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StepstocreateasimpleLSMWusingbatchinputrecording
CreatedbyTarunGambhir,lastmodifiedonJan08,2009

TheLSMWorkbenchisanR/3basedtoolthatsupportsyouwhentransferringdatafrom
nonSAPsystems("LegacySystems")toR/3onceorperiodically.
Thetoolsupportsconversionofdataofthelegacysysteminaconvenientway.ThedatacanthenbeimportedintotheR/3systemviabatchinput,directinput,BAPIsorIDocs.
Furthermore,theLSMWorkbenchprovidesarecordingfunctionthatallowstogeneratea"datamigrationobject"inanentryorchangetransaction
TostartworkingwiththeLSMWorkbench,usetransactionLSMW:

Clickonthecreatebuttontocreatenewproject,subprojectandtheobject.Asshownbelow.

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Project,SubprojectandObject:
Ontheinitialscreen,youcancreateanewproject,correspondingsubprojectsandobjectsviaEdit>Createnewentry.
Project:AnIDwithamaximumof10characterstonameyourdatatransferproject.Ifyouwanttotransferdatafromseverallegacysystems,youmaycreateaprojecte.g.foreverylegacysystem.
Subproject:AnIDwithamaximumof10charactersthatisusedasfurtherstructuringattribute.
Object:AnIDwithamaximumof10characterstonamethebusinessobject.
Intheinitialscreen,Allobjectsprovidesalistofallprojectscreatedalready.Myobjectsdisplaysalistofallobjectsyoucreatedpersonally.Allobjectsoftheprojectdisplaysallobjectsoftheselectedproject
astreestructure.Projectdocumentationdisplaysanydocumentationwrittenfortheindividualpopupsandprocessingsteps.youcanprinttheprojectdocumentationout,senditandsaveitinvariousfile
formats.

Clickontheexecutebuttononcetheproject,subprojectandtheobjectarecreated.

ClickBack.NowrecordusingBatchInputRecordingDataMigrationStepbyStepviaBatchInputRecording
Step1:MaintainObjectattributes
Inthisexample,youwillbeupdatingtheMaterialmasterrecordswiththehelpofrecordingatransaction(MM01).ChooseradiobuttonBatchInputRecordingandclickontherecordingoverviewiconto
recordtheR/3transaction.EntertheRecordingnameasMM01_REC2,thedescriptionasMM01Recordingmethod,andthetransactioncodeasMM01.

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Clickoncreatetorecordthetransaction.

ClickonDone.

ClickonDonetoactuallystartrecordingthetransaction.
Enterthefieldsrequiredforrecodingatransactionsuccessfully.

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Notethatthefieldsarepopulatedwithdefaultvalues.Thevaluesyouenteredwhenyourecordedthetransactionaresetbydefault.
*DoubleclickonthefieldRMMG1MATNRandenterthenameasMATNRandthedescriptionasMATERIALNUMBERandremovethedefaultasshownbelow:

Repeatthisstepforallfields.Similarly,doubleclickonallotherfieldswithdefaultvaluesandmakeappropriatechanges.Onceyouhavemadechanges,therecordingoverviewscreenlooksasshown
below:

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ClickonSAVEtosavetherecording.TheclickonBACKicontothemainscreen.Savethewhilegoingbacktothemainscreen.
Aftercompletingtherecodingthesystemwillautomaticallytakeyoutothesecondstepasshownbelow:

Step2.MaintainSourceStructures
ClickonCREATEtocreateasourcestructure.Giveanameandadescriptiontothesourcestructureasshownbelow:

Savethesourcestructureandgotothemainscreen.
Step3.MaintainSourceFields
Inthisstep,youneedtolistwhatfieldsarepresentinthesourcestructure.Theeasiestwayistoclickon'TableMaintenance'icontoenterFieldname,TypeandLengthforeachfieldasshown:

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Savewhilecomingbacktothemainscreen.
Step4:MaintainStructureRelations
Executeastepto'MaintainStructureRelations'.Since,thereisonlyoneSourceandTargetStructure,therelationshipisdefaultedautomatically.

Savewhilecomingbacktothemainscreen.
Step5:Maintainfieldmappingandconversionrules
Keepcursoronfield'MATNR'andclickon'AssignSourcefield'icontochoosesourcefieldMATERIALfromstructureMM01V6asshown

Similarly,assign'SourceField'rulestotheremainingfields.
Onceallthefieldsaremapped,youshouldhaveanoverviewscreenasshown

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Savewhilecomingbacktothemainscreen.
Step6:Maintainfixedvalues,translations,userdefinedroutines
Youcanalsomaintainreusabletranslationsanduserdefinedroutines,whichcanbeusedacrossconversiontasks.Inthiscase,thatstepisnotrequired.

Step7:Specifyfiles
Inthisstep,wedefinehowthelayoutoftheinputfileis.Theinputfileisa[Tab]delimitedwiththefirstrowasfieldnames.ItispresentonmyPC(localdrive)asC:\MM3.txt.
DoubleClickonthelegacydata.

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Savewhilegoingtomainscreen.
CreateanExcelwithyourdataandsaveitasaTabdelimitedtextfileonyourlocaldrive(C

andnameitMM3.txt.

IMPORTANT
****TheStructureoftheflatfileshouldbeproperotherwisedatawillnotbeuploaded..Allthemandatoryfieldsshouldbepresentintheflatfilefortherequiredtransaction
Step8:Assignfiles
Executestep'AssignFiles'andthesystemautomaticallydefaultsthefilenametothesourcestructure.

Savewhilegoingtomainscreen.
Step9:Readdata
Inthisstep,LSMWreadsthedatafromthesourcefile(fromyourPC'slocaldrive).Youhavetheoptiontoreadonlyselectedrowsandconvertdatavaluestointernalformat.
Here1to2representsthenumberofrowstobereadfromtheflatfile.Ifyoudon'tspecifyanynumberthesystemwillreadalltherowsfromtheflatfile.Wehave2rowsintheflatfilehencefrom1to2.

Afterweexecutethedatareadfromtheflatfileisasshownbelow.

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Step10:Displayreaddata
Thisstepisoptional.Ifrequired,youcanreviewthefieldcontentsfortherowsofdataread.

Step11:Convertdata
Thisisthestepthatactuallyconvertsthesourcedata(insourceformat)toatargetformat.Basedontheconversionrulesdefined,sourcefieldsaremappedtotargetfields.

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ClickBACKtocomebacktomainscreen.

Step12:DisplayConverteddata
AgainthisisanoptionalsteptoviewhowthesourcedataisconvertedtointernalSAPformat.

Step13:Createbatchinputsession
Oncethesourcedataisconvertedinaninternalformat,youcancreateabatchsessiontoprocessupdates.

ClickEXECUTEbuttontoexecuteabatchinoutsession.
Step14:RunBatchInputSession
YoucanexecutetheBDCsessionbyRunBatchinputsession.ExecutingabatchinputsessionisastandardSM35transactionformanagingBDCsessions.Onceyouhavesuccessfullyexecutedthe
batchinputsession,theMaterialmasterrecordsareupdatedinthesystem.YoucanconfirmthisbyviewingtheMaterialmasterrecords(MM03).

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SelectthesessionandclickonthePROCESSicon.

YoucanProcessthesessioninforegroundorbackgroundorcanonlydisplayerrors.
SelecttheProcessingModeandthenclickonthePROCESStabtoexecutivethesession.
AfterthesessioniscompletelyprocessedyoucanconfirmthisbyviewingtheMaterialmasterrecords(MM03)orinthetableMARA.

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4Comments
RonaldKnienieder
Greattutorial!Thanks!

jaganmathew
Superb!thanks!

AlfredoMurguia
Thankyou!Greattutorial.

MohammadZeeshan
Awesome!Veryhelpful!Thanks.

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