SAP solution for Catalog has gone under lots of evolution since inception. It is also adopted in core R/3 (now read ECC) functionality since R/3 4.7 release. The search capability and user interface are the crucial requirement of catalog solution.
MDM catalog is a refined solution for SAP SRM (see previous products BugsEye, CCI).
Both SAP ECC and SRM can transfer the data to MDM. Source of supply (i.e. Contract, PIR) can be sent to the MDM catalog. The middleware (SAP XI) is needed if you want to import data from SRM, ECC.
The repository holds the catalog data and the required, important configuration data (unit of measure, currency etc), also has the capability of images, documents. The repository schema can be adjusted to suit the organisational requirements.
MDM import manager facilitate the data porting and importing from the various sources(FTP, Excel and so).
MDM data manager facilitates the management of catalog data and other data manipulation activities.
A good feature to mention is the 'browsing' feature which does not load all the details and help user to 'browse' the large content.
MDM interface through OCI settings (as web service) connects to the MDM repository which is maintained in ECC, SRM OCI configuration. The screen fields, features can be configured using the search user interface to suit the requirements.
MDM catalog is a refined solution for SAP SRM (see previous products BugsEye, CCI).
Both SAP ECC and SRM can transfer the data to MDM. Source of supply (i.e. Contract, PIR) can be sent to the MDM catalog. The middleware (SAP XI) is needed if you want to import data from SRM, ECC.
The repository holds the catalog data and the required, important configuration data (unit of measure, currency etc), also has the capability of images, documents. The repository schema can be adjusted to suit the organisational requirements.
MDM import manager facilitate the data porting and importing from the various sources(FTP, Excel and so).
MDM data manager facilitates the management of catalog data and other data manipulation activities.
A good feature to mention is the 'browsing' feature which does not load all the details and help user to 'browse' the large content.
MDM interface through OCI settings (as web service) connects to the MDM repository which is maintained in ECC, SRM OCI configuration. The screen fields, features can be configured using the search user interface to suit the requirements.