7.

CVI CONVERSION ON PREMISE SYSTEM CONVERSION

To ensure a successful conversion, all Customers, Vendors and Contacts in all clients in the respective system must be converted to Business Partners. This

is also true for the Business Partners that are already in use. When the Customer/Vendor transformation process is triggered, the system posts all required

fields into the Business Partner. The BP transaction is the single point of entry to create, edit, and display master data for Business Partners, Customers, and

Vendors.

The entire Business Partner data transfer including conversion and Business Partner post processing activities usually takes place in four phases, which are illustrated in the

following diagram.

Figure 3: CVI Conversion Process.

The transformation steps Preparation and Synchronization are described in detail in this document and must be executed in the defined sequence and must

be repeated in case of errors. The conversion Process must be triggered following to the SAP S/4HANA Conversion guide. The activities in the Post

Processing step are also described in the beforementioned document.

Master data for Vendor and Customer is widely used within ERP. Therefore, it is critical to ensure that customizing settings are maintained correctly to

transform data completely during conversion without additional settings. The keys for a smooth synchronization of the ERP Customer/Vendor into the SAP

S/4HANA system with the Business Partner as the leading object are not only Business Partner Know-How, but also consistent Customer/Vendor data and

valid and consistent Customer/Vendor and Business Partner customizing entries. For this reason, the Customer/Vendor data must be cleansed before it can

be converted into the SAP S/4HANA Business Partner (see also chapter 7.2.5 Configuration and Master Data Issues for possible issues based on wrong or

missing customizing and master data quality).

7.1. Preparation

7.1.1. Implement S/4HANA Pre-Checks

SAP supports your conversion project by providing pre-checks that identify the steps you need to take to ensure your system is compatible with the

conversion process.

The SAP S/4HANA Transition Checks are intended for mandatory checks and its use is enforced by the upgrade tool. The upgrade tool will ensure that the

SAP S/4HANA Transition Checks are executed and that the transition is performed only when all checks have been completed successfully.