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UnlashingSXDAandLSMWPart2Execution
PostedbyLusPrezGrauinCustomerRelationshipManagement(SAPCRM)onOct9,20144:18:37PM
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Hi!

Thisisthesecondpartofmyserieaboutimprovingthemassdatatransfer(insert,update,delete)experienceusing
LSMWandSXDAandwillbefocusedonthedefinitionofthewholeproject.
Forthedefinitionpleasecheckmypreviousblog:

UnlashingSXDAandLSMWPart1Definition

Step7:Runninganexecution

ToshowhowtheerrorishandledIcreateasmallinputfilewithsomerecordsOK,andsomeotherrecordswitherrors
(16records6errors).

Step7.1:Loadthefiletotheserver

HowmanyofusknowabouttheexistenceofthetransactionCG3Z?Unfortunatelythistransactionbelongstothe
ECCnottoCRM,sowhatwecando?IhearddevelopacustomreporttoperformtheGUI_UPLOAD?NO,becausewe
haveourbelovedSXDA(orviatransactionSXDA_TOOLS)

ThisisanotherverynicefeaturefromSXDA(SXDA_TOOLS)

AsyoualreadyseeIthasmorefunctionalitiesbutIwillfocusonthefilemanagement,soIllcompletethemandatory
datajusttobeallowedtopresstheCopybutton.

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RemembertousethesamenameliketheoneyoudefinedasinputfileintheLSMW(thefilenameiscase
sensitive)

AnybodyisstillmissingCG3ZandCG3Y?

Step7.2:Executingthedatatransferrundefinition

WecaneasilyexecutethedatatransferonlineorprogrammingaBackgroundJob.

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Onourscenario,wearetalkingabout16recordsoIwillexecuteitonline.

Step7.3:Analyzingtheresults

Asyoucansee10recordswherecorrectlyprocessedand6witherror,becarefulhere,becausethenumberscan
confuseyou,inthistestIchangedthepackagesizeto1,sowillbe1commitpertransaction,butIfchangedthe
packagesizeto3,willcountthenumberofpacketswitherror,notthetotalamountoferrors,soyouneedtogointothe
detailtoseetheexactamountoferrors.

Step7.4:Fixtheerrors.

AnotheradvantageofusingSXDAwiththeoptionWriteIDoctoerrorfilescheckedistheoptiontomodifydirectlythe
IDocformatfileandreprocessthedatatransferwithonlytheonesyoufixed,thisisprettycool,theonlythingI
dontlikeisforeachstep,oneSAPGUIsessionisopen,soensureyouonlyhavemandatorysessionsopenedand
closetheotherones,evenwiththat,maybeyou'llendwithoneactivesession(SXDAscreen),dependshowyour
systemisconfigured

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WewilldealwiththeErrorfileoptionsinordertofixthedataandreprocessitagain,theerrorfilewillopenthewhole
errorfileinALVformat,theerrorfilelinewillopenthesegmentwheretheerrorwasdetected,thisoptionisnotalways
availableforalltheinterfaces,forexamplewiththeBusinessPartnerdatatransferitonlyappearedtheInputFileand
theErrorfileoptions.

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TheIDocsareseparatedbycolors(redtheErroneousIDocweselectedintheprevioussteps,greenseparateseach
IDoc,yellowtheIDocdata)attheendisaliteversionoftheWE19,youcanadd,remove,duplicate,segments,andof
courseyoucaneditthevalues,thelatestwillbediscussedbelow.

Doubleclickonthewrongsegment,thisisthemostpainfulpart,howyoucanknowthewrongIDocsegment?,
rememberyounotalwayshavetheoptionoftheErrorfileLine,youshouldknowthereasonoftheerror,thiscanbe
foundinthesecondstepofthelognavigationviatheerrormessage,sometimesismoreintuitive,sometimesisless,
youknowwhatImtalkingabout.

OnceyoufiguredoutwhatcanbewrongyouneedtochecktheIDocsegments,butwhichone?Onewayischeckthe
segmentnameintheLSMWorusingWE30andfinditinthelistusingthesearch(CTRL+F).

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Oncethechangesaremade,remembertosaveandensurethesuccessmessagepopsup,otherwiseyoucan
wastesomeprecioustimeinstupiderrors.

Step7.4:Resumetherunningexecution
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Step7.4:Resumetherunningexecution

Sourcesofinterest:

HelpSAPdocuments:

DataTransferWorkbenchSAPLibrary
LegacySystemMigrationWorkbenchSAPLibrary

SCNblogs:
LSMWLongtextloadbyDirectInputmethod
LSMWandXIFIdocmethod
LSMWMaterialmasterbyBAPImethodPart1
LSMWmigrationwithIDOCmethodandusingIDOCassourcePart2:Import

andalongetc.

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Endofpart2:

Ihopeyouenjoyedtheblogsandlookingforwardtoyourfeedback

Cheers!

Luis

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Topics:customer_relationship_managementTags:lsmw,data_transfer,sxda

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