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Quick Introduction to Working with the Legacy System Migration Workbench. Initial Transaction. To start working with the LSM Workbench, use transaction LSMW. Project, Subproject, and Object.
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Quick Introduction to Working with theLegacy System Migration Workbench
Initial Transaction • To start working with the LSM Workbench, use transaction LSMW
Project, Subproject, and Object • Project: An ID with a maximum of 10 characters to name your data transfer project. If you want to transfer data from several legacy systems, you may create a project e.g. for every legacy system. • Subproject: An ID with a maximum of 10 characters that is used as further structuring attribute. • Object:: An ID with a maximum of 10 characters to name the business object.
Recording • In the initial screen, you can display the recording functions via Goto Recordings .
Notes about Recording • Create a recording. • Enter the transaction code.
Created recording Double click • Don’t forget to save
Notes about Recording The recording function records a fixed screen sequence. It cannot be used for migrating data containing a variable number of items or for transactions with dynamic screen sequences ! It is possible to create a recording via SHDB, generate a program out of this recording, adopt the program to your needs and registrate the program to be able to use it in LSMW. ???
Data Migration – Step by Step • Maintain Object Attributes
Data Migration – Step by Step • Maintain Source Structure Create For migration objects created via transaction recording, you may only define one structure per recording here, since only one flat target structure per recording is available.
Data Migration – Step by Step • Maintain Source Fields Create
Data Migration – Step by Step • Maintain Source Fields Click
Data Migration – Step by Step • Maintain Structural Relationships
Data Migration – Step by Step Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules From recording From source structure
Data Migration – Step by Step Maintain Fixed Values, Translations and User-writtenRoutines
Data Migration – Step by Step Specify Files
Data Migration – Step by Step Assign File
Data Migration – Step by Step Next step • Follow the user guidance
LSMW Conclusion for today Step of using LSMW • Create Project, Subproject and Object • Create recording • Follow the user guidance • Run the batch input session created