LSMW

LSMW- Legacy System Migration Workbench is an SAP tool used for master data upload/
Create into the system. You can use this tool while uploading data from legacy system into R/3 environment or
to create and upload master data of huge amount. This tool follows a step-by-step procedure of 14 steps to
create the master data into the system.

Project: The project serves as an organizational unit used to combine mapping and field assignments.
Subproject: It is subordinated to the Project. For example, if project comprises of complete migration
data for an organization which comprises of several plant, then subproject comprises the data in the individual
plants.
Object: A business object, which is used to transfer the data of a project to the SAP system.

→ Enter Transaction code – ‘LSMW’

→ Click on “Create” icon

→ Enter the Project, Subproject, Object

→ Click on “Create” icon then enter description for Project. (Step by step also enter description for Subproject
& Object)

→ Click on “Execute”. We’ll get all 14 Steps of LSMW

Step 1: Maintain Object Attributes
→ Start the data upload process by selecting the first step radio button
→ Execute

→ Select Batch Input Recording: Here we can create a recording of our own and use it to upload/change data
→ Click on Recordings Overview icon

→ Click on “Create” icon & enter Recording & its description

→ Enter Tcode for which we want to use to upload Master data (IE01) & press Enter (Recording will start)
→ Click on required fields only else unnecessary fields will get captured.

→ Start Entering data step by step to create Equipment Master.

→ After entering all required fields SAVE. Now click on ‘‘Default All’’ to populate the fields of which details are
accommodated in master data.
→ It will show all the captured fields on screen
→ Remove duplicate fields [Select field & click on “Screen Field]

→ SAVE & Click Back

→ The completed recording overview contains the transaction code as shown in below screen.
→ Click Back -> Enter Recording number in “Batch Input Recording” -> SAVE -> Click Back
Step 2: Maintain Source Structures

→ Select the next step radio button and Execute.

→ System then takes you to ‘’Display’’ mode of Source Structure. In ‘’Change’’ mode give the ‘’Source
Structure’’ and ‘’Description’’ -> Click on Create icon

→ System shows the Source Structure created. SAVE and go back.

Step 3: Maintain Source Fields
→ Click button “Object Overview” and select Table View.

→ From Table view, select “TABNAME”, “Type” and “Length” and maintain the excel sheet.
→ Click back & execute
→ Click on Screen field (EQPMNT_STR) then click on “Table Maintenance”

→ Now, maintain the excel sheet values in Source Fields for Source Structure.
(System takes internal table reference and populates the Field description with reference to Field name)
→ SAVE & go back
→ System maintains the source fields as per hierarchy level
→ SAVE & go back
Step 4: Maintain Structure Relations

→ Bring the screen into change mode, Save and then Back
Step 5: Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules
→ Bring the screen into Change mode and then in menu bar, go to Extras -> “Auto Field Mapping”
→ Select the following fields

→ Now accept proposal for all the fields which need to upload
→ After auto field mapping complete, save and back.
Step 6: Maintain Fixed Values, Translations, User-Defined Routines

 Step 7: Specify Files

 Step 8: Assign Files
 Step 9: Read Data
 Step 10: Display Read Data
 Step 11: Convert Data
 Step 12: Display Converted Data
 Step 13: Create Batch Input Session
 Step 14: Run Batch Input Session