Week 2: Migration Object Modeler (File/Staging)

Unit 2: Copying and Extending Delivered Content

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Creating a migration object from a template

Create a migration object from a template

▪ The available functionality is the same as when you
select a migration object in a migration project in the SAP
S/4HANA migration cockpit.
▪ Link to the delivered SAP content is still available
▪ If SAP updates the delivered content, this migration
object will be updated. You can ignore the content
update.
▪ You cannot make changes to the delivered fields
(e.g. change the length of a character field), but you can
add additional fields, which are then marked as customer
fields.

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Copying a migration object

Copying a migration object

▪ The link to the delivered SAP content is no longer
available.
▪ The migration object is similar to a migration object you
created yourself.
▪ If SAP updates the delivered content, this migration
object will not be updated.
▪ You can make any changes you want to this migration
object, as all fields are marked as customer fields (similar
to a migration object you created yourself).
▪ Migration objects can be copied from a staging migration
project into a file migration project and vice versa.

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Creating a migration object

Create a user-defined migration object

If you have specific requirements that are not covered by the
migration objects provided by SAP, you can create user-
defined migration objects.

Will be shown in detail in Unit 3

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Change view of source structure / source structure fields

You can change the

view of a source
structure or source
structure field

▪ You can choose the following options: visible, not visible, required
▪ At least one field must be visible if the corresponding structure is visible
▪ A warning is shown if a key field is set to not visible

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Add new source structure to a lower level

For a newly added structure, you must establish a

foreign key relationship to a structure at a higher
level. To do this, choose the Foreign Key
Relationships button.

The foreign key relationship models how the structures in a migration object relate to each other.
For each primary key field in the foreign key (child) table, at least one relationship to the check (parent) table
must exist (either to a key field or to a non-key field).

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Exclusion of fields/structures in the target structure

Exclusion of fields/structures in target structure settings

▪ Reason: Improves performance during design time when dealing with a complex object and makes
modeling easier
▪ Exclude target structures, which are optional in the corresponding function module and which are not
mapped to any source structure. These target structures no longer appear in the UI of LTMOM.

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Favorite list

You can add projects and migration objects to favorite lists, which are available when you
start transaction LTMOM.

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Demo - Copying and extending a migration object

Migration Object Modeler

Copying and Extending a Migration Object (based on 1909)

Steps shown in the demo:

(1) Adjust bank master migration object
− Add field Post_Bank (Char, 16) to migration object bank
− Change view of bank master fields Bank branch and Bank group
to not visible
− Download the template
(2) Create a migration object from a template (Cost center)
(3) Copy a migration object (G/L account)

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Outlook

Week 2: Migration Object Modeler (File/Staging)

Unit 3: Creating Your Own Migration Object
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