Example – Copying a multicompany structure

This example describes how you can copy an entire multicompany structure, including the central DEM company, to a new multicompany structure with its own central DEM company.

Consider this multicompany setup.

Points of attention:

  • Company 400 is the central DEM company that contains the Enterprise Modeler data shared by all companies in the structure.
  • Each enterprise unit and each site contains entities of one company in the structure. For example: EU_B and Site_B contain logistic entities in company 401. Therefore, the logistic entities (for example warehouses and departments) in company 401 contain a reference to this enterprise unit and this site.

    Note: 

    The codes of the enterprise units, sites, departments, and warehouses are unique within the multicompany structure. Therefore, when you copy the entire multicompany structure, including the central DEM company 400, you do not have to change the codes of the enterprise units, sites, departments, and warehouses, since in this example these codes will be unique within the new target structure as well.

    Sites are available if the Sites parameter is activated in the Implemented Implemented Software Components (tccom05000m000) session. See the User Guide for Enterprise Structures.

  • Companies 401, 402 and 403 contain logical tables that are all linked to physical tables in company 400.
  • Company 400 does not contain logical tables.
  • You want to copy this setup as follows:
  • Copy company 400 to company 600
  • Copy company 401 to company 601
  • Copy company 402 to company 602
  • Copy company 403 to company 603

Company 600 is the central DEM company in the new structure.

The following figure shows the resulting structure.

Company 600 is the central DEM company that contains the Enterprise Modeler data, which is shared by all companies in the new structure. Each enterprise unit and each site contains entities of one company in the structure. For example: EU_B and Site_ B contain logistic entities in company 601. Therefore, the logistic entities (for example warehouses and departments) in company 601 contain a reference to this site and this enterprise unit.

Note: 

The codes of the enterprise units and the sites are unique within the new multicompany structure. They do not conflict with the (identical!) codes of the enterprise units or sites in the source multicompany structure.