Executive Summary The CIF or core interface moves master data and transactional data between APO and ECC. The CIF is a high overhead item with queues and error management. The CIF allows the creation of integration models that can be saved as CIF variants that can save CIF settings. Introduction In this article, you’ll get…
Executive Summary Troubleshooting the CIF is extremely important as the CIF has such a high overhead and always seems to have some problem. We cover important things to look for in the CIF in this article. Introduction RFC connections are critical to running APO. You will learn how RFC connections work and how they are…
Executive Summary A Location Type is a critical component in SAP APO and interacts with ERP locations. We cover the various location types used in APO and the CIF. Introduction to Location Types in APO APO has multiple Location Types. You will learn how to translate requirements to the appropriate Location Type, what the Location…
Executive Summary The CIF change pointer is covered in this article. ECC systems and services define jobs (SM36) There is an organization of the integration model. Introduction In this article, we will cover change pointers and what they do. CIF Change Pointer The CIF change pointer lists any inconsistent objects it identifies. Here is the…
Executive Summary The SAP PDS is a fundamental master data structure for PP/DS. Learn about the many dimensions of the SAP PDS. Introduction Strangely this has no definition of SAP PDS in the SAP Help, which is pretty unusual for a term as important as the SAP PDS in SCM. The book Sales and Inventory…
Executive Summary CIF is the integration component between APO and SAP ERP. We cover how to create integration models in the CIF, understanding outbound and inbound queues, how to interpret CIF errors, and the CIF Queue Manager. There is much to learn about the CIF regarding the real story and the importance of the CIF…