MDM SP05 On Demand Syndication

Introduction:

The latest versions of SAP MDM i.e. SP05 has many interesting enhancements like role based access to repository, scheduled syndication, on demand syndication etc… In this blog On Demand Syndication is explained in detail. Refer the RKT session on MDM SP05 https://websmp208.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000193022007E .

What is On Demand Syndication?

On Demand Syndication is achieved by triggering Data Management workflow. A new workflow step “Syndicate” is introduced in the Data Management Workflow.

Pre-requisite:

MDM Server

MDM Syndication server

MDM Syndicator (for Map creation)

MDM Data Manager

MDM Console

MDM workflow

MS Visio

The version of all the MDM components are MDM 5.5SP05.

The Process:

Port Details:

Port Name: Synport

Remote System: R3

Type: Outbound

Map: OuntboundMap

Processing Type: Manual

Workflow Details:

Workflow Name: SyndWkflw

The workflow used has the following step start, syndicate and stop.

Trigger:

Make sure that the Syndication Service is up and running and the MDSS.ini is set with correct User and Password.

Select a record from the Data Manager, assign and trigger the syndicate workflow to it.

Output:

Check if the record is posted in the ready folder of the appropriate port.