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When it comes to data migration, choosing the right approach for your organization can be overwhelming. This comprehensive guide not only leads you through project planning, but also gives you step-by-step instructions for executing your migration with LSMW, SAP Data Services, the batch input technique, and more. Whether you´re moving to the cloud, migrating to SAP S/4HANA, or replacing a legacy system, let us smooth the way.

Planning and Selection Criteria
Get the tools you need to plan your data migration, from project management to terminology and procedure, to criteria for selecting the best migration tool for the job.

Migration Methods
Understand the tools and methods for data migration without programming: batch input, IDocs, ALE, the LSMW, SAP Data Services, and SAP Activate.

Cloud Migration and SAP S/4HANA
Explore options for migration to the cloud with SAP Business ByDesign and SAP Cloud for Customer. Then, discover pathways for data migration to SAP S/4HANA.

Highlights:

Legacy data
Migration planning
Batch input
IDocs and ALE
Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW)
SAP Data Services
Rapid Data Migration
Cloud migration
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Activate

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Densborn, Frank
Frank Densborn is a product manager for SAP Rapid Deployment solutions in the technology area, focusing on data migration and cloud integration. Frank is the package owner of SAP´s Rapid Data Migration rapid-deployment solution packages and is also working on integrating SAP´s cloud solutions with the on premise world. He joined SAP in 2004 holding various roles in development, education, support, and product management.

Gradl, Johann
Johann Gradl was born in 1961. He studied mathematics and computer science at the Technische Universität München (Munich Polytechnic University) from 1980 to 1986 and-after a hiatus during which he performed his civil service duty-he completed his doctorate in mathematics from 1988 to 1990. Johann Gradl joined SAP in 1993. He initially worked in the R/2 Services department, and then turned his attention to the area of data migration. He was a driving force behind the development o f the Legacy Sy stem Migration Workbench described in this book. He subsequently performed various tasks related to the development of Customer Relationship Management (CRM). In his current position of Vice President for Installed Base Maintenance & Support, he is responsible for the products CRM and BW, among others.

Willinger, Michael
Michael Willinger was born in 1971 in Heidelberg, Germany. He studied business administration at the University of Mannheim from 1990 to 1996, focusing on bank management, financing, auditing, fiduciary structures, and statistics. He first encountered SAP R/3 during his graduate studies in business data processing; it has had a major impact on his career path ever since. From 1998 to 2001, Michael Willinger worked as an SAP consultant (focus: Financial Accounting) at Bilfinger & Berger AG, a construction firm, before he moved to Tarkett Sommer Holding, an internationally active manufacturer of flooring. At present, he is the project manager for the global implementation of the R/3 Financial Accounting and Controlling modules.

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