LSMW ( Legacy System
Migration Workbench )
It is a ABAP Workbench tool which is used to transfer data from Non-SAP (
Legacy ) system to SAP system.
Here, we can migrate the legacy system data to SAP system.
Transaction code :- LSMW
LSMW works best for Master data ( Material Master, Client Master data )
which does not require to use much coding while using LSMW.
This method is more preferred by Functional SAP Consultants rather than
technical Consultants for data migration.
We can export and Import a LSMW.
Difference between BDC and LSMW :-
LSMW is for functional consultants which does not require much coding, while
BDC is designated for technical consultants.
For LSMW we need to understand three
terminologies :-
1. Project :-
In this we specified the name of the data transfer project.
More than one sub project can be assigned to a project.
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2. Subproject :-
It specifies the name of the subproject.
A subproject can have an unlimited number of objects.
3. Object :-
An object corresponds to a business object.
An object is assigned to a subproject.
Examples :- Material Master, Client Master etc.
Examples :-
1. Project :- DataMigration
Subproject :- Materials
Object :- Matcreate
2. Project :- DataMigration
Subproject :- Materials
Object :- Matchange
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