Understanding the Supplier Master Batch Upload Program

An address book number must exist in the Address Book Master table before you can upload converted external supplier information. Enter the address book number in the Address Book field of the Supplier Master - Batch Upload table when you run the Supplier Master Batch Upload program (R04010Z).

The Supplier Master - Batch Upload program accesses the processed address book records, retrieves the corresponding supplier information in the F0401Z1 table, and uploads it to the Supplier Master table.

If you have supplier records that have an associated parent number, you must manually enter the parent/child relationship. You cannot use the batch process to add parent numbers. Parent numbers are stored in the Address Organization Structure Master table.

Note: If you create your own version of the Address Book MBF, you must create a version of the Supplier Master MBF (P0100043) with the same name, because the processing options for the Supplier Master Batch Upload program do not contain an option to enter an Address Book MBF version.