/RPM/PD_BATCH_UPDATE - Batch Report to Synchronize xPD Concepts and xRPM Items

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Purpose

You use this report to synchronize data between SAP xApp Product Definition (SAP xPD) and SAP xApp Resource and Portfolio Management (SAP xRPM) as a batch job. You can execute the report in two modes:

• Synchronize mode (default)

• Update concepts mode (non-synchronization mode)

In synchronize mode, the batch report synchronizes the data between concepts in SAP xPD that you updatedafter uploading them to SAP xRPM as items. This applies to data that you update after the last synchronizationprocess between SAP xPD and SAP xRPM. This is a two-way synchronization process, with data flowing bothways between SAP xRPM and SAP xPD. The synchronization process is based on mapping rules. You determine the time of synchronization in SAP xPD.

In the second mode, the report updates SAP xPD concepts (either all concepts or based on a selection of either portfolios or buckets).

Integration

This report is built on top of SAP xPD integration with SAP xRPM, whereby SAP xPD concepts are uploadedto SAP xRPM as items. After the initial upload from SAP xPD, the data flows in both directions - fromxPD concept to xRPM item and vice versa. The data movement is based on the table that maps data between fields in an SAP xPD concept and fields in an SAP xRPM item. This table is part of Customizing for SAP xRPM.

Prerequisites

You must have performed the following steps before you run this report:

1. You have set up integration between SAP xPD and SAP xRPM. For more information, in Customizing for SAP xRPM, choose Base System Interfaces -> SAPxApp Product Definition Integration -> SAP xApp Product Definition Integration Overview.
2. You have uploaded some SAP xPD concepts to SAP xRPM as items.

Features

Selection

1. You select a logical system using the F4 help.
2. You can enter a language.
   If you leave this field blank, the report uses the logon language.
3. The Synchronize Mode indicator is selected by default.
   If you deselect this indicator, the report runs in update concept mode as described above.
4. To restrict the number of concepts that are updated during the update concept mode, you can select aportfolio or bucket. If you select a portfolio or bucket, only SAP xRPM items in this portfolio or bucket update the corresponding SAP xPD concepts.

Standard Variants

Output

The system displays numbered messages for the concepts, including items that were synchronized and logs that the system generates during the synchronization process.

Activities

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