DATA CIFFING FROM R/3 TO APO

To CIF Master Data from R/3 to APO system, we need to do 2 primary steps
a. Creation of integration model
b. Activate the integration model and send the data
STEP 1: Go to transaction CFM1 and give the model name, Logical system of APO
System and APO application and check the material check box and provide
Material number and plant name and then press F8

Integration model is generated we will get below screen

STEP 2:
Go to Transaction CFM2 for activating the integration model. We will get below screen
then press F8.

Double click on Products

Select the latest integration model which is in the top in the list .click on the new status
(Inactive).

Now the status is

so it is in Active state

Now Press on Start button

transfer to SCP system.

.we will get log with message Material master data is

Now got APO systems go to transaction /sapapo/mat1 we will see respective product
and location.
NOTE:
1. While creation integration model select variant rather than giving values for
example if we need to send PO to APO system then select variant PurOrder form
the list then give material , plant and other related information I avoids blocking
another queues and maximum number of hits .
2. Please provide Selection criteria as much as possible for example We need to CIF
Sale order from R/3 to APO system while creating integration model (CFM1)

Provide Material, plant and related information of Sale order. if we give only
plant name then all the sales order belongs to plant are transfer to APO system.
3. While generating integration model we will get some popup message due to
previous Blocked(error)integration models

Then press Ignore button which means ignore the previous errors
4. Please follow the above procedure to do CIFFING in quality and development
systems only. For Production CIFFING related issues please contact Bob division
or Bob Crowe.

liveCache is one of the database used in APO system.

APO system has 2 database APODB and liveCache.
Generally master data and some other data are stored in APODB.
And some part of transaction data (most of the part) are stored
in liveCache.
For APODB, you can use normal DB like Oracle, MSSQL, DB2, MAXDB.
For liveCache, their is no choice. (liveCache is one of the function
of MAXDB).
From new SCM release, you can use MAXDB for APODB and liveCache.
(But still there is 2 kinds of DB).

If you have DB knowlege, maybe you can get rough image of liveCache.
(Compared to normal DB, liveCache has more bigger datacache. So
all data can be stored in dataCache. <Off course this require
certain amount physical memory>).
Since most of the data are stored in dataCache (it is better to be
stored in datacache. Otherwise expensive disk access occur), APO
application can access data speedly.
(liveCache data is accessed by special routins that are called

from function module start with /sapapo/OM*)

liveCache is often called memory based database. But actually it also

has DB (disk). So same as other DB, DB(disk) has all data. And
its copy is stored in dataCache (memory). The difference between
other DB and liveCache is, it is recommended to store all the data
in dataCache in liveCache, and if most of the data is stored in
liveCache, this means data is on memory. Therefore liveCache is
called memory based database.

About the connection between R/3.

The data exchange between R/3 and APO is done by qRFC.
This interface is called CIF.
So if someone create data in APO, transaction data is stored in
liveCache. As well, this creation also create some even to create
qRFC data to R/3. So this created data is sent to R/3 and stored in
R/3 database. Then this data comes back with R/3 document number to APO
with qRFC format. Then when it arrive in APO, qRFC is executed
and within this function module, APODB and liveCache is accessed
via several function modules including /SAPAPO/OM*.

So if you use SCM system, you have to be careful to the consistency

between APO and R/3 (this consistency check can be done by delta report)
and APODB - liveCache. (Since some of the data are stored in APODB and
liveCache, and there is some relatation between APODB and liveCache)

I hope this explanation help you