Data Conversion

LSMW
Tutorials

VENDOR MASTER
LSMW – VENDOR CONVERSION TUTORIAL
Transaction Code: LSMW

Enter following information for the Project, Subproject and Object or any
Project PROJECT00 (example: PROJECT10)
Subproject ACCOUNTING (example: SALES)
Object VENDORS (example: CUSTOMERS)

Click the Create Icon

The system prompts the user to enter project description. Enter the Project Description as

below and press enter or click

The system then prompts the user to enter subproject description. Enter the Subproject

Description as below and press enter or click enter

The system prompts the user to enter the object description. Enter the object description as

below and press enter or click

Now the user can see the descriptions for the Project, Subproject and Object.

Now click the execute button and the system displays the following screen
LSM Workbench: Display Object Attributes

The option buttons represent the process steps for the conversion program configuration.
Now click the execute button to Maintain the attributes of the LSMW Project for Vendor
Master Conversion
Click the button on the top left and select the option ‘Standard
Batch/Direct Input’ and enter ‘0040’ for Object and ‘0001’ for Method. The values for Object
and Method can be entered from drop down menu for each of them based on the conversion
project.

Save the entries and Click Back button to go back to overview screen.
Select the Maintain Source Structures option and click execute button

Click the eye glasses/crayon icon on the top left. The screen view changes to change
mode from display mode.

Select Source Structures and click Creation Icon. The system prompts the user to enter source
structure and description. Enter KRED1 for Source Structure and KRED1 for Description and
press enter or click

Now select KRED1 and click Create Icon

The system prompts the user to select the relationship level for the structure. Select ‘Lower
Level’ and press enter or click

The system prompts the user to enter lower level structure name and description. Enter
KRED2 for Source Structure and KRED2 for Description

The Source Structure definition screen looks like the screen below

Now save the Source structure definition and press back button.

Select the Maintain Source fields process steps and click execute button
On the following screen click eye glasses/crayon icon. Select KRED1 and click Create icon

The following screen prompts the user to enter the following information for each of the
fields

Repeat the process to add following source fields to the source structure KRED1
FIELD NAME FIELD LABEL FIELD LENGTH FIELD TYPE
TCODE TCODE 10 C
LIFNR LIFNR 10 C
BUKRS BUKRS 4 C
EKORG EKORG 4 C
KTOKK KTOKK 4 C

Similarly add following source fields to the source structure KRED2

FIELD NAME FIELD LABEL FIELD LENGTH FIELD TYPE
LIFNR LIFNR 10 C
NAME1 NAME1 35 C
SORTL SORTL 4 C
LAND1 LAND1 4 C
After entering the above information for the source structure fields the screen looks like the
following

Save the source structure fields. Press back button.

Select the Maintain Structure Relations process step and click execute button.
Click the eye glasses/crayon icon. Maintain the structure relations.

Select BGR00 structure and click Create Relationship icon.

Select KRED1 to create the relationship between BGR00 and KRED1 and
Press enter or click
LSM Workbench: Change Structure Relations

Repeat the process for BLF00 and BLFA1 by assigning KRED1 and KRED2. The screens
like the following screen.

Save the structure relationship definition and press back button.

Select Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules process step and click execute icon.

Click eye glasses/crayon icon. Go to Extras Æ Auto Field Mapping

Accept the defaults on the following screen and press enter
Accept the proposals generated by the system

After the field mapping looks like the following screen

Save the field mapping and click back button.

Create 2 data files with the structure information similar to that of the source structure fields.
KRED1.TXT

KRED2.TXT

Select Specify Files and click execute icon

Select eye glasses/crayon icon. Select Legacy Data (On the PC Front End) and Click Create
Icon.
On the following screen enter the file path, description and press enter.

Repeat this step for the 2nd file and Save the file assignment.
Select Assign Files process step and click execute icon. Click eye glasses/crayon. Click
Assignment button and assign files

Select KRED1 and press enter. Repeat the process for 2nd file KRED2. On the following
screen the user can see the assigned files

Save the File Assignment and click back button.

Select Import Data process step and click Execute icon.

On the following screen just click the execute icon.

The following screen displays the files that are read

Select Display Imported Data and click execute icon.

On the following screen just press enter.

On the following screen the system displays the status of the imported data for the user.

Click back button to go back to the overview screen

Select Convert Data on the overview screen and click execute icon.
On the following screen just the click the execute icon.

On the following screen system displays the conversion process status for the user.

Click back button to go back to the overview screen.

Select Display Converted Data and click the execute icon.
On the following pop up screen press enter

On the following screen the system displays the converted data.

Click back button to go back to the overview screen.

Select the Create Batch Input Session and click execute icon..
On the following screen click the execute icon.

After executing the Batch Input Interface for Vendors, accept the defaults. Press enter for
every system prompt, the system creates the batch input session.
Select Run Batch Input Session and click execute icon.
The system takes the user to the session screen. Select the Session name and processes it.

Click Process button in the above screen to transfer data from the flat file to SAP Vendor
Master.

Select Background option and press enter the pop up screen or

click process button

This process uploads the Vendor Records from the KRED1.TXT and KRED2.TXT files.

Go to TCode XK03 and display the Vendor that you have uploaded just now.

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