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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION .................................................
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1. Create
Create a projec
project,t, sub proje
projectct and
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2. Create
Create Recordin
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3. Maintain
Maintain object
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4. Maintain
Maintain Source
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5. Maintain
Maintain source fields..............
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6. Maintain
Maintain Structure
Structure relation
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7. Maintain
Maintain field
field mapping
mapping and and conversi
conversion on rules.........
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8. Specify
Specify file
file for
for upload
upload and and create
create a file file for
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9. Assign
Assign files.....
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10. Read data.....
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11. Display
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12. Convert
Convert data....
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13. Display
Display convert
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14. Create
Create Batch
Batch input
input session
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15. Run Batch
Batch input session
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION .................................................
.........................................................................
................................................
.......................... 3
1. Create
Create a projec
project,t, sub proje
projectct and
and object
object ..........
...............
.........
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......4
.4
2. Create
Create Recordin
Recordings.......
gs............
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3. Maintain
Maintain object
object attribut
attributes........
es.............
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......26
.26
4. Maintain
Maintain Source
Source Structu
Structure re ..........
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.........29
...29
5. Maintain
Maintain source fields..............
fields...................
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6. Maintain
Maintain Structure
Structure relation
relations s ..........
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7. Maintain
Maintain field
field mapping
mapping and and conversi
conversion on rules.........
rules...............
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.......45
.45
8. Specify
Specify file
file for
for upload
upload and and create
create a file file for
for upload
upload ..........
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.......56
..56
9. Assign
Assign files.....
files..........
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10. Read data.....
data.........
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11. Display
Display Read
Read data..........
data...............
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12. Convert
Convert data....
data.........
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13. Display
Display convert
converted ed data........
data.............
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14. Create
Create Batch
Batch input
input session
session .........
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15. Run Batch
Batch input session
session...............
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INTRODUCTION
It is a very importan
i mportantt tool and easy to learn and master it.
LSMW has a recording tool which can record the transaction and the fields to be
uploaded.
Thus upload of master data and transaction data is made very simple in this tool.
You can use this tools in almost all modules for upload of master data and too
some extent transaction data also.
In other modules likewise you can upload other sets of master data.
In this book we cover the creation of a Vendor master data with accounting
view.
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Click to continue.
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Create a subproject
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2. Create Recordings
Now we will proceed to Recordings since we want to record a transaction (Create
Vendor Master data)
Important:
P l e as e n o t e t h a t b e f o r e y o u s t a r t t h e r e c o r d i n g y o u s h o u l d f i r s t a c t u a l l y
p e r f o rm t h i s t r a n s ac t i o n m a n u a ll y a n d p l an w h a t d a t a y o u w a n t t o c a p t u r e
f o r u p l o a d p u r p o s e . Th i s i s r e q u i r ed s o t h a t y o u a v o i d d o i n g m i s t ak e s w h i l e
recording.
W h i l e re c o r d i n g y o u s h o u l d n o t p r e s s en t e r i n b e tw e e n , y o u s h o u l d o n l y
p r e s s e n t e r a f t er y o u h a v e c o m p l e t e d e n t e r i n g a l l t h e d e t a i l s o n t h a t s c r e en .
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Update the following:-
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Update the following:-
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Update the following:-
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Click to save the vendor master data.
Make a note of these fields since they will be required later on.
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3. Maintain object attributes
Here we maintain the attributes of the object VENDORS. We link the recording
created to the object VENDORS.
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4. Maintain Source Structure
Notice that the radio button has automatically moved to the next step Maintain
source structures. Each time you perform a transaction the radio button moves to
the next step automatically.
Also notice on the extreme right hand side under the column Last action (date,
time, and user). This is updated with information each time the transaction is
performed.
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Now we need to update the fields which you have captured i n the recording.
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All the fields shown in column J needs to be mapped
Now go to SAP LSMW screen and copy and paste all these fields from excel.
To know the length of fields, go to the transaction code FK01 and enter the
vendor code you just now saved. In our case we saved vendor code 100001
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6. Maintain Structure relations
We actually don’t do anything except click on change button and click on save
button.
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Position the cursor on and click
Double click
If you want to default the company code position the cursor on BUKRS and click
Double click
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Sometime you get a message ignore it. This is because you have maintained the
length of the field which is more than the target field. If the source field is longer
than the target field the text such as name, address could get truncated.
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8. Specify file for upload and create a file for upload
Here you attach the text file for upload.
Skip the Step Maintain fixed values, translations, user defined routines
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Before we attach the file for upload, we must create this the file.
Now update the data for vendors to be uploaded into the system.
Save this file as an excel template for upload of Vendor master.
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Check the text file to see if it is ok , whether it has no double quotes etc.
There are some double quotes in the file, we need to remove this
Update the following:-
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Close this file.
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9. Assign files
We just click on change button and save the assignment.
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Double click
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12. Convert data
In this step the read data is converted.
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In this step we display the converted data. Again you should see one or 2
records to see that they are converted correctly.
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Double click on
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14. Create Batch input session
In this step we create the Batch input session for the upload data. The data is not
updated when you create Batch input session.
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15. Run Batch input session
In this step, we execute the Batch input session. Data i s actually updated here.
We should first execute the Batch input session for a few records in foreground.
After testing that the data is getting uploaded correctly, then you can execute this
session in the background.
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Select
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Run the first record in foreground.
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After verifying that the first record is uploaded correctly, you can now run the
batch input session in background.
Now again select and process in background for the next record
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