Master data and governance on S/4HANA

Material creation request on SAP S/4HANA

Collects each function's view of a new material on its own screen, checks duplicates and completeness, and creates the record in the ERP when every view is released.

SCREENSDATA HANDLERSS/4HANA · READ IN PLACES01 RequestS02 Duplicate checkS03 Engineering viewS04 Planning and purchasing viewS05 Sales viewS06 Finance viewS07 Trackerdh_material_masterMaterial masterMARA · MARC · MAKTdh_bill_of_materialsBill of materialsMAST · STKO · STPOdh_supplier_masterSupplier masterLFA1 · LFB1 · LFM1 (business partner inS/4)dh_price_conditionPrice conditionA004 · A005 · KONP (condition records) ·PRCD_ELEMENTSWRITE BACK TO S/4HANAMaterial master → BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATAPrice condition → BAPI_PRICES_CONDITIONSrows stay in S/4HANA · access rules applied at read time · each write acknowledged and logged
The screens of the app, the data handler behind each, and the S/4HANA object it reads in place. Writes below the line go through released interfaces with an acknowledgement.
4
objects read in place from S/4HANA
catalogue
7
screens on those rows
catalogue
7 days
to production-grade
estimate
2
objects written back
catalogue
0
rows copied to build it
product
What the app reads

The S/4HANA objects behind each handler

Tables are read in place through the SAP connector, using released read interfaces; changed rows arrive through change capture where the basis team allows it. The rows stay in SAP.

ObjectRead fromFields the app usesFreshness
Material masterMARA · MARC · MAKTMARA.MATNR (id) · MAKT.MAKTX (desc) · MARA.MTART (type) · MARC.WERKS (plant)live; change capture where enabled
Bill of materialsMAST · STKO · STPOMAST.MATNR (parent) · STPO.IDNRK (component) · STPO.MENGE (qty) · STPO.DATUV (valid from)live; change capture where enabled
Supplier masterLFA1 · LFB1 · LFM1 (business partner in S/4)LFA1.LIFNR (id) · LFA1.NAME1 (name) · LFA1.LAND1 (country) · LFA1.SPERR (block)live; change capture where enabled
Price conditionA004 · A005 · KONP (condition records) · PRCD_ELEMENTSA004.MATNR (material) · A005.KUNNR (customer) · KONP.KBETR (amount) · KONP.KONWA (unit)live; change capture where enabled
The trigger

The start criterion in S/4HANA's own fields

In plain words: A requester submits S01.

This app starts from a screen, so the first read happens when the instance opens; the criteria on the arrows use the fields above.

Start

A requester submits S01. The instance then reads its rows from S/4HANA through the handlers above.

What the app writes back

Through released interfaces

Writes go through released BAPIs and IDocs. Each call returns a document number or an error message, and the app records both beside the decision.

ObjectWhat changesInterface
Material mastermaterial master created with basic, plant, purchasing, sales and accounting views through the material interface; status set to active when every view is completeBAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA
Price conditioninitial sales price condition created for a sold material with its validityBAPI_PRICES_CONDITIONS
Acknowledged and logged

Each write stores the identifier S/4HANA returns beside the decision, the person and the time, so the log answers who changed what, and the reconciliation shows it arrived.

Access and prerequisites

What is in place before the first build

SAP roles are mapped to Lima access policies once. A buyer who sees purchasing organisation 1000 in SAP sees the same rows in the app.

  • An SAP user for the connector with read authorisation on the objects the app uses
  • The BAPIs the app writes with, enabled for that user
  • Network path to the application server (PrivateLink or VPN)
  • Change capture switched on for the objects that should refresh within minutes
Register the handlers4 objects from the catalog; each shows its rows at once.
Also on SAP ECC

The same app on SAP ECC

On SAP ECC the same objects live in the classic tables named beside each row; MATDOC becomes MKPF and MSEG, ACDOCA becomes BKPF and BSEG. The BAPIs are the same.

ObjectOn S/4HANAOn SAP ECC
Material masterMARA · MARC · MAKTsame tables
Bill of materialsMAST · STKO · STPOsame tables
Supplier masterLFA1 · LFB1 · LFM1 (business partner in S/4)LFA1/LFB1/LFM1 vendor master, XK01 via BAPI
Price conditionA004 · A005 · KONP (condition records) · PRCD_ELEMENTSKONV for conditions
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Terms on this page

Material masterThe record that describes a product or part: what it is and how it is planned, bought, sold and valued.
ViewA group of fields on the material master owned by one function, such as the plant view or the sales view.
Read in placeThe rows stay in S/4HANA; the handler sends the filter and the columns and S/4HANA returns the matching rows.
Questions

Does this app copy data out of S/4HANA?

The screens read through handlers that leave the rows in S/4HANA. History the app needs at scale is landed in the lake by the Backbone, which is the exception by design.

What does S/4HANA need to allow?

The prerequisites above: an integration identity with read rights on the objects listed and write rights on the interfaces named, connectivity, and the scopes agreed with the process owner.

Can I run it on SAP ECC as well?

Yes. The screens, criteria and roles stay; the handlers are re-bound to the other system's objects, listed above.

See this app on your data

Bring the process and the systems it touches. In the first session we register the data handlers, draw the levels or the lanes and run the first screen on your live rows.