Updating Multiple Units of Measure -

Excel How-To

Jennifer Hwang | Winshuttle

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Agenda

• About me

• Alternate Units of Measure in SAP

• Using Winshuttle to make UoM updates

• Examples and demonstrations

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About me

Jennifer HwangSolutions Engineer

• With Winshuttle since 2009

• Previously at SAP in Global Support

• Working with SAP since 2000

• BS / MS in Civil Engineering

• Philadelphia

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What are Units of Measure in SAP?

Base Unit of Measure

• Basis for Inventory Management and Evaluation

• Required in Basic Data 1 during creation

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Alternate Units of Measure

• Identify packages or containers for other units of measure such as cartons, boxes, bottles, barrels, or pallets

• Can be added / changed at any time

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What’s the Challenge with Units of Measure in SAP?

• You cannot be sure where in the grid a particular Alt UoM is

• Sorted by alphabet and ratio

• SAP does not provide easy way to position

• No Find, Position, Search, Filter, etc.

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How to Update Existing UoM Fields

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1 – Two-step: download then upload based on IF conditions

• Can link the two

2 – If on Index field loop

• GUI Scripting required

3 – Use BAPI “BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA”

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If on Index Field – GUI Scripting -1

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If on Index

• Winshuttle finds the right row for you!

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If on Index Field – GUI Scripting -2

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Need to Capture Disabled Field AUn

• Click “Identify Disabled Fields” and capture AUn Field

• Unclick when field has been captured

AUn will be captured as a read only field.

You can disable it.

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If on Index Field – GUI Scripting -3

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Put loop around the fields you want to change, since we

want to update multiples

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If on Index Field – GUI Scripting -4

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Put If on Index Field statement around the fields you

want to change, within the loop

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Demo

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If on Index field loop method

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Winshuttle Direct – BAPI / RFM

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What is a BAPI?

• SAP business object type APIs

• Programs in SAP to work with objects in SAP

• Create, Update, Read

• Remotely enabled

Direct

• Distill SAP BAPIs and remotely enabled

Function Modules

• Does not require GUI Scripting

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BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA - 1

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* Commit Required

Input Structures – “HEADDATA” Header Fields

• Material Number, Basic_View

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BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA - 2

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Tables – “UNITSOFMEASURE” and “UNITSOFMEASUREX”

Select the fields from those tables

Create Own Folder (UOM) and add the above Tables

• Include any ISO fields

• Include all the same fields from “X” table

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BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA - 3

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Map Material Number, Fix Basic Data view with “X”

Map all fields from “UNITSOFMEASURE” table

Map fields from “UNITSOFMEASUREX” with descriptions.

• “Updated information…” fields can be Fixed as “X”.

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BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA - 4

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Where to find ISO values for UoM?

• Table “T006”

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Demo

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BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA method

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Other Similar Use Cases

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• Vendor / Customer banking info

• Customer Partner Function

• Customer Emails

• Wage Types

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Resources

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• If on Index Documentation

• Direct Online Documentation

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