Setting default data for recipients

Select the “Setup Default Data for Recipients” activity under the “Central Data Replication Configurator” business component.

The “Setup Default Data for Recipients” page appears.

Enter the following:

Recipient Unit

Use the drop-down list and select the Recipient Unit. The system lists all the subscription IDs for all the active OUs participating in Data Replication as defined in “Setup Operating Units for Data Replication” activity, in alphabetical order.

The system displays the following:

Setup status

The status of default data setup, which could be one of the following:

“Pending” – Indicates that default value is not defined for any one of the Mandatory Constituent of the data element.
“Inprogress” – Indicates that default value is defined at least for one Mandatory Constituent.
“Completed” – Indicates that Value is defined for all the Mandatory Constituents for all data elements against all functional area and entity combination for all the recipient units.

Enter the following in the “Search Criteria” group box:

Functional Area

Use the drop-down list and select the functional area associated to each entity participating in data replication. The system lists the options “All”, “Maintenance”, “Materials”, “Finance”, “Sales” and “HRMS”.

By default, the system displays “All”.

Entity

Use the drop-down list box and select the entity. The system lists all the Entities with the Replication Strategy "Initial" or "Full" as defined in the “Setup Entities for Data Replication” activity corresponding to the Functional Area selected. If Functional Area is selected as “All”, the system lists all the entities available across all the Functional Areas.

By default, the system displays “All”.

Data Element Group

Use the drop-down list box and select the data element group that represents the logical grouping of data elements within an entity. The system lists the values based on the Entity selected.

If the Entity is selected as "All", the system lists and defaults the value "All".
If the Entity is selected as other than “All”, the system displays the list of Data Element Group corresponding to the Entity selected.

Click the “Search” pushbutton.

The system displays the following in the “Default Data Details” multiline:

Functional Area	The functional area associated to the entity.
Entity	The entity comprising the data element to be replicated across operating units.
Data Element Group	The data element group represents logical grouping of data elements within an entity.
Data Element	The date element considered for replication.
Constituents	The constituents of the data element whose Replication Strategy is set as "Initial", "Full" and "None" for specified Recipient Unit, in the “Setup Data Elements for Replication” activity.
Mandatory?	The mandatory flag will be set as “Yes”, if the Replication Strategy is selected as “Default Value” in “Setup Data Elements for Replication” activity.

Enter the following in the multiline:

Value	The default value for a data element at each Recipient Unit level. The value entered must be a valid value in the Recipient Unit or Source Unit. Data entry is mandatory, if Remarks is entered and / or Error Message is available and if ‘Mandatory?’ is “Yes”.
Remarks	Any remarks related to data subscription setup.

The system displays the following:

Error Message	The error message if any, displayed while updating default data details.
Created By	The login ID of the user who created the record.
Created Date	The date and time at which the record was created.
Last Modified By	The login ID of the user who last modified the record.
Last Modified Date	The date and time at which the record was last modified.

Click the “Save” pushbutton to update the data element details.
The system displays an error if any concurrent user attempts to modify the default data details.
If the Configurator Setup is “Completed” and if the parameter ‘Allow modification of Data Replication Setup even if the Configurator Setup is "Completed"?’ is set as '1' in the “Set Options for Data Replication” activity, the system allows the user to add new information and / or modify any existing information in the “Setup Default Data for Recipients” activity.

Note: If the above parameter is set as ’0’, the system does not allow the user to add new information and / or modify any existing information in the “Setup Default Data for Recipients” activity.