? (Transaction BD61);
2. Activate change pointers for this message type? (Transaction BD50);
3. Activate Change Pointer per change doc it (Transaction BD52);
4. Deactivate the change pointer with the Reduction tool (transaction BD53);
• SAP Note 'Reducing the amount of data for change pointers' (0420562),
5. Are there still too many change pointers to be processed?
• The change pointers are analyzed with the transaction BD21 or the report RBDMIDOC in ALE and flagged as processed. If the change pointers are created periodically, this report should also run periodically.
6. Are no longer required change pointers reorganized in time;
• The report RBDCPCLR (transaction BD22) to reorganize the change pointers should run periodically.
7. Is the Busines Ad-In (BAdI) BDCP_BEFORE_WRITE implemented and does the change pointer filter before the writing process?

Analyze Change Pointer: Report RBDMIDOC creates IDocs for the specified message type from the change pointers, sends them to the recipient systems, and flags the change pointers for this message type is processed.

Reorganize Change Pointer: Report RBDCPCLR deletes processed and/or obsolete change pointers.
Func. Group: SCP1; FM-s: CHANGE_POINTERS_CREATE, CHANGE_POINTERS_CREATE_DIRECT, CHANGE_POINTERS_READ, CHANGE_POINTERS_STATUS_WRITE.