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Migrate Your Data With DMC: Successor of LTMC & LSMW: Scenario

The document discusses how to use the Data Migration Cockpit (DMC) tool in SAP S/4HANA to migrate legacy data into the SAP system. It provides an overview of the DMC and its predecessors, and outlines the 25 step process for creating a migration project to upload G/L account master data as an example.

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Migrate Your Data With DMC: Successor of LTMC & LSMW: Scenario

The document discusses how to use the Data Migration Cockpit (DMC) tool in SAP S/4HANA to migrate legacy data into the SAP system. It provides an overview of the DMC and its predecessors, and outlines the 25 step process for creating a migration project to upload G/L account master data as an example.

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Migrate your data with DMC: successor

of LTMC & LSMW


Updated: Dec 7, 2023
Data Migration Cockpit (DMC) in SAP is a tool within the SAP system that is used to migrate
data from Legacy data system into the SAP S/4 HANA system.
The DMC in SAP S/4HANA offers a user-friendly interface for managing various aspects of the
data migration process, including data mapping, upload, and error handling. It aims to simplify
and accelerate the migration of business data.
Users can use the DMC to define mapping rules, execute data migration activities, monitor the
progress of migrations, and handle any errors that may occur during the process.

Evolution of Data Migration tool over time by SAP

LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench) - In S/4 HANA, LSMW was


redundant and was not be used anymore. Instead, LSMON (Migration Object Modeler) and
LTMC functionality was Introduced.
LTMC (Legacy Transfer Migration Cockpit) -Here ready-made templates were
available to upload the data. later, Transaction LTMC was deprecated and now can no longer be
used to migrate data to SAP S/4HANA.
DMC (Data Migration Cockpit) - DMC is advanced Version of LTMC in S/4 HANA,
SAP came up with this New Tool using Fiori Application to Migrate Data.

Scenario :
Let's try to create the below G/L Accounts in mass for Company Code
ADD1.
G/L Text A/c Type Account Group Co.Element Field Status

Bank Account X ASST(100000) YB05

Share Capital X LIAB (200000) YB01

Asset Sale X REVN(300000) YB29


Salaries Paid P EXPN(400000) 01 YB04

Steps to Migrate G/L Master data into SAP system :


( DMC tool in S/4 HANA work with Fiori Application)

STEP 1: To open FIORI launchpad, use Transaction code ui2/flp in SAP GUI screen.

STEP 2: Log on to Fiori with user credentials in the Web Browser.

STEP 3: Search for keyword "Data Migration Cockpit " Application in the Search bar.

STEP 4: Click on create and select Migrate Data using Staging Table to create Migration
Project.
STEP 5: Provide name to Create New Project.

STEP 6: Select as Local Package and proceed to Step 3.

STEP 7: Choose the migration object based on the data you want to migrate (e.g., customers,
vendors, materials) and move the "Migration Objects" to right side which is to be migrated(or
to be created) in SAP System and click on Review.
STEP 8: After Review, click on Create Project to Save your New Project.

STEP 9: Go back to the DMC screen, select the New Project and click on arrow below.

Process of DMC Project -


STEP 10: Click on "Download Template" to download Sheet of your Migration Objects fields.
The template file with predefined column headers and structures for a specific migration object
serves as a guide for organizing data in the correct format before uploading it into the system

STEP 11: Select File type in XML File and click OK (to fill values in Excel Sheet)

STEP 12: Select the Download file and open in MS Excel.

STEP 13: Fill the required fields of Migration object data in the sheets which you want to
migrate into system and save.
STEP 14: Click on "Upload file" to Upload the prepared data files to the Data Migration
Cockpit.

STEP 15: Click on upload to select the Saved Excel file.

STEP 16 : Select your Excel file and click on open.


STEP 17 : Click on "Prepare" to create Staging tables.

STEP 18: Select Prepare Staging Tables and bring the data from source tables of migration
Objects. Prepare Staging Tables is setting up temporary database tables where data can be
initially loaded before being transferred to the final production tables

STEP 19: Select "Mapping Tasks" which shows all values to check & confirm your Data
before you migrate it into SAP System.
STEP 20: If no Error or no Changes to be made, Select all Mapping values and Confirm.

STEP 21: Click on OK to proceed to next Step.

STEP 22 : Select "Simulate" to run a simulation to check for any errors or issues that might
occur during the actual data load.

STEP 23: Click on Start Simulation


STEP 24: Review the simulation results in monitoring screen and If simulation is successful
without errors then proceed to click on "Migrate", last Step of Migration Process where Data
Actually gets uploaded into System.

STEP 25: Click on "Start Migration" .

Migration Project "Monitoring" is a screen which shows the Progress and status of project.

The below Project progress show 100% Completed.

Check in S/4 system, as you can see below, the G/L Accounts in screen FS00 is successfully
created.
Similarly, you can also migrate any master data and transactional data of other SAP Modules.
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