Title
Transport Categories

Purpose
This report is used to transport hierarchies and their categories fromone system to another. In particular, it facilitates the transportationof hierarchies and their categories from a test to a production system,or from one client to another.
This report should be executed in the source system, with the targetsystem being specified on the selection screen. The hierarchy ID on theselection screen should be used if there are some hierarchies in thesource system that should not be transported.

Prerequisites
Authorization
In order to execute this report, the user must have the authorization tocreate and transport hierarchies and categories. To do this, theauthorization objects COM_CAT and COM_HIER are required.
Logical System Mapping
There must be a record in the mapping table COMC_LOGSYS_MAP for eachlogical system for which there are hierarchies and categories in yoursource system. Assign logical systems in the IMG activity AssignLogical Systems.
Set Types
The set types assigned in the hierarchy must already exist in the targetsystem. If necessary, transport the set types before running the report.To do this, choose Set Types/Attributes -> Transport inset type and attribute maintenance.
Extended Maintenance Options
If you are using the extended maintenance options, any value rangerestrictions and default values maintained will be transported as well.

• Make sure that the Product Modeling Environment (PME) is correctly
installed in the target system.

• Object dependencies are not transported.


• If distribution-chain-dependent value ranges/defaults have been
maintained, the organization model must be distributed by ALE before thereport is run.
Numbering Scheme and Product Views
The Customizing settings for category numbering schemes and productviews must be transported before the report is run.
One Time Only
The report can only be executed for a given hierarchy once. If ahierarchy already exists in the target system, the hierarchy will not bere-transported.

Features

Selection
Logical Destination
The logical destination is the target system for the transportedhierarchies and their categories. This system must be defined as aRemote Function Call (RFC) destination using transaction code SM59 (
Display and Maintain RFC Destinations).
Category Hierarchy ID
Enter the hierarchy ID of the hierarchy that is to be transported. Ifnone is entered then all hierarchies and their categories will betransported.

Output
The report will display the standard application log which listsinformation and error messages generated during the report execution.