No conversion from Internal -> External Material Number

Question: On extract to BW 0MATERIAL_TEXT appears to only have the internal number from SAP R/3.

When you view this datasource in R/3 with RSA3 the correct external number appears in the column labelled 'material' but on transfer to BW this column contains the R/3 internal number.

This makes material useless as no-one knows internal material numbers.
(Internal numbers are those contained in table MATERIALID field MATNR_INT as opposed to those in MATNR_EXT in this table which is how material number is normally shown in R/3.)

Answer:
table MATERIALID

don't have this table in our system...

anyway, BW does the same conversion as R/3... in the tables data is stored in internal format and on screen (in the reporting) you'll get the external format

don't see your problem

Answer:
? Table MATERIALID is in R/3

"... in the tables data is stored in internal format and on screen (in the reporting) you'll get the external format"

Thats what I don't get reports/queries etc. show internal format

Answer:
? Table MATERIALID is in R/3

here it isn't (4.6C)...

Thats what I don't get reports/queries etc. show internal format


weird... where are you getting your data from in R/3? How did you set up the transfer rules? Can you give some more details, please? Which versions are you on (R/3 and BW)?

Answer:
I'm confused

R/3 4.6C
BW 2.0B

0MATERIAL_TEXT is the latest business content.

Answer:
On extract to BW 0MATERIAL_TEXT appears to only have the internal number from SAP R/3.

When you view this datasource in R/3 with RSA3 the correct external number appears in the column labelled 'material' but on transfer to BW this column contains the R/3 internal number.

This makes material useless as no-one knows internal material numbers.
(Internal numbers are those contained in table MATERIALID field MATNR_INT as opposed to those in MATNR_EXT in this table which is how material number is normally shown in R/3.)


Don't want to discuss about the concerns around the table name (while I am also surprised by the name you gave), but :
with 0material_text, it is normal that you only see the internal number, as this infoobject is only intended to show the TEXT linked to the material, not it's (external) number
when showing on a report, the (external) number will be picked up from 0material

So, as El Belgio stated, I also don't understand your problem.
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