Business Example
Your company is in the CD manufacturing business and is beginning to create Business Partners with corresponding SAP ERP customers. Your company wants to know if the MDG Hub will reflect the new Business Partner information when the data is replicated to another system and subsequently changed in that system. You have been asked to investigate how MDG works in a Hub and Client scenario.
In this exercise, when the values include ##, replace the characters with the number your instructor assigned to you.
Create a Business Partner
1. In the Customer Workcenter, create a new organization using the data from the following table and note the business partner ID.
Field Value
Change Request ID <system generated number> Description Create BP with Address Only ## Due Date Select tomorrow's date.
Title Company
Name 1 BP Solo ##
Search Terms (field 1) MDG Search Terms (field 2) IRO
Street/House Number ● Main Street
● 123##
Postal Code/City ● 987##
● Berlin
Country DE
Note the Business Partner ID.
Answers will vary.
a) On the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen, in the Command field, enter NWBC. b) Choose Enter.
c) On the Launch SAP NetWeaver Business Client screen, choose /nwbc.
d) On the SAP Business Client screen, on the Workcenter toolbar, choose Customer
Governance.
e) In the navigation panel, choose Change Requests → Customer Maintenance →
Search Customer.
f) On the Search Customer screen, in the Search Results section, choose New →
Organization.
g) On the Organization: $<Number> screen, enter the data from the table. h) Choose Check.
i) Choose Submit.
j) Choose Refresh until the Approve and Reject buttons appear. k) Choose Approve.
l) Choose Refresh until your system generated business partner ID appears. m) In the Customer Details section, note your Business Partner ID number.
n) Choose Close.
o) Choose Close to close the internet browser window and return to the SAP Easy Access
- User Menu screen.
2. View the business partner record.
a) On the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen, in the Command field, enter BP. b) Choose Enter.
c) On the Maintain Business Partner screen, in the Business Partner field, enter your business partner ID number.
d) Choose Enter.
e) Choose Back until you return to the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen. Search for a Client Remotely
1. Log off of SAP ERP client 800 and log on to SAP ERP client 900. a) Log off of SAP ERP client 800.
b) Log on to SAP ERP client 900 with the credentials provided by your instructor. 2. Search for the customer MDG.
a) On the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen, in the Command field, enter XD03. b) Choose Enter.
c) In the Customer Display: Initial Screen dialog box, choose the Customer field drop- down button.
d) On the Customer Account Number dialog box, select the Customers in MDG hub by
Address Attributes tab.
e) In the Search Term 1 field, enter MDG. f) Choose Enter.
3. Copy the HUB-only customer from the MDG hub to the client and note the Customer ID. Note the internal ID.
Answers will vary.
Note the Customer ID.
Answers will vary.
a) In the results table, in the Name 1/last name column, choose BP Solo ##. b) Choose Copy Customer.
c) In the Customer Role Selection dialog box, choose FLCU01 Customer. d) Choose Enter.
e) In the Messages dialog box, note the internal ID and customer number associated with your business partner ID from the hub.
f) Choose Enter.
g) On the Customer Display: Initial Screen dialog box, choose Continue.
h) On the Customer Display: General Data screen, note the address information. i) Choose Back to return to the Customer Display: Initial Screen dialog box.
j) On the Customer Display: Initial Screen dialog box, choose Cancel to return to the SAP
Easy Access screen.
4. Log off of SAP ERP client 900 and log on to SAP ERP client 800. a) Log off of SAP ERP client 900.
b) Log on to SAP ERP client 800 with the credentials provided by your instructor
LESSON SUMMARY You should now be able to:
Unit 2
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Learning Assessment
1. When does the MDG maintenance process start?
Choose the correct answers.
X A It starts at regularly scheduled intervals. X B It starts each time the system is launched. X C It starts when a user requests new master data.
X D It starts when the system administrator manually initiates it.
2. How are activities associated with creating and maintaining master data combined in a work center?
Choose the correct answers.
X A There is one work center for all domains. X B There is one work center for each domain. X C There are multiple work centers for each domain.
X D Every company customizes their own unique work centers.
3. The change request workflow template can be configured with parallel approval steps.
Determine whether this statement is true or false.
X True X False
4. When does a parallel process end?
Choose the correct answer.
X A The process ends when the first step is approved. X B The process ends when all approval steps are approved.
X C The process ends when the assigned user manually ends the process. X D The process never ends.
5. In the MDG Hub and client maintenance for customers, what is the copy function used for?
Choose the correct answers.
X A The copy function is used to add a business partner to a customer role. X B The copy function is used to add a business partner to the MDG hub. X C The copy function is used to add a customer role to the business partner. X D The copy function is used to add a customer role to the MDG hub.
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Learning Assessment - Answers
1. When does the MDG maintenance process start?
Choose the correct answers.
X A It starts at regularly scheduled intervals. X B It starts each time the system is launched.
X C It starts when a user requests new master data.
X D It starts when the system administrator manually initiates it.
2. How are activities associated with creating and maintaining master data combined in a work center?
Choose the correct answers.
X A There is one work center for all domains.
X B There is one work center for each domain.
X C There are multiple work centers for each domain.
X D Every company customizes their own unique work centers.
3. The change request workflow template can be configured with parallel approval steps.
Determine whether this statement is true or false.
X True
4. When does a parallel process end?
Choose the correct answer.
X A The process ends when the first step is approved.
X B The process ends when all approval steps are approved.
X C The process ends when the assigned user manually ends the process. X D The process never ends.
5. In the MDG Hub and client maintenance for customers, what is the copy function used for?
Choose the correct answers.
X A The copy function is used to add a business partner to a customer role. X B The copy function is used to add a business partner to the MDG hub.
X C The copy function is used to add a customer role to the business partner.
UNIT 3
Multiple Object Processing
Lesson 1
Processing Multiple Objects in a Single Change Request 70 Exercise 6: Assign New Cost Center Change Requests to an Edition 79
Lesson 2
Executing Mass Changes 85
Exercise 7: Execute a Mass Change 89 Exercise 8: Update a Mass Change 95
Lesson 3
Executing Data File Transfers with Multiple Objects 99 Exercise 9: Upload Material Records to Master Data Governance 101
Lesson 4
Processing Master Data Hierarchy Records 108 Exercise 10: Process Supplier Hierarchy Records 111
UNIT OBJECTIVES
● Process multiple objects in a single change request ● Schedule changes using editions
● Process multiple objects ● Execute mass changes
● Execute data file transfers with multiple objects ● Process master data hierarchy records