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Introduction:
This document details the usage of BAPI in LSMW. We have used the example of migration of the
purchase order data into SAP.
Pre-requisites:
It is assumed that the reader of this article has the minimum knowledge required on the Business Object,
BAPI, Message Types and IDoc Types.
Step-by-Step Procedure:
Method: CreateFromData
Message Type: PORDCR
Let’s have a look at the BAPI first, before proceeding to the LSMW:
1. Go to Transaction BAPI
2. Click on Search Button
3. Enter the value “BUS2012” and select “Obj.type(Technical Object Name”
4. Press ENTER
5. Following screen appears:
2. Enter the Project, Subproject and Object information and click on CREATE.
5. “IDoc Inbound Processing” screen appears. Enter the required details as shown below:
Method: CreateFromData
Hit ENTER
12. Save and click on BACK button. Following information message is displayed.
14. In this step, we need to maintain the source structure. In our example, lets consider the example of a
file with 2 structures Head and Item data as shown below:
Click on Create and name the source structure as HEADERDATA. Now select HEADERDATA and
click on “Create” again to create the child structure. Following popup appears:
Select “Lower Level” and click on Continue. Enter the Item data structure name.
Similarly do the same for the structure E1BPEKKOA, E1BPEKPOC and E1BPPEKET.
19. Select the step “Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules” and click on execute. Maintain the
Field Mapping as seen below:
20. Select step 7 “Maintain Source Files” and provide the link for the test file created. (Create a test file with
the same structure as defined earlier).
Assign the file provided to the source structure. Here the same file is provided for both the structures.
Save and return to the main screen.
Click on Execute.
27. Now select the step “Start IDoc Processing” on the main screen.
28. Return to main screen and click on “Create IDoc overview”. Here the data record and status records of
the IDoc could be viewed: