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  mstier 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello
  we are using this in a project right now. I can ask our migration officer.
  Are there any specific questions?
  Greetings
  mstier

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  joergsiebert (Author)10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello mstier,
  I would be interested in the tool compared to LSMW.
  Is it easy to transfer master data (G/L accounts, BP) or transaction data (new asset accounting) from an Excel template ? How does the processing work (batch input?) and how it with the postprocessing of incorrect data records ?
  Such an exchange of experience from a project is absolutely valuable.
  Many greetings
  Jörg

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  AnjaMI 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello,
  SAP's marketing promises that everything is automated and that good templates are included in the scope.
  I would also be interested to know how much customization is still required, or whether it is "plug and play".
  And the license question is interesting (duration, assessment basis, etc.).
  Thanks a lot
  Anja

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  joergsiebert (Author)10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Yes, the templates are good and can be filled using Excel.
  

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  perpetuum.mobile 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  SG_ANJS:

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  ...And the license question is interesting (duration, assessment basis, etc.)
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  Should be included in every S4 license as well as a Data Integrator license for Data Services Load.

  
  in 1610 was really the problem that you could not create business partners with multiple roles. SAP has now fixed this in 1709, there are separate migration objects for this. But there is still no migration object for GL accounts.
  Problem is m.E. a permanent use as a tool for automation. I recently had users who wanted to use the tool as part of a normal Fiori launchpad as a mass load tool in a regular process. SAP still does not have a solution for this and LTMC is not suitable for this either.

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  exberliner 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello Together,
  there is an OpenSAP course that started today. I have no practical experience so far. The Migration COckpit is included in every S4 license.
  Greetings
  Exberliner
  

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  joergsiebert (Author)10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  The openSAP course is based on 1610, is good and can be found via the following link
  https://open.sap.com/courses/s4h8
  Looks like the original LSMW development team is now working on the LTMC.
  It was also interesting to see the differences between the OnPremise and Cloud versions.
  For example, the Migration Object Modeler is only available for OnPremise.
  For the cloud, you have to work with the pre-built content from SAP.
  I found it hard to get used to seeing the target structure on the left and the source structure on the right in the view.
  But that is supposed to be swapped with 1709.
  VG
  Jörg

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  exberliner 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello Jörg,
  I have also heard about the swapped view. I have installed 1709 in MS Azure, the target structure is still on the left and the source structure on the right, if I see it correctly.
  The question is how practical the tool is and what is the maximum amount of data that can be transferred with it. When I think about the data transfers in the migration projects, I am not sure. It seems that you need data services for the mass data.

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  perpetuum.mobile 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  The tool comes already quickly from upload limits. We had last a bank directory and that also had to be split into individual files, because otherwise the upload / processing fails. Can certainly correct with the right RZ10 parameters, but as simple as a LSMW (with proper knowledge provided) it is not yet.
  However, I find the approach of the migration objects quite good. It is clear in which order and with which templates data can be imported. And SAP's strategy is clearly cloud edition. First it is developed for CE and then released for OP. If something is not needed for CE, it is not available for OP. Hence the problem, for example, with the fielding objects for GL accounts - according to SAP, this is not necessary for CE.
  In my opinion, the approach itself is good. However, I would rather wish for a tool that maps mass activities (including migration) as a general process.

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  hirco428 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello!
  Know me unfortunately with the Migration Cockpit not yet at all, so I'm already glad that I'm not just too stupid to find the object for the GL accounts, but that there really is not yet.
  So what is the best way to load the G/L accounts? Still using good old LSMW, or should I try to build a Migration Object in Modeler? (we are on 1709 OP)
  Thanks in advance
  Corinna

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  vonclaudia 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  I have never worked with the LSMW before.
  Can I still learn how the tool works or should I take a course?
  Is there any documentation on how to learn it on my own?
  But it offers on the whole the same possibilities as the LSMW?

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  dieterunger 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello,
  I have a question about the Migration Cockpit. There are the objects Customer and Vendor. In S4, they become mandatory business partners. Does the Migration Cockpit do this automatically, especially with regard to the new features in 2018 that offers data extraction from SAP sources.
  Best regards
  Dieter Unger

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  User #17958 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello everyone,
  Are there any experiences with LTMC in the meantime. Especially with the Migration Object Modeler for S/4HANA OnPremise. TX= LTMOM.
  We would like to transfer G/L accounts (table SKA1, SKB1, SKAT) from Excel template to new S/4HANA - Green Field variant soon.
  Thank you and best regards
  oal

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  MrBojangles 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello oal,
  Note 2515151 briefly discusses the topic of G/L account migration under S/4. The rather sobering tenor is that there is no standard migration object "G/L account" and will not exist in the short term. So you have to build something yourself with LTMOM, of course at your own risk etc....
  I have just migrated G/L account masters with the good old LSMW from Excel to S/4 1709 on premise in a customer project. But for this you have to choose the transfer procedure via IDOC (message type GLMAST). The standard inbound processing of GLMAST is already fully adapted to S/4, i.e. including cost element data. Worked flawlessly.
  Maybe this will help you...
  Have fun with SAP...
  Cheers
  MrB.
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  C.Schweitzer 10/20/23, 9:15 AM

  Hello Together,
  although a bit late... For the last two questions... With 1809 there's now also the possibility of G/L migration in LTMC.
  But I would have another question about this:
  We have now uploaded a new chart of accounts in the test system. However, there have been some changes on the company code level, which I would like to automate. However, I do not want to do this via the mass change function, because it is too time-consuming.
  When trying to upload a new template, I only got the warning that the accounts to be changed all already exist in the target system. I went through the whole migration process once, but unfortunately the changes did not arrive on the target system.
  Does anyone happen to have experience with this and know if there is a way somewhere in this regard to allow records to be changed via the LTMC?
  Thanks for a short info and best regards
  Carsten

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  Tilli0401 10/20/23, 9:16 AM

  C.Schweitzer:

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  Hello everyone,
  although a bit late... For the last two questions... With 1809 there is now also the possibility of G/L migration in LTMC.
  But I would have another question:
  We have now uploaded a new chart of accounts in the test system. However, there have been some changes on the company code level, which I would like to automate. However, I don't want to do this via the mass change function, as it is too time-consuming.
  When I tried to upload a new template, I only received the warning that the accounts to be changed all already exist in the target system. I went through the whole migration process once, but unfortunately the changes didn't arrive on the target system.
  Does anyone happen to have experience with this and know if there is a way somewhere to allow the change of records via the LTMC?
  Thanks for a short info and best regards
  Carsten
  

  
  Hello - according to SAP, the Migration Cockpit can only be used for new data creation. Once the data is in the system the changes have to be done in another way.
  Many greetings
  Tilli

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  Tilli0401 10/20/23, 9:16 AM

  Hello,
  Here are my experiences, after I have recently dealt more intensively with the LTMC and the LTMOM.
  The LTMC is a good alternative to the LSMW, especially for those users who have never dealt with the LSMW. BUT the structure or arrangement of the columns in the templates does not correspond to the arrangement of the columns in an unprocessed download from an ECC system. I.e. either each column must be copied and pasted individually, which is of course very error-prone, or you "tinker" a Quick Viewer, in which the corresponding columns are sorted correctly. Adjusting the template via LTMOM is also possible, but here only one column can be moved in the order at a time, which is very time consuming. If someone has a better idea, I am open for everything...........
  Another point is that there are simply missing fields that exist in the SAP system, but not in the template, and these must then be added. Is in the LTMOM also not quite so difficult, in the material master, however, that was with us more than 90 (!) Fields, so also very time-consuming.
  Furthermore I miss the migration object for the business partner. Customers and vendors are created with the general role Business Partner, but if I have already done a Customer-Vendor-Integration in the legacy system, there is no separate object for this. Would be happy if someone who has already had experience here shares it with me.
  Best regards
  Tilli

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  C.Schweitzer 10/20/23, 9:16 AM

  Hello together,
  I have 2 topics. On the one hand, there have been some changes with SAP Migration Cockpit. So I can now use the LTMC also for cross-system migration scenarios via RFC. You can find more information here:
  https://www.sap.com/documents/2017/07/26...a71af511fa.html
  Furthermore I am currently facing a new problem. In the meantime you can also migrate G/L accounts via the cockpit. We are currently on S/4 1909 SP2.
  An initial upload has also worked wonderfully. Both the A-Segment and the B-Segment (for one company code) were migrated successfully.
  Now I want to migrate exactly the same accounts but also in another company code. Problem with this... The tab for the A-Segment is mandatory. Now when I update the upload file with another company code, I get an error message for every single G/L account that it already exists in the chart of accounts. This is correct, since it has already been successfully uploaded. But if now in the template the entry of the general account data is obligatory, but the data may not be entered again.... How do I then get the accounts created in additional company codes?
  Does anyone of you already have experience or an idea?
  Thank you for your support and best regards
  Carsten

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  Plucinski 10/20/23, 9:16 AM

  Hello,
  if only the same B segments should be uploaded, this sounds like the report
  RFBISA10 RFBISA20
  With kind regards
  Jens Plucinski
  www.jensplucinski.de
  Consultant Business Economist SAP FI

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  C.Schweitzer 10/20/23, 9:16 AM

  Hello Jens,
  yes, the reports are of course also available and would certainly also work as a workaround.
  However, I already have the templates and I think I must be able to expect from such a tool that I can migrate only company code data. With the conventional LSMW this was also possible without further ado.
  I just tried to set the template tab for the general data in LTMOM (Migration Object Modeller) from Required to Visible, but I get the following error message:
  The visibility of the header structure cannot be changed
  Message no. CNV_DMC_VM020
  The OSS doesn't spit out anything on this unfortunately, but I'm pretty sure I've had a similar situation in the past where I was then able to change a tab in the template to optional.
  I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong, or if so much has changed between 1709 and 1909 after all.
  VG
  Carsten

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