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SIMG_TWPA_CLSINCC - Deactivate Automatic Creation of Configuration Classes

SIMG_TWPA_CLSINCC - Deactivate Automatic Creation of Configuration Classes

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In this Customizing activity, you can deactivate or activate the automatic creation of configuration classes during ALE inbound processing of CLSMAS-IDocs for merchandise categories and characteristics profiles in SAP S/4HANA.

This function ensures that compatibility requirements are met when working with generic articles, which are handled differently in SAP S/4HANA compared to SAP ERP, and in a scenario where it is planned to distribute generic articles between SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA using Application Link Enabling (ALE) technology.

Functional Background:

To create a generic article in SAP ERP, you usually assign variant-creating characteristics to either a merchandise category or a characteristics profile. In SAP S/4HANA, the characteristics assigned to a configuration class are used to create generic articles.

If an SAP ERP system distributes article-related classification master data to an SAP S/4HANA system, the classification master data is enriched during inbound processing in such a way that the configuration classes required are created automatically with the relevant variant-creating characteristics assigned to them.

If generic articles are to be distributed from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA and if the required configuration classes are not to be created in advance in the expected way, an error would occur during inbound processing of the ARTMAS IDocs for the generic articles. To prevent this situation, the missing classification/configuration master data in the receiving SAP S/4HANA system is maintained automatically when the classification data has been distributed from an SAP ERP system using Application Link Enabling (ALE) technology.

The data is enriched in the following ways:

  • If a new characteristics profile with variant-creating characteristics is processed within the CLSMAS inbound, a new configuration class with the same name is created. The variant-creating characteristics used in the characteristics profile are applied to the corresponding configuration class.
If any changes are made later with regard to the characteristics profile, these changes are applied to the corresponding configuration class.
  • If the variant-creating characteristics are assigned to the merchandise category instead of using characteristics profiles and if a new merchandise category is processed within the CLSMAS inbound, the system searches for an existing configuration class that provides the same set of variant-creating characteristics. If there is no match, a new configuration class with a generated class name is created. The variant-creating characteristics used in the merchandise category are applied to the corresponding configuration class.
If any changes are made later with regard to the merchandise category, these changes are not applied to one of the matching configuration classes because such a configuration class could be shared by several merchandise categories. The systems checks whether the current variant-creating characteristics are appropriate and, if there is no match, it creates a new configuration class.
The creation of a new configuration class in SAP S/4HANA ensures that if additional variant-creating characteristics are assigned to a merchandise category in SAP ERP that is not used by any article, the variant-creating characteristics are assigned to an appropriate configuration class after distribution to SAP S/4HANA.
  • Later on, when the ARTMAS IDoc of a generic article is processed in the receiving system and the IDoc does not provide a configuration class, the system tries to find a suitable existing configuration class based on the variant-creating characteristics specified in the ARTMAS IDoc. If a generic article is assigned to a characteristics profile, a configuration class with the same name is expected to exist. If a generic article is assigned to a merchandise category, the first found configuration class that provides the right variant-creating characteristics is used.

This function is required in SAP S/4HANA when generic articles are used and the generic articles, the merchandise categories, and the characteristics profiles are distributed from an SAP ERP system or a legacy system compatible to SAP ERP to a SAP S/4HANA system by using ALE.

By default, this indicator is not set and the function is active.

You can deactivate this function by setting the indicator for the following reasons:

  • If you are not planning to supply an SAP S/4HANA system with classification and generic article master data from an SAP ERP system or a compatible legacy system, you can switch off this function to prevent configuration classes from being created and changed in cases where a CLSMAS IDoc is processed for a merchandise category or a characteristics profile.
  • In an ALE distribution scenario with two SAP S/4HANA systems, we recommend that you switch off this function in the receiving system.
If this function is switched on, the system creates unnecessary configuration classes in cases where you transfer merchandise categories or characteristics profiles. However, these unused configuration classes can be deleted afterwards by using transaction CL04.
  • By default, the function is enabled to support the automatic creation of configuration classes and to meet compatibility requirements. If you initially switch off this function, but need to enable it later, you must recreate the missing configuration classes manually by using transaction CL01.
  • In the case of characteristics profiles, the name of the configuration class must be the same as the name of the characteristics profile.

  • In the case of a merchandise category, you can choose any name for the new configuration class.

The variant-creating characteristics of the characteristics profile or the merchandise category must be assigned to the new configuration class.
For merchandise categories, it is only necessary to create a new configuration class if no configuration class exists that already provides the same set of variant-creating characteristics.






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