Wednesday, February 02, 2011

the nature of LSMW

LSMW - Legacy System Migration Workbench

This is the common tool used in SAP R3's data migration. Supposedly 2 tools available : LSMW and BAPI. However, BAPI is a function, therefore we need to develop an ABAP program which includes the selected BAPI function before we can use it.

LSMW on the other hand is a ready to use migration tool. There are 4 import methods available in LSMW :
- Standard Batch/Direct Input - using the standard batch
- Batch Input Recording
- Business Object Method (BAPI)
- IDoc (Intermediate Document)

As for me, i'd prefer using Batch Input Recording which means i recorded the transaction manually and so the field which i fill is only the mandatory field and those i chose during the recording session.

LSMW also server dependent. Once you created an LSMW object in one server, it can be use in any clients available in the server. To copy one LSMW object or project from one server to another, we use the Export-Import option. First export the selected object (including the recorded object) to your local computer then Import the file at the other server.

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