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UnlashingSXDAandLSMWPart1Definition
PostedbyLusPrezGrauinCustomerRelationshipManagement(SAPCRM)onOct9,20142:08:43AM
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Hi!

Itsquitedifficulttobepreciseintheareawhichthisblogshouldbelongs,SXDAandLSMWareNetweaver
componentsandworkscrosssolutions,butasImspecializedinCRMandtheexampleiswiththeOneOrderobjectI
believethisisthebestspot,IjusthopethiscanbeusefulalsotootherSAPprofessionalwhichworksinadifferent
area.

Thisblogisaboutimprovingthemassdatatransfer(insert,update,delete)experienceusingLSMWandSXDA
andwillbefocusedonthedefinitionofthewholeproject.Pleasedon'tskipthesecondpartoftheblogwhichincludes
theexecutionandreferences: UnlashingSXDAandLSMWPart2Execution

What?Someoneaskedwhat'sLSMW?ThisisanoldtopicandIbelieveiscoveredenoughtroughSCN,butIthinka
shortdefinitionwillbegood:LegacySystemMigrationWorkbenchisanoldframeworktomanagedatatransferintoa
SAPsystem(createsalesorders,customers,etc.supportsalargenumberofobjects).

Consultants:
Areyoutiredofdependingfullyondevelopers?
Areyoutiredofthesentencecustomreport?,wecantsupportyou

Developers:
Areyoutiredofmanuallydealwithmassprocessingusingparallelization?
Dosufferfromitchingeachtimeyouhavetodevelopareporttouploadafilefromthelocalpc?
DoyoustillsufferPTSDafterdealwithcomplexdatamappinginLSMW(events)?

IfmostoftheanswerisaYES,Ibelievethisblogcanreallybeuseful,Otherwise,theresalotofstuffgoingonSCN

TheScenario:

Updatemorethan5kofsalesorderswhichhaveawrongpostingdate.

Step1:Createaproject

AcordingtoSAP"AprojectisusedtogroupBusinessObjectstogetherforatransfer"InourscenarioweonlyhaveOne
BusinessObject:SalesOrder.Thisdoesn'tmakemuchsenseinourbasicscenario,butimagineyouwanttomigrate
variouslegacysystemstoyourSAPsolution,youcancreateaprojectforeachleagacysystemandinsideeachproject
youwillhavealltheBusinessObjectrequired(Customers,Relationships,Products,etc.)orevenbetter,eachlegacy
havetwoBusinessObject,Legacysystem1hasCustomersandrelationshipsandLegacysystem2hasProducts,this
isaverynicewaytoorganizeyourdatatransfer,right?

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Step2:Createasubproject,rundefinitionsandtasks
viaWizard

TheSubprojectwillcorrespondtoBusinessObjectitselfinourcasetheOneOrderobject.

Step3:Choosethetypeofdatatransferobject
(BusinessObject)

DependsontheBusinessObjecttypeselected,thewizardwillprovideyouthecorrespondingloadmethod(LOA),
loadmethodssupportedare:

BAPI(youcancreate/useyourownBAPIS,inthatcase,theBAPISmustbegeneratedthroughBAPIALE
interface,I'mnotgoingfurtheronthisasthemaintopiciswideenough)
BatchInput
DirectInput
IDoc

YoualreadyhavetherelationshipbetweenBusinessObjectandloadmethoddeliveredbySAP,andthiswilldepend
onwhichmodulesdoyou"installed"inyourNetweaver.

Youcancheckwhichobjects/loadprograms/interfacesareavailablethroughSXDA>Goto>DXProgramLibrary

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Step4:Reviewtaksparameters

Thetaskis,asthenamesays,eachtaskwhichwillbeperformedsequentiallyineachrundefinition,oh!Ialmostforgot,
what'sarundefinition?ForthatIwillneedtogoforanother"complex"scenario:Imagineyouhavetocreatecustomers
andthesourcefilesaremorethanone,youcancreatearundefinitionforeachfileinthesameSubproject(Business
Object)why?forexampletorunthedatatransferinparalel,orabettercaseyouhavedifferenttasksforeachrun,first
runvalidatefile,secondrunnobecausethefiledoesn'tneedto.

STEP4.1:TaskConvertdata

CallstheLSMWasthemapingtoolinordertoconvertthefilefromexternalformattotheBAPI,BatchInput,etc.internal
format.Youdontneedtochangenothinghere,butgiveyouthedetailtobuildthefilenameforthestep4.2.Itbelieve
it'sgoodtoknowtheProject,SubprojectandObjectfieldsofthesecondscreenshotcorrespondtotheLSMWproject
whichwillbegeneratedoncethewizardfinish.

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Smallparenthesis:SometimesLSMWneedaverycomplexinputfilesandthecustomerdoesnthave/want/knowto
performthoseconversionsontheLegacysystem.HereswhereanothermajoradvantageoftheSXDAcomestoplay,
thepossibilitytodefineadditionalsteps,inthiscaseImbrieflytalkingabouttheTaskTypes:Extractdata(EXT)and
Cleardata(PUR),youcandefineacustomFunctionmoduleorcustomprogramforbothTasktypesinordertoread
thesourcefileandformatitnicelyinaLSMWfriendlyfile,speciallythehierarchicaltypeones,peoplewhomdealtwith
thatinLSMWknowsexactlywhatImtalkingabout,right?NomoredirtystuffontheLSMWmappingevents!Keepthe
mappingassimpleasyoucan.IfyouaremoreinterestedinthistopicIcanwriteaspecificoneaboutthis,butfirstly
letsseetheacceptanceofthisone

YoucandefineadditionaltasksonSXDA>Goto>DXProgramLibrary>Createregistration,onceisregisteredthe
wizardwillsuggesttouseit(ifyoucreatetherunfromscratchoriftherunisalreadycreatedandyouwanttoaddthis
newtaskmanually)

Step4.2:TaskCheckfile

ItChecksifthefilehasacorrectIDocformat,doesntcheckthedataitself,onlythestructure.Theimportantparthereis
thenameofthenameoftheinputfile,thefilenameistheresultfromthemappingconversionsperformedbyLSMW
(convertaflatornotflatfiletotheIDocformatwhichcanbeconsumedbythestandardBAPI)Thenameconventionis
alwaysthesamenameoftheSXDAproject(Uppercase)_subprojectID_ObjectID.lsmw.conv(youcancheckthisin
thepreviousscreenshots,Step4.1)
Youcanperformthissteponceeverythingisfinished,evenalltheLSMWbutitsbettertodoitattheverybeginningto
avoidtheOhIforgot.

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Step4.3:TaskFilesplit

Inthisstepwesplittheconvertedfileinsmallchunks,thenumberofthetotalIDocsgeneratedisdividedinto
thenumberoffilesdefined,andthisisquiteuseful,forexample:checkaparticularblockona100recordfile
itseasierthandothesameonafilewhichhas500k,forfurtherinformationcheckthesectionFixtheerrors.I
alsoliketokeepthefiles,sometimesthedatatransfercanbeperformedsuccessfullybutsomedatagotlost,
soitsagoodwaytotracesmallmappingerrors,lossofdata,etc.

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Step4.5:TaskLoaddata

Thisisthemostimportantstepandoneoftheawesomenessfeatures,youcanchoosethesizeofthetransactionsper
commitandifyouwanttoperformthedatatransfersequentiallyorinparallelusingaservergroup,thelastonecan
increasetheperformancedramatically,butyoumustcheck/configurewiththebasisguystheservergroupinorderto
notusealltheDIAprocessesagoodtuningbetweenparallelprocessingandblocksizeisoneofthecornerstoneof
anoptimalandhealthydatatransfer.

Ionlylogtheerrormessages,becauseIdontwanttoincreasethelogsnecessaryandIalsochecktheWriteIDocto
errorfiles,becauseallowmetofixrecordswitherrors,Iwillexplainthislateron.

Aswesplitthefilein5weneeda1errorfileforeachtostoretheerroneousrecords,morefiles,easiertofindinside
thefiletheerror,butwealsowillseethisinthefollowingsteps.

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Step5:Choosemessagetype

InourscenarioImdealingwithXIFinterfaces(BAPIIDoc)thiscandifferdependingonyourobjecttypeanddata
transfermethod.

Step6:PerformthemappingusingLSMW

Theconvertdatastepdoesnthaveanyinput/outputfile,thiswillbeautomaticallyinformedoncetheLSMWtasksare
completed.

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AsIpointedinStep4.1IalreadyhaveaProject,SubprojectandObject(generatedbytheSXDAwizard)Dont

forgettoconfigtheInboundIDocProcessingfromtheLSMWperspective(settings)more
infoaboutthisandLSMWathelpsapportal

LetsassumeInishedallthemandatorysteps(everybodywhoisusedtoLSMWknowswhatImtalking
about,ifyouarenotusedtoLSMWthereareveryniceblogssteptosteponSCNwhichcoverthose
steps,from2to6)
NowItsmetospecifythelesandassigntotheinputstructures(rememberunlthisstepsaredone,
theSXDAConvertDatastepwillbeincomplete.

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AsyoucanseetheLSMWautomaticallyassignedtheIDsfortheImportedandConverteddata,thismust
matchintheSXDAsteps.

Finally,wegobacktotheSXDAweseetheinput/outputfilesinformed(ifthisdoesnthappen:twocausecanbea
refreshontheSXDAscreen,so/NSXDAorsomeLSMWstepismissing)

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Endofpart1:

Ihopeyouarestartingtoseetheadvantagesofcombiningbothtoolsandlookingforwardtoyourfeedback

Cheers!

Luis

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