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Data Uploading in SAP S/4HANA from 2020 By using Migration Cockpit(Replace LSMW/BDC and LTMC)

Overview – Functions & Features

With the Legacy Data Migration new approach, the functionality will be helping the functional consultants without Developer skills.

This solution is available from S/4HANA Cloud 2008 and  SAP S/4HANA 2020 onwards, this will be replaced by the BDC – Batch Data Communication / LSMW – Legacy System Migration Workbench / LTMC – Legacy Transfer Migration Cockpit.

The functional consultant can easy to use this application to migrate their legacy/mass load data (Greenfield/support projects.)

The data can be upload into the SAP S/4HANA system in two ways.

  • Migrate data directly from SAP System.
  • Migrate data using staging tables.

Key facilitators & Benefits: –

Available for SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, included in licenses.

▪ Preconfigured migration objects.

▪ No developer skills are required.

▪ Step-by-step wizard by the system.

▪ Preconfigured migration objects and rules.

▪ Users can enter missing data on the fly during migration (while uploading the data from staging table/file if any key data missing then the user can enter details on the same screen without coming back and reprocess the entire file again.

▪ This Functionality will help to upload the Master data and transactional data (GL, Vendor-BP, Customer-BP, Assets, House bank accounts, and Transaction data).

▪ Predefined staging tables are available by design and separate file templates for each migration object depending on the migration scenario.

▪ The automated mapping between source and target structure.

▪ Migration programs are automatically generated – no data migration programs are required by the customer.

 

Step by step process simulated and attached screens shots with results below:

 

Fiori App – Migrate Your Data

  • Business Role : AP_BR_CONFIG_EXPERT_DATA_MIG

Process Flow: –

1.Select Migration Object: The system automatically creates the staging table for each object.

2.Transfer data to staging Tables: Use the provided Templates files or your preferred tools.

3.Prepare the Staging Tables: Prepare the staging tables so data can be transferred.

4.Process mapping Tasks: Ensure that the source data is correctly mapped.

5.Simulate the Migration: Call the function module in test mode to check whether there are any issues.

6.Migrate data: Data updated in SAP and check the relevant reports and tables.

Access the Fiori appMigrate your data

  • Select Create Button
  • Select Migrate data using Staging Tables

  • Enter Name: GL Account (freely defined text)
  • Click on Step2 for further process

  • Select the relevant Migration object “FI-G/L account”
  • Select migration objects – click on the button
  • To continue with the next step, click on “Review”

 

  • Confirm your data selection by choosing the “Create Project “button

  • Select the “>” button

 

Note: More information from the available options “Monitoring / Mapping Task / Job Management / Finish Project”.

 

Here system automatically creating the staging tables for the selected migration objects.

  • Select Migration object FI – G/L account

 

Select Back Arrow / previous screen.

 

On the migration project screen, you trigger all the steps that are required to transfer the data for each migration object to the target SAP S/4HANA system. Also, you can quickly access additional information and tasks.

  • Select “Download template button” for the migration objects

Note:

  • The migration cockpit provides XML template files for all delivered migration objects, download standard templates to your local folder, and maintain data as per the template fields.
  • Do not delete or hide any fields in the template, the fields are not relevant for the business then leave them blank.

 

Check the Introduction worksheet to get further details on how to fill the template.

Recommendations:-

  • Read the introduction and check field list before starting to fill the template
  • Copy and paste values only using the following options: –
  • Paste option then Values (V) – within XML file –
  • Paste special and then choose Text – from somewhere else –
  • Paste option then keep text only – from notepad/text editor

 Upload the migration file: –

Select the “Upload file” option from the list shown below the screen

 

  • Select the “Upload” button

 

 

  • Select file from the desktop folder

 

 

Upon upload file, the initial status has been updated as “Validation scheduled” then the status will change to “Data successfully transferred to staging tables” as below 2nd screen.

  • Status: Validation Scheduled

 

  • Status: Data successfully transferred to staging tables

 

 

Click on “show messages” as like above screen to check the details of the messages (error, Warning, Success, Information).

  • Select Back Arrow 2 times / to get the below screen.

  • After Data successfully transferred to staging tables, select the action “Prepare” from the dropdown list.

  • Upon selecting the “prepare” option, the process will be starting for further next action.

Note:

  • Preparation will be starting then automatically updated as Preparation is completed.
  • Tables “5” the GL staging tables are updated from the upload file.
  • Instances “19” the number of records from the upload file.
  • Open “11” the type of GL accounts like how many company codes, controlling areas, Reconciliation types, FSG, etc.

The target values can be changed while uploading the data (After executing the preparation step).

  • Select the Back arrow 2 times / to get the below screen.
  • Select Mapping Tasks from the drop-down list (System automatically propose the option “Mapping Task”)

 

  • Select the Mapping Task check box for all the items.
  • Select confirm button.

 

  • Select the OK button then the status will move from To be confirmed to confirmed

After confirming the mapping tasks status changed as confirmed.

 

  • Mapping task updated as Done “11”
  • After confirming the mapping values status automatically set to “simulation”
  • Select the “simulation” button from the dropdown list.

 

  • Simulation started

  • Simulation completed
  • Simulation status Successful “19” has been updated.
  • Next action Migration automatically updated in the screen.

 

  • Select the Migrate” button from the dropdown list.

  • Select Ok button

  • Process status: Migration started.

  • Process status: Migration completed.
  • Migration successful “19”

Conclusion:

  • With the new process approach, we can upload all master records and transactional data without custom developments and easy to use this process.

 

  • I can see the only one, time taking activity to maintain the data in uploading a file with various tabs, however, this app will help us to upload legacy data/mass data for running business to loading into the SAP S/4HANA system without any technical support.

 

  • This package/solution is default available from SAP S/4HANA 2020 along with LTMC and from 2021 onwards we have only one solution i.e “Migration your data – Migration cockpit(old)” and no more LTMC available from SAP S/4HANA2021 onwards.

 

  • Projects created using transaction LTMC (for SAP S/4HANA) or the app “Migrate your Data – Migration Cockpit (Old)” (for SAP S/4HANA Cloud) cannot be accessed using this new app.
  • We can still use LSMW / BDC for upload data if the business still using SAP-GUI.

 

SAP Help link:

https://help.sap.com/viewer/d5699934e7004d048c4801b552f3b013/2102.500/en-US/121b34742a904d10bca907bbf2fd5617.html?q=Migration%20cockpit

https://help.sap.com/viewer/DRAFT/d3a3eb7caa1842858bf0372e17ad3909/2020.002/en-US/e46095f3fb044369a9de814262c59ac8.html

 

OSS Notes:

2988692 – SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit – Information about different versions

2733253 – FAQ for SAP S/4HANA migration cockpit. Migration approach: Transfer / Migrate data from staging tables

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      Author's profile photo venu gopal
      venu gopal

      Good post, keep it up.

      Author's profile photo Sasikala Singamala
      Sasikala Singamala
      Blog Post Author

      Thank you.Venu!

      Author's profile photo Dipti Ranjan Das
      Dipti Ranjan Das

      Nice Blog

       

      Author's profile photo Sasikala Singamala
      Sasikala Singamala
      Blog Post Author

      Thank You.Dipti!

      Author's profile photo Dharmendra Nemallapudi
      Dharmendra Nemallapudi

      Good Blog

      Author's profile photo Sasikala Singamala
      Sasikala Singamala
      Blog Post Author

      Thank you.Dharmendra!

       

      Author's profile photo Philippe Gauthier
      Philippe Gauthier

      Thanks for your post, but after a large project on data migration, LTMC was better in different cases.

      You take the example of GL accounts, but the object is not defined to upload Group or alternative account ...

      Other points, in on-premise solution, it's time-consuming. Each step required a long time (and if you have to adjust it into LTMOM ... it's very time-consuming. I assume that your post is limited to the cloud version.

      It's a nice tool, but it needs to be improved.

      Author's profile photo Rob McNally
      Rob McNally

      Agreed.

      Here; I'm comparing LTMC on SAP S/4HANA 1809 SP04 to the Migrate Your Data App in SAP S/4HANA 2020 SP01. The new app is far slower at the load/validation/migration processes than LTMC.

      Attempting to use the mapping table upload in SAP S/4HANA 2020 SP01 just runs without timing out. For example, here I'm loading one mapping table value & it has currently been running for 4 days. 🙁

      Author's profile photo Wesley Feimster
      Wesley Feimster

      Is anyone aware of the client settings required to create & edits projects that use this new tile?

      I need to know what client settings are required in SCC4 (table T000)?

      I am trying to start the data migration tasks for a new S/4HANA 2020 project.  I have three DEV clients - 010 (golden config), 020 (unit test) and 030 (sandbox).  I need test data in 020 - the client is designated as Test with no config and no repository changes allowed.  In client 010, I can create a project with the tile & edit in LTMOM.  This client is designated as Customizing with config & repository changes stored in transports.

      There seems to be no way to use a project created in 010 in another client of the same environment.  Is anyone else experiencing the same?

      I agree that it is definitely slower than LTMC and LSMW.

      Author's profile photo LAKSHMI APPIREDDY
      LAKSHMI APPIREDDY

      Nice blog!

      Author's profile photo Rafael Ferreira Soares
      Rafael Ferreira Soares

      Thanks for sharing! Very nice blog!

      We are in a specific scenario. At the moment we are in implementing 2020 version but customer want to upgrade to 2021 before go-live. After upgrade to release 2021, can I still use my old LTMC projects that have already been created at 2020 or do they not longer work?

      Author's profile photo Rajesh Bungataula
      Rajesh Bungataula

      Good KT Blog!

      Author's profile photo Adi Mogilevsky
      Adi Mogilevsky

      What are we doing to migrate Vehicles and other Enterprise Equipment?

      Author's profile photo Abdel Rahman Gamal
      Abdel Rahman Gamal

      Nice blog