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SAP BODS - Best way to load vendor master

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SAP BODS - Best way to load vendor master

Will it be Idoc as suggested by BODS or LSMW? also what will be the best way to load vendors - as internal number range or external number range in terms of business?

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Hi Anuj,

  • If you are using BODS system to integrate to ECC system, then it will be a good idea to send data from BODS system to PI system and they can convert the data in the form of Idocs and vendors can be created in ECC.

  • You can also use LSMW for mass creation of vendors directly in ECC.
  • But if you are using MDM system as well, then you would need to synchronize MDM system with ECC by migrating the data to MDM system as well.

Now regarding your second question for Number Ranges:

  • If you are using some landscape where first point of entry for vendor creation is some Portal application and then data is enriched/cleansed using BODS/MDM system and then finally it needs to be updated in ECC through idocs, then it would be better to use External Number Range.
  • Reason being that you would need some vendor number to reference vendor details in MDM/BODS system and also in the idoc so that system can know the unique key for each different vednor and its details.

  • But if you are directly using SAP ECC transaction(XK01/XK02 etc) to create/Edit vendor then you can use internal number generation in ECC and it will automatically generate different vendor number key for each record.

I hope this will clarify your doubts and will solve your issue. Please let me know if you need any other information.

Thanks and Regards,

Ankush

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Hello Anuj

Are you mean to load vendors to ERP system or to SAP MDM repository?

If you already have BODS to ERP connection configured, sure you can use it.

LSMW - standard ERP transaction for initial data loading.

Which number range to use, better ask to erp consultant, at the any case erp use own key for all data records

Regards

Kanstantsin Chernichenka