SAP Note No. 545676 08.05.

2003 Page 1
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Number 545676
Version 5 from 07.05.2003
Status Released for Customer
Set on 07.05.2003

Language EN Caution: Translation Not Current!

Master language DE
Short text FAQ BOM Data transfer

Responsible SAP AG
Component LO-MD-BOM
Bills of Material
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Long text

Symptom
This note contains the frequently asked questions on the subject 'BOM
data transfer'.

OVERVIEW of the QUESTIONS:

1. Which options for the BOM data transfer are available?

2. Do the BOM data have to be transferred to programs RCSBI0x0,

the CAD Interface or the ALE entry in the internal or the external
format?

3. Why do reports RCSBI010 to RCSBI040 not generate any folder?

4. Why do reports RCSBI0x0 generate folders which cannot be run?

5. Why does report RCSBI020 delete items which were not

transferred in the dataset?

6. Why does the system generate a new change status of an item

even though the item of a a BOM change should not be changed via CAD
Interface or report RCSBI020?

7. API: How are the CSAP modules called?

Additional key words
FAQ
Cause and preconditions
CAUTION: This note is updated from time to time.
Solution

QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

1. Which options for the BOM data transfer are available?

a) Batch input programs

RCSBI010 create BOMs via batch input
RCSBI020 change BOMs via batch input
RCSBI030 create variant BOMs via batch input
RCSBI040 create BOMs via batch input including long texts
RCCSBISC Display batch input data from seq. file
 RCCSBIST Display batch input data from seq. file
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file (for RCSBI040)

b) CAD Interface - Function CAD_CHANGE_BOM_WITH_SUB_ITEMS

o Reports RCSBI0x0 as well as the CAD interface use the function

modules of function group CSBC and CSBI for the structure of the
BDC data and call of the BOM maintenance transaction via CALL
TRANSACTION.

c) ALE BOM distribution

BOMs can be distributed either manually (Transaction BD30) or via
SMD tool (Transaction BD21).
In the ALE outbound (Source system) the IDOCs are generated with
the help of function modules MASTER_IDOC_... or MASTERIDOC_... of
function group CSDS.In the ALE inbound (Target system) the IDOCs
are posted with function modules IDOC_INPUT_... in function group
CSDS.

d) BAPI_MATERIAL_BOM_GROUP_CREATE
BAPI (Business Application Programming Interface)
BAPI_MATERIAL_BOM_GROUP_CREATE is available as of Release 4.6C.
During the IDOC processing the BAPI is called via function module
IDOC_INPUT_MAT_BOMGROUP_CREATE.

2. Do the BOM data have to be transferred to programs RCSBI0x0,

the CAD Interface or the ALE entry in the internal or the external
format?

In the external format.

Example:
The external format of the material number is limited to 10 places
via the definition of a template in the target system.Then the
material number with 10 places must be transferred in the external
format.The transfer of the 18-character material number in the
internal format with 8 leading zeros results in conversion errors as
the function modules of the inbound processing convert the received
BOM data from the external into the internal format in the target
system.

3. Why do reports RCSBI010 to RCSBI040 not generate any folder?

Reports RCSBI010 to RCSBI040 can only generate a folder when no

conversion errors occur.The field values in the dataset must be
filled in the external format.

If the system does not issue any error message in the log of the
respective report even though no folder was generated, you must
check whether the following notes are implemented:

o 545285

o 530643

o 527051

4. Why do reports RCSBI0x0 generate folders which cannot be run?

 The following notes solve problems in connection with folders which
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cannot be run:

o 535720

o 429877

o 357245

o 303260

o 187252

o 157595

o 151006

5. Why does report RCSBI020 delete items which were not

transferred in the dataset?

The input file must contain all items that are supposed to be
contained in the target system on the key date.The report compares
the items in the input file with the items in the BOM of the target
system on the key date that is assigned in the BOM header of the
input file.All items that are not contained in the input file are
deleted (see documentation).

6. Why does the system generate a new change status of an item

even though the item of a a BOM change should not be changed via CAD
Interface or report RCSBI020?

The following notes solve problems in connection with the generation

of new change statuses in case of unchanged items.

o 87124

o 207780

o 360852

o 534796

o 541568

o 546435

7. API: How are the CSAP modules called?

Note 617768
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Note is release independent

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Reference to related Notes

Number Short text

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488765 Do-it-yourself EWB programming
617768 API: How to call CSAP modules

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