Transfer of logical message type PRICAT from R/3 to an external system, via ALE and IDocs

This business process allows you to export a logical message type PRICAT from R/3 to an external system, via ALE and IDocs, or to import it from an external system. (R/3 supports both EANCOM standard message type PRICAT and ANSI X12 transaction set 832.)
This is useful, for example, if you want to:

• Send a complete or partial list of your product offering (including prices) to your customers
• Send your data to a central database in PRICAT message format so that it is available so that authorized customers and suppliers can access it.
• Receive automatic notification of new or updated product and pricing information from your suppliers or from a central database.

Price catalog information for export includes the description, information about prices and pricing conditions (including taxes), and logistics information for each product. It can contain either general product information valid for all customers, or customer-specific information, such as
special conditions. You can also specify a time frame for which the price catalog is valid.

When an export is prepared, the R/3 system creates IDocs (SAP intermediate document format) for all materials to be included in the price catalog. These IDocs are sent to an external converter, which converts the IDocs into EANCOM standard message PRICAT or ANSI X12 format. The reverse process is true for data import.

Contents of this Transfer of logical message type PRICAT from R/3 to an external system, via ALE and IDocs guide

TRANSFER OF PRICAT-MESSAGES (SD-MD-PL) ………5
Business Process: Outbound Processing of PRICAT Messages …… 6
Procedure: Creating Price Catalogs………….. 10
Business Process: Inbound Processing of PRICAT Messages ……. 14
Procedure: Receiving and Processing Inbound PRICAT Messages ……………… 17
Catalog Tables and Mapping……. 21
PRICAT_K001: Catalog Header… 22
PRICAT_K002: Catalog Item – Product Groups…………… 25
PRICAT_K003: Catalog Item – Basic Data….. 26
PRICAT_K004: Catalog Item – Units of Measure, Dimensions and Weights …… 37
PRICAT_K005: Catalog Item – Text……………. 47
PRICAT_K006: Catalog Item – Characteristics ……………. 50
PRICAT_K007: Catalog Item – BOMs…………. 51
PRICAT_K008: Catalog Item – Prices/Taxes . 54

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