Episode 006: PB Series Part 6 – Core Logic of Package Building Component

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Episode Summary:

Join Felipe and his expert guest Marcus Zahn for the sixth Part in this Transportation Management Black Belt Edition Podcast series about the Package Builder. This episode will give you insight on the core logic of the Package Building Component, including an overview of the Software Package Structure. We will do a walk-through of the main methods and describe their purpose during Package Building, going into quite some technical details.

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The covered topics are:

Intro
Software Package Structure of the Package Building Component: Overview
Software Package Structure of the Package Building Component – Overview: /SCMB/PB
Software Package Structure of the Package Building Component – Overview – /SCMB/PB: /SCMB/PB_DEFINITIONS
Software Package Structure of the Package Building Component – Overview – /SCMB/PB: /SCMB/PB_ENGINE
Software Package Structure of the Package Building Component – Overview – /SCMB/PB: /SCMB/PB_FOOTPRINT
Software Package Structure of the Package Building Component – Overview – /SCMB/PB: /SCMB/PB_OPTIMIZER
Core Logic Walkthrough
Core Logic Walkthrough: Regarding the use of class type definitions
Core Logic Walkthrough: Class /SCMB/CL_PB
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB: Used Interfaces
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB: Main Methods
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods: BUILD_PACKAGES
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: IV_PB_PROFILE_ID Importing Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: IT_ITEMS_CURRENT Importing Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: IV_DETAILED_MESSAGES Importing Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: IT_ITEMS_BEFORE Importing Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: IT_FOOTPRINT_UOM Importing Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: ET_ITEMS_CHANGED Exporting Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: ET_ITEMS_NEW Exporting Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: ET_ITEM_KEYS_DELETE Exporting Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: ET_ITEM_PACKAGE_DETAILS Exporting Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: ET_ITEM_POSITIONS Exporting Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: ET_ITEM_FOOTPRINT Exporting Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: ET_MESSAGES Exporting Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: CO_PB_DATA Changing Parameter
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – Regarding the CONSTRUCTOR
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES: Source Code
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: Initializing the message handling
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: GET_PB_PROFILE: Getting the definitions out of the PB Profile
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: Regarding the analyzer tool
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: Enhancement Spot to adjust the input items (and do other stuff)
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: DETERMINE_CHANGED_ITEMS: Filtering relevant items and filling the PB Data Object
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: COLLECT_ITEMS_RELEVANT: Full Package creation and preparing further consolidation
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: COLLECT_ITEMS_RELEVANT: Full Package creation and preparing further consolidation: Regarding the contained Enhancement Spots
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: COLLECT_ITEMS_RELEVANT: Full Package creation and preparing further consolidation: Method Signature
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: COLLECT_ITEMS_RELEVANT: Full Package creation and preparing further consolidation – Method Signature: ET_ITEMS_RESULT
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: COLLECT_ITEMS_RELEVANT: Full Package creation and preparing further consolidation – Method Signature: ET_CONSOLIDATION_GROUPS
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: COLLECT_ITEMS_RELEVANT: Full Package creation and preparing further consolidation – Method Signature: CT_ITEMS_NO_PROCESS
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: EXECUTE_CONSOLIDATION: Creating mixed packages and nested package hierarchies
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: AGGREGATE_RESULT_ITEMS
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: MAP_ITEMS_INT_TO_EXT and its corresponding Enhancement Spot
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: MERGE_NEW_WITH_EXISTING_ITEMS and its corresponding Enhancement Spot
Core Logic Walkthrough – Class /SCMB/CL_PB – Main Methods – BUILD_PACKAGES – Source Code: CHECK_RESULT: Enabling analysis for support users
Wrap-up and Episode Summary

Links:

Monday Knowledge Snippet Blog Series by Marcus Zahn: https://blogs.sap.com/2013/05/21/monday-knowledge-snippet-series/