RE:[sap-log-mm] Classification - bulk upload

Posted by Sap Land Friday, 15 July 2011 08:21

Posted by PeterDahl
on Jul 15 at 11:25 AM

For those interested, we had to backtrack a bit and change the process. Instead of a) load characteristics, b) load classes, c) tie characteristics to classes and classes to material; we recreated the process to do it right: a) load characteristics, b) load classes and attach characteristics, and c) use CL20N to load classes to materials.

Thanks for the feedback

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Peter Dahl
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:01 PM
Subject: Classification - bulk upload

Folks - I'm working on the conversion portion of a new SAP install -- looking after PM and WM/IM/P2P. The client did not use classification in their legacy systems, so we created a table of classes, and characteristics. Both tables have been loaded to SAP. My next step would preferably be to load the assignment of the Class to Material, and the Characteristics to the Class.
I've found no transaction that can used to load this file, and all the literature indicates this is a two step manual process. The class needs to be edited and characteristics assigned as one step, and then the materials can have classes assigned.
Having some 1000 or so Classes for type 001 (Material) Classes, and a large number of Characteristics ... and 30,000+ materials to tie them to means it can't be a manual process.
Any ideas?
I know I can use CL20N to assign Classes to Materials ... but I haven't found anything that allows me to "bulk assign" characteristics to classes ... so I can't even make it a 2 step process ...

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