Basic concept of transfer material

The transfer of a material is splitted several parts. The following diagram shows those parts.

Things to do	Example	Configurable?	Custom Code
Determine organizational unit	Can be assigned by plant or by sales org or just by client.	Yes	No
Determine engine client	The engine client is assigned to the organizational unit, but it is possible to assign the same engine client to multiple organizational units.	Yes	No
Determine product group	Product group can be assigned by material type and material category.	Yes	Yes
Collect material data	Provides all collected data which is to be transfered for the material.	Yes	Yes
Check classification values	The plug-in sends only classification values again, if there were changes since the last update. Otherwise existing changes in Product Classification could be overwritten.	Yes, /AEB/TA_WORK_IN_PROCESS_INIT has a flag where you disable/enable this behavior. In context of saving materials it is enabled by default. You cannot change this.	No
Check is material to be deleted	The material exists in SAP, but should not exist in Product Classification.	No	No
Transfer material data	The web service is called and the result will be handled, logs written etc.	No	No