19 Data import

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© beas group 2011 / Page 3 Requirements for this Tutorial What you should successfully master The basics of SAP The basics of be.as, knowledge of data structure Basics of SQL

© beas group 2011 / Page 4 Learning Targets After working through the lesson, you will be able to: Import and convert databases Adjust databases

© beas group 2011 / Page 5 Agenda Data import 1: General 2: Working with the import program 3: Step by step

© beas group 2011 / Page 6 Data import Which program? Standard- SAP-Tables + UDF + UDT Be.as- and own tables DTW (by SAP) Be.as – Import - Program Be.as – Script, suitable for iterations and complex import tasks

© beas group 2011 / Page 7 Data import The be.as import - program Advantages:  Full integration in be.as  Many functions for import and conversion  Data source can be converted and processed after import,useful for multiple imports Disadvantages:  No accuracy check of the imported data

© beas group 2011 / Page 8 Data import General structure of the process Data source Filter + Conversion Data target Assignment

© beas group 2011 / Page 9 Data import Data source Every ODBC- capable data base Any text file NO Excel-files! NO Excel-files! Tables from be.as and SAP Current data base

© beas group 2011 / Page 10 Data import Data target Complete and simple Interfaces for Resource Operation Item Routing Bill of Materials Customers Addresses Contact Persons Prices Warehouse Attendance Complex and hazardous Interface: Manually defined source file

© beas group 2011 / Page 11 Agenda Data import 1: General 2: Working with the import program 3: Step by step

© beas group 2011 / Page 12 Data import Import definition target Additional source defition Assigment of source fields to target fields source

© beas group 2011 / Page 13 Data import Import from text file

© beas group 2011 / Page 14 Data import Import from data base

© beas group 2011 / Page 15 Data import Field assignment ag_id 123- Select ‘123‘-‘ ‘ select case when x=y then ‘ ‘ else ‘ ‘ end

© beas group 2011 / Page 16 Data import Manually define target

© beas group 2011 / Page 17 Data import Performing the import

© beas group 2011 / Page 18 Summary You can now: Import and convert databases Adjust databases

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