How to set up the creation of change pointers (Source of Supply)

Purpose
Explain the steps needed to set up to create *Change Pointers *for Source of Supply
(Purchase Info Record, Contracts and Schedule Agreement).
Overview
In standard, changes to purchase info records, contracts and schedule agreements
are not sent automatically to APO, but need to be sent via change transfer in
transaction CFP1 (Analyze and Send Changes). In order to be able to make the
change transfer, you also need to make sure that ALE change pointers for message
type are activated. And to do that, you must check the following places:
How to set up the creation of Change Pointers

Transaction BD61 (Activate Change Pointers-Generally) :It must be selected.

Transaction BD50 (Activate Change Pointers for Message Type): The message
type 'CIFSRF' (APO-CIF: Change Documents for Sources) must be active.

At table TBDA2 (ALE Message active): Check if the message type 'CIFSRC'
have the field 'BDCP2_ACT' with 'x' flag (which means that Change Pointers
are written at table 'BDCP2').

Transaction BD52 (Activ. Change Pointer per chng doc it): Need to map the
fields that you want to create Change Pointers.
E.g.:
Object: EINKBELEG - (Purchasing Document)
Table Name: EKPO
Field Name: PLIFZ