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SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench PDF

The LSMW is a tool that supports single or periodic data transfer from non-SAP systems to SAP systems. It allows importing of legacy data from spreadsheets or files and converts it to SAP format. Various types of data can be migrated including master data, transaction data, and configuration data. The LSMW process for vendor master migration involves creating projects, recordings, object attributes, source structures, field mappings, files, batch input sessions, and running the batch input to import the data into SAP. The LSMW provides advantages like maintaining data consistency, reducing costs and time for migration, and performing data transfer without programming.

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SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench PDF

The LSMW is a tool that supports single or periodic data transfer from non-SAP systems to SAP systems. It allows importing of legacy data from spreadsheets or files and converts it to SAP format. Various types of data can be migrated including master data, transaction data, and configuration data. The LSMW process for vendor master migration involves creating projects, recordings, object attributes, source structures, field mappings, files, batch input sessions, and running the batch input to import the data into SAP. The LSMW provides advantages like maintaining data consistency, reducing costs and time for migration, and performing data transfer without programming.

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Legacy System Migration Workbench

- Rajesh Satyanarayana
What is LSM workbench?
The LSMW is a tool based on SAP software that
supports single or periodic data transfer from non-
SAP to SAP systems.
Its core functions are:-
➢ Importing legacy data from PC spread sheet
tables or sequential files
➢ Converting data from its original(legacy system)
format to the target(SAP) format
➢ Importing the data using standard interferences of
SAP
Which data can be migrated using
the LSMW?
Various types of data that can be migrate with
the help of LSMW are:
➢ Master data (Material masters, Vendor masters,
Bill of materials etc)
➢ Transaction data (Sales order, Purchase Orders,
Financial Documents etc)
➢ Configuration data (Plant, Storage location,
Purchasing group etc)
Steps in LSMW for Vendor master
➢ Create project, sub project and object
➢ Create recordings
➢ Maintain object attributes
➢ Maintain source structure
➢ Maintain source fields
➢ Maintain source relations
➢ Maintain field mapping and conversion rules
➢ Maintain fixed values
➢ Specify files
➢ Assign files
➢ Read data
➢ Display read data
➢ Convert data
➢ Display converted data
➢ Create batch input session
➢ Run batch input session
Step 1
➢ Project, Sub project, Objectives
Step 2
➢ Create recordings
Creation of vendor master data in LSMW recordings based on
requirement. This recording will be used for other vendors creation .
Step 3
➢ Maintain object attributes
Step 4
➢ Maintain source structure
Step 5
➢ Maintain source fields
Step 6
➢ Maintain structure relations
Step 7
➢ Maintain field mapping and conversion
rules
Step 8
➢ Specify files
Step 9
➢ Assign files
Step 10
➢ Read data
Step 11
➢ Display read data
Step 12
➢ Convert data
Step 13
 Display converted data
Step 14
➢ Create batch input session
Step 15
➢ Run batch input session
Advantages of LSMW
➢ Data consistency is maintained and So
does quality of work
➢ Substantial reduction of cost and time
required for data migration
➢ Data transfer without programming
➢ Very flexible and user friendly
Conclusion
Being an integrated part of SAP, LSMW
is free of expense to SAP’s clients and
partners. This configurable tool is a
cross functional component ,
fundamentally utilized for standard SAP
applications. User friendly and data
consistent features.
Questions..???
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YOU☺

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