SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit – tips&tricks

SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit – tips&tricks: Hello S/4HANA migration cockpit users,

in this blog we would like to share some best practices, either in documents or short videos.

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MOM: New migration object – Create own function module:

  • In general the API must be a function module (FM) – RFC capability is not required.
  • OData and other techniques are currently not supported by the SAP S/4HANA migration cockpit.
  • The pre-requisites are quite the same as the BAPI definitions in the BAPI Programming Guide
  • The API must not execute ‘COMMIT WORK’ commands. The COMMIT control is handled by the Migration Tool
  • Error Handling: All messages must be returned in a BAPIRET2 formatted table or structure.
  • API should provide a test run flag to simulate the data creation
    • Internal Buffers must be refreshed in case the API is called in test run mode to prevent buffer overflows and performance issues when calling in a loop
  • Consistency Check: Write-enabled API methods must make all the necessary consistency checks to ensure that the modified or newly created instance is consistent.
  • Plausibility Checks: All necessary plausibility checks must be done within the API
  • If some of the prerequisites are not met, you can develop a wrapper (e.g. for old IDocs).

MOM: Which function modules to use with newly created migration objects

  • Only function modules that are released shall be used
  • If a function module is released to be used by customers can be checked easily in SE37 -> „Attributes“ and “Released on” field.
  • Example for a released FM:

  • Example for a FM that is not released:

  • You should also check the SAP Notes for the FMs they want to use to get more information and also error corrections, e.g. RFC_CVI_EI_INBOUND_MAIN: 2506041 – S4TWL – API RFC_CVI_EI_INBOUND_MAIN is obsolete in SAP S/4HANA; 2387032 – Maintain the Task field in the communication segment in RFC_CVI_EI_INBOUND_MAIN; 2518068 – Load Credit Management Data with RFC_CVI_EI_INBOUND_MAIN

Notes:

  • SAP Note 2470789 – “SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit – Cloud data migration template samples”

Videos:

  • How to: Assign Foreign Key for nested structure (Migration Object Modeler)

UI:

  • If you use SAPGUI 7.50 we recommand to unflag “SAP Fiori visual theme”

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