change pointers in ALE

[Former Member]

Can any one tell me the flow of change ptrs i know whenver there is a change in app odc an entry is created in cdhdr cdpos ..

But iam not sure how and when an entry is created in BDCP and BDCPS...

can anyone help...

Thanks

Larry

[former_member188685]

Hi,

Change pointers. Change pointers are R/3 objects that mark changes to SAP master data. Change pointers are managed by mechanisms in a Shared Master Data (SMD) tool and are based on Change Document (CD) objects. CD objects record the changes occurring to master data at a field level. These changes are stored in tables CDHDR (header table) and CDPOS (detail table). ALE configuration provides a link between CD objects and change pointers. Internal mechanisms update tables BDCP and BDCPS, which host the change pointers. While CD objects are application-data-specific, the processing status of change pointers is message-type-specific. Also, the ALE change pointers are activated first at a general level and then at the message-type level.

ALE provides powerful capabilities to capture changes occurring to master data and to distribute them via the IDOC interface. This feature can be used to keep two or more systems synchronized with respect to master data.

Regards

Vijay

[ferry_lianto]

Hi Larry,

Please take a look at this link.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/12/83e03c19758e71e10000000a114084/content.htm

Hope this will give you a good understanding of change pointer.

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

[abdul_hakim]

Hi Larry,

Change Pointer is used to distribute master data changes.

You can configure it in the BD64 transaction..

Regards,

Abdul Hakim