This document provides instructions for a hands-on exercise using SAP's SRM-MDM Catalog 2.0. The exercise walks through preparing a product catalog repository with reference data, importing supplier catalogs and configuring attributes and relationships, and configuring the end-user search interface. Steps include importing catalogs from Excel files using automatic and manual mapping, building a product taxonomy, and searching the catalog to test configured features like shopping lists.

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TEST DRIVE SAP SRM-MDM CATALOG
2.0
MDM255
Exercise / Solution
ADRIVIT BHATTACHARYA, SAP
DAVID MARCHAND, SAP
RAKESH MENON, SAP
PARITOSH SHARMA, SAP

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TEST DRIVE SAP SRM-MDM CATALOG 2.0
SRM-MDM Catalog is the new Catalog Application bundled with SAP SRM since 2006, replacing previous catalog applications
(partner solution, SAP CCM). SRM-MDM Catalog 2.0 has been launched to the market on August 20th 2007 (unrestricted shipment),
after completing a successful 6 week-ramp-up program.
Exercise
Deep dive into SRM-MDM Catalog 2.0 and learn how to complete a typical catalog content management scenario for A to Z.
Process Flow
Step 1 Prepare repository with reference data (Categories, Suppliers, Unit of Measurement, Product Groups, Images)
Step 2 Import Supplier catalog and map automatically (using predefined map)
Step 3 Import Supplier catalog and map manually. Create and manage attributes
Step 4 Manage relationships between catalog items.
Step 5 Configure the end-user search user interface
Step 6 Search your catalog with the end-user search user interface
Files and Folders
Use the shortcut on the desktop and navigate to session folder MDM255 / Student_##, where ## is your assigned student number.

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Step 1: Prepare your repository with reference master data
Purpose is to populate the secondary tables with relevant data, namely “reference data” to ensure data compliancy and automatic
mapping when supplier catalogs will be loaded.
This consists of looking after the following tables:
- Categories
- Suppliers
- Unit of Measurement
- Product Groups
- Images
Step 1: Prepare your repository with reference master data
Start MDM Data
Manager from your
desktop
Choose your
repository from the
MDM server.
MDM server must be “IWDF2321.wdf.sap.corp”
Repository must be TECHED_STUDENT_## where ## is your student number.
If you cannot find your repository on the drop down list, ask the speaker to check if the repository
is uploaded and running.

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Connect to your
repository
Make sure you have selected your TECHED_STUDENT_## repository
Language is English (US)
User is Admin
Leave password blank
(Note from Product Management: leaving password blank is not a recommend SAP “best
practice”. It is just much more practical as I tend to forget all my passwords)
Check the repository
does not contain any
entries in the catalog
items table
Repository does not contain any catalog items yet.

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Select Table
“Categories” from
the drop down box
as shown
Select the taxonomy
mode
Add child category
to the root node
“Categories”

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Build your
taxonomy so that it
looks as shown
Add node “Office Supplies” as child of
“Categories”
Add node “Computers” as child of “Categories”
Add nodes “configure your computer!” and
“computer components” as children of
Node “Computers”
Switch to Records
Mode
Select a category
from the list

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Right click on that
category you have
selected
Go down to the list to
“Edit Key Mappings”
Enter the key
mapping for the
remote key
“UNSPSC”
Find the key from the Table below. Repeat this step for each end-leave category.

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Select the table
Suppliers
Enter a new record
for that table on the
right pane
Edit key Mappings For each supplier, Edit key mappings and enter key = Supplier ID as value (based on screen shot
above)

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Select Table UoM
ISO Code from the
list
Enter a new record
for that table on the
right pane
Edit key Mappings For each UoM, Edit key mappings and enter key = UoM ISO Code as value (based on screen shot
above)

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Select Table Product
Groups from the list
Enter a new record
for that table on the
right pane
Edit key Mappings For each Product Group, Edit key mappings and enter key = Material Group Code as value (based
on screen shot above)

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Select table Images
from the list
From the records
pane, right click to
add a new record

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Edit Data Group
Add Data Group as
Child
As shown there
2 data groups have to be listed on that screen” HP and Lyreco.

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Select Data Group
“HP”, then click on
Add
Select the images
from your
student_## folder
Click on OK

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Import the images
Check the images in
the Data Manager

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Step 2: Import Supplier catalog and map automatically (using predefined map)
Purpose is to import a supplier catalog (ie: a list of catalog items from a supplier) in an XLS format into the MDM server, using the
MDM Import Manager. We will be using a predefined map, to automate the mapping of the content directly into the appropriate
fields of the repository.
Step 2: Import supplier catalog and map automatically (using map)
Start MDM Import
Manager from your
desktop
Select your student
repository

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Select the XLS file
to load from your
student folder on the
server
Select file “Content – Lyreco_Teched.xls”, click Open then Finish
Check the content of
that XLS file in the
Import Manager, by
selecting the folder
“Source Preview”

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To automate the
mapping process,
select a map from
your student folder
on the server
Select file “lyreco_content.map”, click Open
Save the map as
“lyreco_content”

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Open the map you
have just saved.
The system will automatically map the fields. This may take up to 30 seconds. No time to take a
coffee here.
Select the folder
“Import Status”

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Click on Execute
Import
If the Execute button is greyed and cannot be clicked, ask the speaker to have a look and check
the error message which is written in the Import Status folder. Most likely, this is due to a
missing mapping of some values.
Content is imported
successfully, if
everything goes
well.
Check the Import
report

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Check the imported
content in the Data
Manager (Table
Catalog Items)

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Step 3: Import Supplier catalog and map manually. Create and manage attributes
Purpose is to import a supplier catalog (ie: a list of catalog items from a supplier) in an XLS format into the MDM server, using the
MDM Import Manager.
Step 3: Import Supplier catalog and map manually. Manage Attributes
Start the Import
Manager and select
the file to load from
your student folder
on the server
Select file “configurable_computers.xls”
Switch the layout for
a more usable
environment
Select the source
table
Select the table “configurableItems” as source. It corresponds to a folder in the XLS file

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Select the
destination table
Select “catalog items” as destination table. You like to import the items from the XLS file as
catalog items in the MDM repository.
Select the “map /
fields values” folder
Map fields from the
left pane to the
corresponding ones
on the right pane

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Once completed,
check your mapping
look as shown
Do not forget to map
the values!
Values are mapped in the bottom panes for each selected mapped field. If key mappings have
been entered properly, most of the values should map automatically.
Some fields require manual value mappings:
- Item Type: SK2 has to be mapped to “configurable sales packages”
- Manufacturer values have all to be added (select all values and click on Add)
- PriceInfo has to be mapped with value “1, NULL, NULL”
If you are missing some values mapping, an explicit error message will be shown in the Import
Status folder (check later at execute import time)
Add attributes and
values while
importing
4 attributes have to be added (starting with 1, 2, 3 and 4).
To add an attribute, select it from the left pane, then click on Add

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Check the attribute
parameters then
click on OK
Select all values
from the bottom left
pane.
And click on Add

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Repeat the last 4
steps for all 4
attributes
Then select the
folder “Match
records”
Select “supplier part number” as the matching field
Select Action
“create record”

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Execute Import
Eventually, an error message will appear if there are missing values mapping
Content is imported
successfully.
Going back to the
Source preview
folder
Select the table “components” as source table.

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Using same
techniques as just
above, map the
fields as shown
Do not forget to map
the values as well! Thank you.
Match record by
supplier part number
in the Match record
folder

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And Execute import
from the Import
Status folder
To manage the
attributes that have
been created and
populated in
previous steps, go to
Data Manager, select
the table Categories
and select the
Taxonomy Mode
Select category “Configure your computer!” from the toxonomy tree on the left pane.
Select an attribute
from the list of the
right and right click
on it
Select Priority then select “highest” from the list.
Repeat this step for all 4 attributes from the attributes list.
By setting the priority to highest, the attribue will be made visible on the search user interface.

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Find now all the
items imported in
the Data Manager,
table “catalog items”
in records mode.

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Step 4: Manage relationships between catalog items.
Purpose is to set up relationships between catalog items. Different types of relationships are possible:
- related items (sibling)
- Substitutes (sibling)
- Accessories (parent/ child)
- Bill of Materials (parent / child)
- Fixed sales packages (parent / child)
- Configurable sales packages (parent / child)
All these relationships rely on the standard functionality “relationship” from the MDM Data Manager.
Refer to the MDM255 documentation to understand all possible options.
Step 4: Manage relationships between catalog items
Start MDM Data
Manager from your
desktop
The relationships
have been modeled
in a txt file.
Check the file format from the provide documentation
Import Relationships
file

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Select the file form
your student folder
on the server
Select file”relationships_computers.txt”
Import relationships

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Check the
relationships in Data
Manager (table
catalog items,
records mode)
Select one of the items from category “configure your computer” and double click on field
“relationship”. Select folder “component item <main item>

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Step 5: Configure the end-user search user interface.
Purpose is to configure the end user interface so that it is optimized for best usability depending on the content which has been
imported and the business processes which have to be supported.
Step 5: Configure the end-user search user interface
Start MDM Console
from your desktop
Connect to
repository
In the Console Hierarchy pane, open the navigation tree and select the your
TECHED_STUDENT_## repository. Open the context menu and choose Connect to Repository:
Enter user and leave
password blank
Enter user Admin (leave password blank) and click on OK to connect to the repository:

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Click on the server
name (IWDF2321)
to view the list of
repositories assigned
to the server.
Find your student repository from the list and note the Port value assigned to it.
Define your URL to
connect to the
Repository from the
Web (all in one line)
http://iwdf2321.wdf.sap.corp:50100/SRM-MDM/SRM_MDM?
username=User1&password=&server=IWDF2321&port=PORT
&catalog=YOUR_REPOSITORY&uilanguage=EN
&datalanguage=EN&namedSearch=
Replace PORT by the value found in previous step, and YOUR_REPOSITORY by your
TECHED_STUDENT_REPOSITORY.
Do not mess up. If you mess, it does not work.
Note: even you do not mess up, it may not work either.
Example of URL
that works
http://iwdf2321.wdf.sap.corp:50100/SRM-MDM/SRM_MDM?
username=User1&password=&server=IWDF2321&port=2200
&catalog=TECHED_TEST&uilanguage=EN
&datalanguage=EN&namedSearch=
Try your URL
The screen that appears is the default configuration for the user interface. In following steps, we
are going to configure the user interface so that it looks a bit different, and be more usable
considering the content which has been imported.
Open the
configuration screen
Link: http://iwdf2321.wdf.sap.corp:50100/SRM-MDM/SRM_MDM

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Enter the server
name IWDF2321.
No Server password.
Click on Connect
Enter your strudent repository code in the Repository field.
Enter Master as User Name (case sensitive)
Leave password blank (yes I know, there should be a password)
Select User1 from
the drop-down list

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Configure the
general folder as
shown

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Configure the
customize display
folder as shown
(context view)

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Configure the
customize display
folder as shown
(compare view)

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Configure the
Customize Search
folder as shown

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Step 6: Search your catalog with the end-user search user interface.
Purpose is to get familiar with the v2.0 end-user interface, understand the different search methods (keyword, advanced, category
browsing, attributes refinement) and be exposed to the new functionalities (relationships, shopping lists, etc…)
Step 6: Search you catalog with the end-user search user interface
Using Internet
Explorer, start your
URL (as configured
in step 5)
http://iwdf2321.wdf.sap.corp:50100/SRM-MDM/SRM_MDM?
username=User1&password=&server=IWDF2321&port=PORT
&catalog=YOUR_REPOSITORY&uilanguage=EN
&datalanguage=EN&namedSearch=
Replace PORT by the value found in previous step, and YOUR_REPOSITORY by your
TECHED_STUDENT_REPOSITORY.
Initial screen of the
user interface

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Keyword search:
enter a keyword
And check the results: found 6 items.

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Context Display
Mode

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Details of an item
Shopping Cart
Preview

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Search the catalog
by browsing the
category list
Refine the search by
selecting values
from the attributes

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After refinement, 2
items found

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Check details of the
item.

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This item is of item
type configurable
sales package. Price
is calculated based
on the assigned
components.
Shopping cart
preview
Header item with children assigned. Total price is $2000 calculated based on component prices *
quantity.

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Some items can be
removed from the
bundle in the
shopping cart
preview
Total price will be
recalculated after
removal of optional
item.

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Any item can be
assigned to a
shopping list
Create a shopping
list

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Shopping lists can
be called from the
dedicated folder
Shopping lists are
masks in the MDM
Data Manager (table
masks)

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Advanced search
folder
Search Criteria
Folder

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Selected items can
be compared
This marks the end of the exercise.

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