Hi Martin,
InfoCube 0IC_C03 - Material Stocks/Movements (as of 3.0B) is the current one. There is no newer version, only the Business Content version will be updated in the meantime The latest version will be applicable if you install the Business Content.
The following DataSources are available:
- 2LIS_03_BF - Material Movements: This DataSource has to run for the material movement data. It can be staged in an intermediate DSO;
- 2LIS_03_UM - Revaluations: This DataSource has to run for the revaluation data. It can be staged in an intermediate DSO;
- 2LIS_03_BX - Stock Initializations: This DataSource only has to be run if you want to initialize stocks at a certain point in time. It has to be loaded directly into the InfoCube. It cannot be staged to a DSO as a first step.
Please have a look at the following document for more background information around inventory management scenarios:
How to Handle Inventory Management Scenarios in BW (NW2004)
Please have a look at the folowing document with a step-by-step instruction and lots of valuable information:
Unfortunately, you will need some downtime to execute a stock initialization in a live production system. Otherwise you cannot guarantee the data integrity. There are however certainly ways to minimize it. Please see SAP Note 753654 - How can downtime be reduced for setup table update. You can dramatically reduce the downtime to distinguish between closed and open periods. The closed periods can be updated retrospectively.
Last but not least, you might want to have a look at the following SAP Notes:
- SAP Note 436393 - Performance improvement for filling the setup tables;
- SAP Note 602260 - Procedure for reconstructing data for BW.
Best regards,
Sander