Previously, when a buyer on SAP Ariba Procurement solutions integrated with SAP ERP using Ariba Network adapter for SAP NetWeaver ran the /ARBA/MASTER_DATA_EXPORT program to export master data to SAP Ariba Procurement solutions, the export of Cost Center master data, where no user was assigned to the cost center, took a longer time to complete. This delay affected the performance of the master data export program adversely.  This problem occurred because a select statement fetched all the entries from the PA0105 table to the it_0105 table if the dependent table did not contain any data. Subsequently, the code looped on each entry of the it_0105 table, which caused the degradation in performance.

Now, the performance of the master data export to SAP Ariba Procurement solutions has been optimized. The code has been updated to enable the select statement to check whether a dependent table contains values.

ACTION REQUIRED FOR NEW AND EXISTING CUSTOMERS

1. Log in to SAP Ariba Connect (https://support.ariba.com/Connect/Log_In). If you do not have a User ID and Password for Ariba Connect, contact your Ariba account executive.
2. On the Home tab, click Product Information and Documentation.
3. Click Cloud Integration.
4. Click Resources. The Cloud Integration Resources page appears.
5. In the Integration Tools section, click Integration tools for Ariba Procure-to-Pay.
6. In the Integration Tools for SAP section, click ABAP Transports for SAP ERP. If the list does not contain this entry, contact your Ariba account executive.
7. Click and download the SAP Transports (SAP Only).zip file to a specified location on your hard drive.
8. Extract the SAP Transports (SAP Only).zip file.  To extract the transport files from the following to the appropriate locations on your SAP ERP system:

For version 9.0: Ariba_P2P_SAP_Transports_CI9_HF53_March2019

For version 9.0 SP02: Ariba_P2P_SAP_Transports_CI9_SP02_HF39_July2019

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