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Release Notes for

SAP for Retail

SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0

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Release Notes for Business Functions ............................................................ 4

Business Function Retail, Export of Data to PMR ......................................... 4

Business Function Retail, PCI DSS .............................................................. 6

Business Function Retail, POS Integration via Idoc ...................................... 7

Business Function Retail, Usability ............................................................... 9

Business Function Retail, Bonus Buy ......................................................... 10

Business Function Retail, Direct Store Delivery 2 ....................................... 11

Business Function Retail, MM Enh. Mat. Search ........................................ 12

Business Function Retail, Localization for IN .............................................. 20

Business Function Retail, MAP Interface 2 ................................................. 21

Business Function Retail, Expt Retail Data to PMR .................................... 24

Business Function Retail, ERP Inbound Promotions .................................. 26

Business Function Retail, RMA Cost Allocations ........................................ 30

Business Function Retail, In-Store MIM ...................................................... 32

Business Function Retail, Usability EA ....................................................... 34

Business Function Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 01 ................... 35

Business Function Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 02 ................... 36



Release Notes for Business Functions

Business Function Retail, Export of Data to PMR

ISR_APPL_OUTBOUND_DMF: Retail, Export of Data to Promotion Mgmt (New)

Use

As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 605), the business

function Retail, Export of Retail-Specific Data to Promotion Mgmt

(ISR_APPL_OUTBOUND_DMF) is available. With this business function, you can

successfully integrate SAP ERP with promotion planning functionality in SAP

Promotion Management for Retail (PMR).

This enables you to prepare the following master data necessary to support your

promotional planning activities:

o Article data (including article hierarchies and merchandise category hierarchies)

o Site data (including reference site groups)

o Article/site data (including sales prices, moving average prices and listing

information)

o Vendor data

o Sources of supply data (including purchase prices)

o Inventory data

o Consumption data

o Promotion data

The integration allows for the initial transfer of all relevant data objects to SAP PMR, as

well as delta and ad-hoc transfers.

Effects on Existing Data

Customizing

You can now configure the outbound connectivity to SAP PMR in Customizing by

choosing Logistics - General -> Merchandise Lifecycle Optimization -> Outbound ->

Maintain Control Parameters.

In addition, you can configure data replication framework settings for the SAP PMR

application in Customizing by choosing Logistics - General -> Merchandise Lifecycle

Optimization -> Outbound -> Data Replication Framework -> Configure Applications.

NOTE: In order to connect to SAP PMR, SAP delivers customizing settings via BC sets

which should not be changed.

Business Add-Ins (BAdIs)

For each outbound implementation, a BAdI is available. The BAdI method is called

immediately before the message is sent to the receiving system. The BAdI method gets

all internal data tables which are to be transferred.

The internal data tables are transferred to the receiving system as returned by the BAdI

without further consistency checks.

The BAdIs can be found in Customizing by choosing Logistics - General ->

Merchandise Lifecycle Optimization -> Outbound -> Business Add-Ins.



New transactions

The following new transactions are available in the SAP Easy Access - SAP Retail

menu:

o Execute Data Replication (DRFOUT)

o Filter Maintenance (DRFF)

o Analyze Log for Outbound Implementations (DRFLOG)

Effects on Data Transfer

The data replication framework (DRF) enables integration between SAP ERP and SAP

PMR.



Business Function Retail, PCI DSS

ISR_APPL_PCI_DSS: Business Function Retail, PCI DSS (New)

Use


function Retail, PCI Data Security Standard - Credit Card Information is available.

With this business function, you can support the PCI data security standard for

applications that store or transmit credit card and bankcard data.

In ERP for Retail this implies that the IDoc database in the POS inbound interface has

to secure credit card data, i.e. store encrypted data. In particular, this applies to the

IDoc types WPUTAB and WPUBON which contain these data during transfer.

The PCI-DSS / PA-DSS is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements

for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design

and other critical protective measures. It was developed and released by the Payment

Card Industry to help organizations in processing credit card payment transactions

while preventing fraud, hacking and other security issues.


This new business function does not affect existing data.


This new business function does not affect the data transfer.

Effects on System Administration

This new business function does not affect the system administration.

See also

SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/erp -> SAP ERP

Enhancement Packages -> ERP Central Component Enhancement Package 5 ->

Business Functions -> Business Functions in SAP ERP -> Enterprise Business

Functions -> Logistics -> Trade -> Retail, PCI DSS



Business Function Retail, POS Integration via Idoc

ISR_APPL_POS_INTEG: Business Function Retail, POS Intg. via IDoc (New)

Use


function Retail, POS Integration with IDoc Size Control is available. With this

business function, you can use Customizing settings to control the IDoc size of the

following POS outbound messages:

o Sending article master data via message type WP_PLU

o Sending EAN assignments via message type WP_EAN

o Sending POS customer master data via message type WP_PER

o Sending sets (structured articles) via message type WPDSET

o Sending empties via message type WPDNAC

o Sending POS-relevant exchange rates via message type WPDCUR

o Sending material groups via message type WPDWGR

o Sending bonus buy data via message type WPDBBY

o Sending assortment lists via message type WBBDLD

The IDoc size is defined by the maximum number of segments per IDoc.




Depending on the Customizing settings for the IDoc type in use, both the size and the

number of the generated outbound IDoc will change. Thus, the runtime and the

memory requirements of the ERP internal and external processes may also change.

For technical reasons, the generation of assortment list IDocs requires to allow for a

minimum size of 100 segments per IDoc. It is not possible to generate smaller IDocs of

this type. The other IDoctypes do not require a minimum size. However, it is only

possible to split the individual IDocs up, if the object being processed (such as an

article) has been completely prepared.

The following applies to all IDoc types: the maximum size of one million segments per

IDoc cannot be exceeded.


If you activate this function, the size of outbound IDocs changes according to the

maximum size defined in Customizing.

Effects on Customizing

You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Sales and

Distribution, in

POS Interface -> Outbound -> Setting POS Outbound IDoc size

Please note that the Customizing activity Setting POS Outbound IDoc size is not

visible in the system until you activate the business function Retail, POS Integration

with IDoc Size Control.



See also




Functions -> Logistics -> Trade -> Retail, POS Integration via IDoc



Business Function Retail, Usability

ISR_APPL_USABILITY: Retail, Usability (New)

Use

As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA_RETAIL 605), the business

function Retail, Usability is available. This business function contains usability

improvements specific to the retail functionality in SAP ERP. Customers in the retail

and wholesale industries are able to navigate the user interface simply and efficiently to

execute the desired functions.



Business Function Retail, Bonus Buy

ISR_RET_BONUS_BUY: Business Function Retail, Bonus Buy (New)

Use

As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 605) the business

function Retail, Bonus Buy is available. With this business function, you can use a

new intuitive user interface which supports the user in maintaining different types of

bonus buys.

You are able to activate a planned bonus buy, to deactivate an activated bonus buy or

to activate a deactivated bonus buy.

You can maintain bonus buy descriptions in different languages without the need to

logon to the system in every language individually.

You can maintain a bonus buy for a promotion. You can create, change, display and

delete a bonus buy from the promotion maintenance view (transaction WAK2). You can

also access the new bonus buy user interface within a promotion.




This new business function does not affect the data transfer.


This new business function does not affect the system administration.


You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Sales and

Distribution, in

Basic Functions -> Bonus Buy

See also




Functions -> Logistics -> Trade -> Retail, Bonus Buy.



Business Function Retail, Direct Store Delivery 2

ISR_RETAIL_DSD_2: Business Function Retail, Direct Store Dely 2 (New)

Use


function Retail, Direct Store Delivery Master Data New Features

(ISR_RETAIL_DSD_2) is available. The enhanced master data workbench for retail

direct store delivery enables the handling of multiple vendors for one article in one store

at the same time and the maintenance of sales prices by sales price calculation.

The user interface of the DSD master data workbench has been enhanced by:

o two new fields in the personal settings screen to switch on/off the usage of the

two new features

o an additional screen to maintain the Main Vendor Indicator for given article-store

combinations

o additional toolbar functions on the Pricing Data screen to support sales price

calculations.


Existing master data are not affected by the new development, changing of existing

data before activating this business function is not necessary.

See also



Business Functions (SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0) -> Business

Functions in SAP ERP -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Logistics -> Trade ->

Retail, Direct Store Delivery Master Data New Features.



Industries in SAP ERP -> SAP Retail -> Master Data -> Article Master Data -> DSD-

Master Data-Workbench.



Business Function Retail, MM Enh. Mat. Search

ISR_RETAIL_ENH_MAT_SEARCH: Retail, MM Enh. Mat. Search (New)

Use

As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 605 and EA-RETAIL

605), the business function Retail, MM Enhanced Material Search with Creation

(ISR_RETAIL_ENH_MAT_SEARCH) is available. With this business function, you can

enable the Enhanced Material Search with Creation function in major transactions from

SAP Materials Management, SAP Sales and Distribution, and SAP for Retail.

From a business perspective, the features in this business function are specifically

designed to accelerate order creation for wholesale and retail customers. Enhanced

Material Search with Creation is the only search solution that allows you to find articles

along with their availability and prices in your own plant and selected plants in one step.

You can also find supplier catalog products without an article master and create article

master records out of them quickly and efficiently.

From a technical perspective, you should experience some performance improvements

by using either the SAP Search Engine Service or SAP NetWeaver Search Engine

Service rather than searching directly using SAP ERP tables.


Customizing

The Configure and Activate Enhanced Search with Creation Customizing activity has

been redesigned to clearly indicate the various components which make up this

function, such as:

o activation of the overall function

o material search features

o general material creation options

o simplified material creation method

This activity has been specifically enhanced with the following:

o a Search Engine parameter, which allows you to specify the Search Engine

Service or the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search as your search engine

o a Hide Plant Filter and Availability flag, which allows you to disable the display

of the Plant Filter and Availability section in the Enhanced Material Search user

interface in order to support applications where no plant related information is

required

o a Simplified Material Creation section, which includes all parameters required

for the material creation method as of SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP

ERP 6.0

o a Creation Based on Material parameter, which allows you to create a new

material based on an existing material as a template using:

- a simplified material creation method;

- the Modify Material Creation business add-in;

- the Core Master Data Maintenance for Materials transaction (SAP Retail

systems only), or

- the Material Master Maintenance transaction.



o a Creation Based on Catalog Item parameter, which allows you to create a

new material based on a catalog search result using:

- a simplified material creation method;

- a price catalog (SAP Retail systems only), or

- the Modify Material Creation business add-in.

o a Change Based on Article parameter, which allows you to modify a material

master data record using either the Material Maintenance application

(transaction MM42) or the Core Master Data Maintenance for Materials

application (SAP Retail systems only)

In SAP retail systems, you will be able to hide variants, hide generic articles, or display

all articles in your search results. The functionality can be personalized and

preconfigured for each supported application.

Enhanced Material Search User Interface

You can now choose a Personal Settings button to personalize your settings for

material searches, material creation, and availability display options for different plants.

Price Catalog (SAP Retail only)

In SAP Retail systems only, you can now export your price catalogs (which contain

supplier product information) into the TREX index used for catalog searches by the

Enhanced Material Search function. This enables you to find supplier product

information that was imported and managed in PRICAT by using a search engine. You

can allow PRICAT to create a retail article master record using a selected search result

without a material master. This allows the simplified creation of Retail generic articles

with all variants.

Keyword Maintenance User Interface

In SAP retail systems only, you can now choose a Generate Keywords out of

Material Groups button to synchronize keywords assigned to Retail merchandise

categories.


An example implementation has been provided for BAdI W_CS_BADI_032 in

Customizing to create new buttons in the search result toolbar of the Enhanced

Material Search function, allowing you to trigger an event in the search result list. The

BAdI can be found in Customizing by choosing Logistics - General -> Material Master -

> Enhanced Material Search with Creation -> Enhancements using Business Add-Ins -

> Business Add-Ins for Material Search -> BAdI: Supply of Additional Function Keys in

Results Display.

Supported Transactions

The following SAP Retail transactions are now supported by the Enhanced Material

Search function:

o Create Grouped Purchase Order Document (WPOHF3C)

o Change Grouped Purchase Order Document (WPOHF3X)

o Create Purchase Order Seasonal Procurement (WPOHF4C)

o Change Purchase Order Seasonal Procurement (WPOHF4X)

o Create Allocation Table (WA01)

o Change Allocation Table (WA02)

The following Sales and Distribution transactions are now supported by the Enhanced



Material Search function:

o Create Inquiry (VA11)

o Change Inquiry (VA12)

o Create Quotation (VA21)

o Change Quotation (VA22)

The following Materials Management transactions are now supported by the Enhanced


o Create Purchase Order (ME21N)

o Change Purchase Order (ME22N)

o Create Purchase Requisition (ME51N)

o Change Purchase Requisition (ME52N)

New search criteria and result parameters

New search parameters (criteria) are available to support the Enhanced Material

Search function in Materials Management:

o Purchasing Organization

o Purchasing Group

o Season

o Season Year

o Rollout

o Generic Article

o Plant

The following new attributes are available:

o Gross Purchase Price

o Net Purchase Price

o Net Purchase Value

o Net Sales Value

o Season Short Text

o Season Year

o Rollout

o Brand

o Manufacturer

o Generic Article

o Material Status

o Search Result Relevance in %

Display parameters are now fully configurable per application.

Sales Prices are not configurable in Purchasing, Seasonal Procurement and Allocation

applications.

Purchase Prices are not configurable in Sales applications, with the exception of the

purchasing price from the purchasing info record.




The main Customizing settings for this function are available in either of the following

areas:

o Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Additional Functions for Material ->

Configure and Activate Enhanced Material Search with Creation

o Materials Management -> General Settings for Materials Management ->


Additional Customizing settings related to Enhanced Material Search with Creation can

be made in the following areas:


Configure and Activate Material View

o Logistics - General -> Material Master -> Enhanced Material Search with

Creation -> Define Applications


Creation -> Specify Search and Display Parameters for Material Search


Creation -> Configure Simplified Creation of a Material in the Material Search


Creation -> Define Number Ranges for Key Word Definition


Creation -> Define Hierarchies for Displaying Close-By Plants

The configuration of predefined price elements to identify the correct prices in the

Enhanced Material Search is available in either of the following areas:

o Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Pricing -> Predefined Price

Elements -> Identify Predefined Price Elements in Pricing

o Materials Management -> Purchasing -> Conditions -> Predefined Price

Elements -> Identify Predefined Price Elements in Pricing




Use




enable the Enhanced Material Search with Creation function across a wide range of

transactions in SAP Materials Management, SAP Sales and Distribution, and SAP for

Retail.




along with their availability and prices in selected plants in one step. In addition, you

can find and create supplier catalog products without an article master with much

greater ease and efficiency.




NOTE: This release note describes features and user interface modifications common

to Sales and Distribution and Materials Management. Consult the following release

notes for more information on changes to those components:

SD_605_LOG_SD_03_EMS

MMPUR_605_LOGMMCI3_9


Customizing


been redesigned to clearly indicate the various components which make up this

function, such as:

o activation of the overall function

o material search features

o material creation

o simplified material creation

This activity has been specifically enhanced with the following:

a Search Engine parameter, which allows you to specify the Search Engine Service or

the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search as your primary search engine

a Hide Plant Filter and Availability flag, which allows you to disable the display of

stock availability and plant availability when executing a material search using this

function

a Simplified Material Creation section, which includes all Enhanced Material Creation

features available as of SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP ERP 6.0.

Enhanced Material Search User Interface



You can now choose a Personal Settings button to personalize your settings for

material searches, material creation, and plants.


An example implementation has been provided for BAdI W_CS_BADI_032 in

Customizing to create new buttons in the search result toolbar of the Enhanced

Material Search function to trigger an event in the search result list. The BAdI can be

found in Customizing by choosing Logistics - General -> Material Master -> Enhanced

Material Search with Creation -> Enhancements using Business Add-Ins -> Business

Add-Ins for Material Search -> BAdI: Supply of Additional Function Keys in Results

Display.


The main Customizing settings for this function are available in either of the following

areas:



o Materials Management -> General Settings for Materials Management ->


Additional Customizing settings related to Enhanced Material Search with creation can

be made in the following areas:


Configure and Activate Material View


Creation -> Define Applications


Creation -> Specify Search and Display Parameters for Material Search


Creation -> Configure Simplified Creation of a Material in the Material Search


Creation -> Define Number Ranges for Key Word Definition


Creation -> Define Hierarchies for Displaying Close-By Plants




Use




enable the Enhanced Material Search with Creation function across a wide range of

transactions in SAP Materials Management, SAP Sales and Distribution, and SAP for

Retail.




along with their availability and prices in selected plants in one step. In addition, you

can find and create supplier catalog products without an article master with much

greater ease and efficiency.




NOTE: This release note describes features and user interface modifications unique to

Materials Management. Consult release note SAP_APPL_605_EMS_M for more

information on general enhancements shared with Sales and Distribution or with SAP

for Retail.


Customizing


been enhanced with the following:

o a Creation Based on Material parameter, which allows you to create a new

material based on an existing material as a template using either a simplified

material creation approach or by way of the Modify Material Creation BAdI

o a Creation Based on Catalog Item parameter, which allows you to create a

new material based on a supplier catalog item using either a simplified material

creation approach or by way of the Modify Material Creation BAdI

o a Change Based on Material parameter, which allows you to modify a material

master data record using the Material Maintenance application (transaction

MM02).

You can access the Customizing by choosing Materials Management -> General

Settings for Materials Management -> Configure and Activate Enhanced Material

Search with Creation.

Supported Transactions

The following Materials Management transactions are now supported by the Enhanced


o Create Purchase Order (ME21N)

o Change Purchase Order (ME22N)

o Create Purchase Requisition (ME51N)

o Change Purchase Requisition (ME52N)

o Create Allocation Table (WA01)



o Change Allocation Table (WA02)

New search criteria and result parameters

The following search criteria and result parameters have been added for purchasing

transactions:

o Availability Indicator

o Purchase Order Quantity

o Purchasing Order Price Unit

o Material

o Material Description

o EAN/UPC

o Plant

o Plant Name 1

o Unrestricted/ATP quantity

o Basic Unit of Measure

o Qualifier (Unrestricted stock or ATP stock)

o Purchase Price

o Currency

o Purchase Price Unit

o Purchasing Order Price Unit (Duplicate, but required)

o Old Material Number

o Material Group

o Material Group Description

o Product Hierarchy

o Material Type

o Vendor

o Vendor Name 1

o Vendor Sub Range

o Vendor Material Number

o Vendor Material Group

The following search criteria and result parameters have been added for allocation

table transactions:

o Material

o Material Description

o Material Category

o Material Type

o Material Group



Business Function Retail, Localization for IN

ISR_RETAIL_INDIA_LOC: Retail, Localization for IN (New)

Use

As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-RETAIL 605), the business

function, Retail, Margin Protection Localization for India, is available. With this

business function, you can set the range within which the price fluctuation of an article

is acceptable thereby protecting the margin agreed between the buyer and the vendor

during the procurement process.


menu for an Article Inward Note (AIN):

Create Article Inward Note (J1IR01)

Change Article Inward Note (J1IR02)

Display Article Inward Note (J1IR03)

Approve Article Inward Note (J1IR10)

Post GR from Article Inward Note (J1IR20)


You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics -

General, under Retail Pricing Ledger -> Country-Specific Settings -> India ->

Article Inward Note

See also




Functions -> Logistics -> Trade -> Retail, Margin Protection Localization for India



Business Function Retail, MAP Interface 2

ISR_RETAIL_MAP_IF2: Business Function Retail, MAP IF 2 and SOP

Use

Purchasing List (Seasonal Merchandise)


function Retail, MAP Interface 2 (ISR_RETAIL_MAP_IF2) is available. With this

business function, you can create rollout groups to logically group your rollouts.

For specific categories of the article hierarchy, you can decide that only rollouts

belonging to a specific rollout group are allowed to create purchasing lists.

When you release a planned material in a purchasing list and create an existing

material from it, the system will hand over the season, season year and rollout

information to the basic data of the new material. As long as the business function is

not active, only the season and season year information are handed over to the basic

data.

Layout Workbench (Non-Seasonal Merchandise)

As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA_RETAIL 605), new

enterprise services (SOA Services) are available for the Merchandising to Shelf

Optimization Integration.

By activating the business function Retail, MAP Interface 2 (ISR_RETAIL_MAP_IF2),

you are able to maintain label type and number of labels for each material assigned to

a layout module version.

The integration between SAP Retail and a space management program uses the

following SOA Services (Bundle Merchandising to Shelf Optimization Integration):

o Maintain MAP Assortment

This service is used to synchronously maintain an assortment in SAP Retail, based on

values received from an external program such as a Shelf Optimization Program

(SOP). The service can create new assortments and update the assignment of

assortments to stores. This service is triggered by the SOP solution.

o Read MAP Assortment Store Layout Element

This service is used to synchronously read the product assignments of a layout module

version in SAP Retail based on values received from an external program such as an

SOP. It reads product assignments for an existing layout module version and pulls

them into an SOP solution, and is triggered by an SOP solution.

o Request MAP Assortment Layout Element

This is an outbound service that mainly pushes the product assignments of a layout

module version from SAP Retail to SOP. It has the same message structure as the

Read MAP Assortment Store Layout Element service. This service is triggered by the

SAP Retail solution via the transaction Send to Space Management using SOA

(WRF_SEND_TO_SOP_SOA).

o Read MAP Store Layout Element Store Fixture

This service is used to synchronously read a fixture assignment to a layout module

version in SAP Retail, based on values received from an external program such as an

SOP. It reads fixture assignments for an existing layout module version and pulls them

into an SOP solution and is triggered by an SOP solution.



o Maintain MAP Store Layout Element

This service is used to synchronously maintain the product assignments for an existing

layout module version in SAP Retail, based on values received from an external

program such as an SOP, and returns the optimized planogram to SAP Retail. The

service can create new layout module version and update the assignments of fixtures

and products to the layout module version. This service is triggered by an SOP

solution.



Activating the business function does not change nor affect existing data. Once a

purchasing list/material is created, it is not considered as being inconsistent.

Activating the business function adds new Customizing activities (see the Customizing

section below).

Activating the business function adds a new menu entry to Logistics -> Retailing ->

Master Data -> Season:

o Rollout Groups -> Assign Rollout Groups to Categories

Activating the business function adds a new pushbutton Search Valid Rollouts beside

the field Rollout on the entry screens of the transactions for creating, changing and

displaying purchasing lists.


Activating the business function does not change nor affect existing data.



You make the Customizing settings for this function in IMG under Logistics General ->

Season. Activating the business function adds the following Customizing activities to

the IMG:

o Define Rollout Groups

o Assign Rollout Groups to Rollouts

o Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins

- Rollout/Rollout Group Check Functions

- Read Valid Rollout Group/Valid Rollouts

To fully use the new functions, you also have to set up system messages to match your

requirements. You do this under Logistics General -> Assortment -> Operational

Assortment Planning and Control -> Settings for System Messages.

For more information, see the See Also section below.




Not applicable

See also


For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at

http://help.sap.com/erp -> SAP ERP Enhancement Packages -> ERP Central

Component Enhancement Package 5 -> Business Functions -> Business

Functions in SAP ERP -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Trade -> Retail, MAP

Interface 2.


For more information, see the enterprise services documentation on the SAP Help

Portal at http://help.sap.com/ -> SOA - Browse ES Wiki -> Bundles of Enterprise

Services - Overview Industries ->Retail -> Merchandise and Assortment Planning



Business Function Retail, Expt Retail Data to PMR

ISR_RETAIL_OUTBOUND_DMF: Retail, Export Retail Data to SAP PMR (New)

Use


function Retail, Export of Data to Promotion Mgmt (ISR_RETAIL_OUTBOUND_DMF) is

available. With this business function, you can.successfully integrate SAP ERP with

promotion planning functionality in SAP Promotion Management for Retail (PMR).

This enables you to prepare the following master data necessary to support your

promotional planning activities:

o Article data (including article hierarchies and merchandise category hierarchies)

o Site data (including reference site groups)

o Article/site data (including sales prices, moving average prices and listing

information)

o Vendor data

o Sources of supply data (including purchase prices)

o Inventory data

o Consumption data

o Promotion data

The integration allows for the initial transfer of all relevant data objects to SAP PMR, as

well as delta and ad-hoc transfers.


Customizing

You can now configure the outbound connectivity to SAP PMR in Customizing by

choosing Logistics - General -> Merchandise Lifecycle Optimization -> Outbound ->

Maintain Control Parameters.

In addition, you can configure data replication framework settings for the SAP PMR

application in Customizing by choosing Logistics - General -> Merchandise Lifecycle

Optimization -> Outbound -> Data Replication Framework -> Configure Applications.

NOTE: In order to connect to SAP PMR, SAP delivers customizing settings via BC sets which

should not be changed.


For each outbound implementation, a BAdI is available. The BAdI method is called

immediately before the message is sent to the receiving system. The BAdI method gets

all internal data tables which are to be transferred.

The internal data tables are transferred to the receiving system as returned by the BAdI

without further consistency checks.

The BAdIs can be found in Customizing by choosing Logistics - General ->

Merchandise Lifecycle Optimization -> Outbound -> Business Add-Ins.

New transactions




menu:

o Execute Data Replication (DRFOUT)

o Filter Maintenance (DRFF)

o Analyze Log for Outbound Implementations (DRFLOG)


The data replication framework (DRF) enables integration between SAP ERP and SAP

PMR.



Business Function Retail, ERP Inbound Promotions

ISR_RETAIL_PROMO: Retail, ERP-Inbound Promotions (New)

Use


function Retail, Import of Promotional Data and Funct. Enhancements

(ISR_RETAIL_PROMO) is available. With this business function, you can take

advantage of enhanced integration between SAP for Retail and SAP Promotion

Management for Retail (SAP PMR).

SAP for Retail can now process promotion information sent by SAP PMR and

subsequently process procurement, allocation, and download to SAP POS.

See also

For more information on enhanced search help capabilities and the handling of offer

IDs, see release note ISR_RETAIL_PROMO: Handling of Offer IDs and Enhanced Search Help (New).

For more information on the overruling of price-reference article relationships, see

release note ISR_RETAIL_PROMO: Overruling Price Reference Article Relations (New).

For more information on the addition of enterprise services for the inbound

communication of promotion data, see release note ISR_RETAIL_PROMO: Inbound Comm. of Promotion Data via Services (New) .



ISR_RETAIL_PROMO: Handling of Offer IDs and Enhanced Search Help (New)

Use









Creation of Offer IDs

For every Retail Event Creation message received from SAP PMR, one ERP Retail

promotion will be created with a promotion header, assigned articles, assigned stores,

and planned sales quantities at the article level.

In addition, the PMR offer ID will be stored in SAP ERP. The offer ID has to be

accepted during inbound processing, stored in the database and exported via the

outbound service operation. It also serves as an identifier in case an external system

sends changes via the new service operation.

Enhanced Search Help

With this business function activated, you can now search for SAP PMR promotions

using the Create Promotion (WAK1) or Change Promotion (WAK2) transactions in SAP

ERP. This is possible either by accessing the search help on the Ref. Promo. or

Promotion field.

Enhancements have been made to the Promotions by Generating Application

search help. A new Promotions by Offer search help has been created, allowing you to

query by:

o Promotion name

o On sale from

o On sale to

o Creating application

o Offer ID

See also

ISR_RETAIL_PROMO: Retail, ERP Inbound Promotions (New)



ISR_RETAIL_PROMO: Overruling Price Reference Article Relations (New)

Use









Activating this business function will provide you with a fourth promotion type,

Promotion of sales with specific price handling. This promotion type will allow the

overruling of price reference articles to accomodate generic articles or variants in SAP

ERP.

A price article has different dependent articles which are linked to this price reference

article. If the price of this article changes, the prices of the dependent articles changes

as well if they don't have a price of their own. Price reference articles define equal

pricing relations among different articles.

You can view and configure this new promotion type in Customizing by choosing

Logistics - General -> Retail Promotion -> Promotion Type.

See also




ISR_RETAIL_PROMO: Inbound Comm. of Promotion Data via Services (New)

Use









New enterprise services

By activating the business function Retail, ERP Inbound Promotions

(ISR_RETAIL_PROMO), you are able to use the following SOA services under the

Retail Management process component for the integration of promotion data to SAP

ERP:

o Activate Retail Event Offer (RetailEventOfferActivationRequest_In)

o Confirm Retail Event Offer Activation

(RetailEventOfferActivationConfirmation_Out)

o Deactivate Retail Event Offer (RetailEventOfferDeactivationRequest_In)

o Replicate Retail Event (RetailEventReplicationRequest_In)

o Confirm Retail Event Replication (RetailEventReplicationConfirmation_Out)


The following BAdIs were created to enable industries, partners and customers to

enhance services without modification:

o WPRO_SE_RETAILEVENTOFRACTRQ (for

RetailEventOfferActivationRequest_In)

o WPRO_SPOT_SE_RETAILEVENT (for

RetailEventOfferDeactivationRequest_In)

o WPRO_SE_RETAILEVENTRPLCTRQ (for RetailEventReplicationRequest_In)

o WPRO_SE_RETAILEVENTRPLCTNRQ (for

RetailEventERPStoreReplicationRequest_Out)

See also




Business Function Retail, RMA Cost Allocations

ISR_RETAIL_RMA_3: Retail, RMA Cost Allocations (New)

Use


function Retail, RMA Cost Allocations (ISR_RETAIL_RMA_3) is available. With this

business function you can allocate certain types of costs and rebates to inventory,

accrue markdown reserves and execute check reports to ensure the consistency of the

RMA (Customizing) settings. The additional allocations are included in the inventory

calculation only per RMA and not for any other valuation method, including ERMA. This

development covers three types of cost allocations, the processing of markdown

reserves and other enhancements:

o Allocation of price differences

o Allocation of planned rebate variances

o Allocation of unplanned rebates and allowances

o RMA processing of markdown reserves and other enhancements

Allocation of Price Differences

Enables the costs from price differences and unplanned delivery costs created during

the invoice verification process, to be allocated to the related RMA objects and the

stores.

Allocation of Planned Rebate Variances

Enables you to capture and allocate the variance between planned rebates and actual

rebate amounts to the RMA target inventory and to stores.

Allocation of Unplanned Rebates and Allowances

Provides a mechanism by which to allocate the cost reductions from unplanned rebates

to the RMA target inventory and to stores.

The configuration of different allocation methods is linked to the configuration of the

documents of agency business in general. IMG under Logistics - General -> Agency

Business.

RMA Processing of Markdown Reserves and Other Enhancements

Markdown reserves allows you to enter a markdown reserve in to the system, allocate

it to the target inventory and include it in the RMA calculation.

It supports the ability to have only annual physical inventories reconcile and reset the

planned shrinkage accrual without the cycle counts doing it .

RMA consistency check reports check for errors and inconsistencies in the

(Customizing) settings.

For more information, see the following release note:

Retail RMA Cost Allocations in SAP Library under SAP NetWeaver -> BI Content ->

SAP Net Weaver 7.0 BI Content Add-On 5 -> Release Notes SAP Net Weaver 7.0

Content Add-On 5 -> Industries -> Trade Industries.


You can maintain the general settings for the cost allocation in IMG under Logistics -



General -> Traditional Retail Valuation Method (RMA) -> Cost Allocation.

See also

SAP Library for SAP ERP under SAP for Industries -> SAP for Retail -> BI Content ->

Industry Solutions -> Trading Industries -> Retail -> Supply Chain Analytics -> Stock

Ledger Analytics -> Retail Method of Accounting (RMA).



Business Function Retail, In-Store MIM

ISR_RETAIL_STORE_4: Business Function Retail, In-Store MIM (New)

Use

As of SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA_RETAIL 605), the business

function Retail, In-Store MIM (ISR_RETAIL_STORE_4) is available. With this business

function, you can do the following:

o Manage purchase orders with external vendors or supplying plants

o Perform the following actions to manage customer orders at the service desk:

- Create, open, or run searches for information on private or corporate

customers

- Create, open, or run searches on sales orders

- Fulfill delivery of sales orders

o View current and upcoming promotions assigned to the store and, with

appropriate authority settings, change the quantities of items proposed for a

promotion

o View and monitor any type of goods movement

o Run In-Store MIM Mobile applications based on ITSmobile technology as an

ABAP stack only alternative to the previously existing WebDynpro Java Mobile

solution.


Activating this business function does not change or affect existing data.


Activating this business function does not change or affect data transfer.


Activating this business function does not change or affect system administration.


Activating this business function adds the following new Customizing activities to the

IMG for In-Store Merchandise and Inventory Management (with Web Dynpro):

o General Functions

- Assignment of Plant to User

- Grouping of Unit of Measurements

- Enhanced Material Search -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins ->

BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Enhanced Material Search

- Vendor/Plant Search -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins -> BAdI

for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Vendor/Plant Search

o Goods Receipt -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins

- BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Goods Receipt

- BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Goods Receipt Ref. Doc. Search

o Goods Movement -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins



- BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Goods Movement

o Physical Inventory -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins

- BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Phys. Inv. Document Creation

- BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Phys. Inv. Document

- BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Phys. Inv. Document Search

o Promotion - New main node

o Store Order -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins

- BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus for Store Order Creation

- BAdI for In-Store MIM: Set Focus in Store Order Follow-on Documents

o Purchase Order - New main node

o Sales Order - New main node

Customizing settings for this business function are carried out in the IMG under

Logistics General -> SAP Retail Store -> In-Store Merchandise and Inventory

Management (with Web Dynpro)

Moreover, the business function activates the following nodes in the IMG under

Logistics General -> SAP Retail Store -> Mobile Inventory Management and Physical

Inventory:

o Mobile Inventory Management and Physical Inventory with ITSmobile

o Mobile Inventory Management and Phys. Inventory with Web-Dynpro Java

Mobile

See also

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at

http://help.sap.com/erp -> SAP ERP -> SAP ERP Enhancement Packages -> ERP

Central Component Enhancement Package 5 -> Business Functions -> Business

Functions in SAP ERP -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Logistics -> Trade ->

Retail, In-Store Merchandise and Inventory Management



Business Function Retail, Usability EA

ISR_RETAIL_USABILITY: Retail, Usability EA (New)

Use


function Retail, Usability EA is available. This business function contains usability

improvements in several transactions that are specific to the retail functionality in SAP

ERP. Customers using the merchandising solution are able to navigate the user

interface simply and efficiently.



Business Function Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 01

ISR_APPL_CRM_INTEG: Business Function Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 01 (New)

Use

As of the following releases, the business function Retail, Master Data Integration in

CRM 01 (ISR_APPL_CRM_INTEG) is available:

o Enhancement package 5 (SP08) for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 605)

o Enhancement package 6 (SP03) for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606)

You can use this business function to broaden your sales offering to multiple channels

by making classification data for generic articles and variants available in SAP CRM.

Retailers who deal with generic articles, especially in the fashion industry, need to work

with their articles by characteristic (for example, color and size) in SAP CRM.

When you activate this business function, you can replicate the classification data of

generic articles and variants to SAP CRM as part of the standard replication of article

master data.

Integration

You also activate the following business functions:

o Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 02 (ISR_RETAIL_CRM_INTEG) in

SAP Retail (SAP ERP)

o Retail Master Data Integration (CRM_ISR_INTEG) in SAP CRM


No existing data is affected. Only the SAP CRM download of business adapter object

MATERIAL is enhanced.


The SAP CRM download of business adapter object MATERIAL is enhanced. The

system reads the classification data of generic articles and variants and adds this data

to the master data (replicated using existing download functionality). The system

includes classification data during initial and delta download to SAP CRM.

See also

o SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/ecc.

Choose a release. In SAP Library, choose Business Functions (Release) ->

Business Functions in SAP ERP -> Enterprise Business Functions ->

Logistics -> Trade -> Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 01.





o SAP Library for SAP CRM on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/crm-core.

Choose a release. In SAP Library, choose Business Functions for SAP

Customer Relationship Management -> Retail Master Data Integration.



Business Function Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 02

ISR_RETAIL_CRM_INTEG: Business Function Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 02 (New)

Use

As of the following releases, the business function Retail, Master Data Integration in

CRM 02 (ISR_RETAIL_CRM_INTEG) is available:

o Enhancement package 5 (SP08) for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-RETAIL 605)

o Enhancement package 6 (SP03) for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-RETAIL 606)

You can use this business function to broaden your sales offering to multiple channels

by making classification data for generic articles and variants available in SAP CRM.

Retailers who deal with generic articles, especially in the fashion industry, need to work

with their articles by characteristic (for example, color and size) in SAP CRM.

When you activate this business function, you can replicate the characteristic values

that you create in transaction WRFCHVAL in SAP Retail (SAP ERP) to SAP CRM as

part of the standard replication of characteristic master data. Note that transaction

WRFCHVAL stores characteristic values differently than transaction CT04.

Prerequisites

You have activated the following business functions in SAP Retail (SAP ERP):

o Retail, Master Data Integration in CRM 01 (ISR_APPL_CRM_INTEG)

o Retail (EA-RET) Enterprise Extension

Integration

You also activate the business function Retail Master Data Integration

(CRM_ISR_INTEG) in SAP CRM.


No existing data is affected. Only the SAP CRM download of business adapter object

ATTRIBUTE is enhanced.


The SAP CRM download of business adapter object ATTRIBUTE is enhanced to

support the characteristic values that you create in transaction WRFCHVAL. The

system reads the characteristic values from retail-specific database tables

(WRF_CHARVAL for characteristic values with customer fields and WRF_CHARVALT

for foreign language texts for characteristic values) and replicates the characteristic

values to the standard database tables (CAWN for characteristic values and CAWNT

for value texts) in SAP CRM. The enhancement supports initial and delta download to

SAP CRM.

See also











o SAP Library for SAP CRM on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/crm-core.

Choose a release. In SAP Library, choose Business Functions for SAP

Customer Relationship Management -> Retail Master Data Integration.