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LSMW Recording Method

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Alok
Samantaray

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Alok Samantaray

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LSMW Recording Method

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8 JULY 2012

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03 March 2015

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 4
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1.1
1.2

Purpose of this document

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Pre-requisite and Related Documents 4

LSMW RECORDING METHOD 5

2.1
Create Project/Subproject/Object- use t.code LSMW 6
2.2
Maintain Object Attributes
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2.3
Maintain Source Structure
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2.4
Create source field
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2.5
Maintain Structure Relations 15
2.6
Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules
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2.7
Specify Files 18
2.8
Assign Files 23
2.9
Read Data
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2.10
Display Read Data
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2.11
Convert Data 26
2.12
Display Converted Data
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2.13
Create batch Input session
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2.14
Execute Batch input session 28
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Section 1
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Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this document
The purpose of the document is to enhance the knowledge on SAP migration tool -LSMW
batch recording method. It will help to know the SAP standard way to upload master data &
transaction data. It will Step-by-Step Guide for using LSMW to Update master data/financial
transaction Records. After you complete this entire document you can independently
upload transaction data & master data by using SAP standard method by LSMW.
Note! Browsing thru these 14 steps, you may get a feeling that this is a very lengthy and
time-consuming activity. However, for the purposes of demonstration, I have made it
detailed. Although it looks lengthy, actually it takes hardly few hours from start-to-finish!
After playing around with few simple LSMW scripts, you will find it so easy to change and
create more complex ones.

1.2 Pre-requisite and Related Documents

We should have raw data source to upload.
Types of Document

Document Name

Knowledge Document

LSMW recording method

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Section 2

LSMW Recording Method

2.1 Create Project/Subproject/Object- use t.code LSMW

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Filled up project, sub-project, object field without spacing but description fields
are freely definable with spacing up to certain extent of charter.

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2.2 Maintain Object Attributes

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2.3 Maintain Source Structure

Give a name and a description to the source structure for header (Figure 4) & for line
(Figure 5).

Figure 4

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2.4 Create source field

In this step, you need to list what fields are present in the source structure. The easiest way
is to click on Table Maintenance icon to enter Fieldname, Type and Length for each field
as shown in Figure 4.

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2.5 Maintain Structure Relations

You dont want to update any fields in these structures, you need to create a relationship
with source structures. In all, you need to create relationship for four target structures.
Create relationship between source structures for transaction data with these target
structures with icon Create Relationship

Keep Cursor on these four target structures and click on icon Create Relation and
structure relations are maintained as shown in Figure 22.

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2.6 Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules

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2.7 Specify Files

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In this step, we define how the layout of the input file is. The input file is a [Tab] delimited
with the first row as field names. It is present on my PC (local drive) as C:/header.txt. (See
Figure 13.)

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Enter, Save & back

2.8 Assign Files

Execute step Assign Files (Figure 15) and the system automatically defaults the
filename to the source structure.

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2.9 Read Data

In this step, LSMW reads the data (Figure 16) from the source file (from your PCs local
drive). You have the option to read only selected rows and convert data values to internal
format.

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2.10

Display Read Data

This step (Figure 17) is optional. If required, you can review the field contents/value
for the rows of data read by double click on the row.

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2.11

Convert Data

This is the step that actually converts the source data (in source format) to a target
format. Based on the conversion rules defined, source fields are mapped to target
fields.

2.12

Display Converted Data

When you convert data, LSMW automatically converts into the appropriate structure
layouts, as required by Standard program (RFBIDL00). (See Figure 27).

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Note that if you had only one record in source file, the converted file has four records.
Earlier, creating this input file, so that the standard interface program can read it, was a big
nightmare, the primary reason being that it could have multiple record layouts. Even for a
simple conversion with one input record, you would have to create this complex file with
many record layouts. The advantage of LSMW is that it prepares these multi-layout files
automatically.

2.13

Create batch Input session

Once source data is converted in internal format, you can create a BDC session to process
the updates (Figures 28 and 29). Figure 28 Create BDC Session

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2.14

Execute Batch input session

You can execute the BDC session by Run Batch input session. Executing a batch input
session is a standard SM35 transaction for managing BDC sessions. Once you have
successfully executed the batch input session, the financial document are updated in the
system. You can confirm this by viewing the FB03

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