S/4HANA 1809 Migration Cockpit Release News & a few other Hints

Updated 16.11.2018
Hi all
today i had a chance to look at the new version in S/4HANA 1809, so i want to share this updates with you. if you are completely new to the topic of migration cockpit, please also check the links at the end of this document, as the focus of this blog is on the deltas.
what is the motivation to use migration cockpit?

• Migrate data from Non-SAP Systems to SAP S/4HANA
• Migrate data from SAP Systems to SAP S/4HANA
• Greenfield or Migration from R/3, Rollouts by country or business unit
• Generate Testdata/SampleData
• Provide a comprehensive migration solution with no programming required by the customer
• Map data structures between source and target systems
• Easily integrate custom objects
• Reduce test effort
• Make the migration solution auditable

New Features in 1809 FPS0 Migration Cockpit:

New Button in step „convert values“ SKIP SIMULATE IMPORT
so you can imediately starting the Import for a faster process

New Button in step „execute import“ BACK TO CONVERT VALUES
(less clicks)

New Features in 1809 FPS0 Migration Object Modeler
Now it is possible to Simulate Import/Test the Function Module
New function for Mass Rule Proposal




Migration Cockpit Standard Content
(with Migration Object Modeler, you can add you own Objects)

Migration Cockpit Object Name	Business Object Name	Area	Business Object Type
Activity price (restricted)	Activity Price	CO	Master data
Activity type	Activity Type	CO-OM-CCA-MD	Master data
Bank	Bank Master Data	FI	Master data
Bank account balance	Bank Account	FIN-FSCM-FQM	Transactional data
Batch (if Batch is unique at material level)	Batch	LO-BM	Master data
Batch (if Batch level is at plant level)	Batch	LO-BM	Master data
Cash memo record	Bank Account	FIN-FSCM-FQM	Transactional data
Characteristic	Classification Characteristic	CA-CL	Master data
Class	Classification Class	CA-CL	Master data
Condition contract	Condition Contract	LO-GT-CHB	Master data
Consent	Consent Record	CA	Transactional data
Cost center	Cost Center	CO	Master data
Customer	Customer	LO-MD-BP-CM	Master data
Customer (deprecated)	Customer	LO-MD-BP-CM	Master data
Customer – extend existing record by new org levels	Customer	LO-MD	Master data
Customer -extend exist record by new org levels (deprecated)	Customer	LO-MD	Master data
Customer material	Customer Material	SD	Master data
Equipment	Equipment	PM	Master data
Equipment task list	Maintenance Task List	PM	Master data
Exchange rate	Exchange Rate	BC-SRV-BSF-CUR	Master data
FI – Accounts payable open item	Accounting Document	FI	Transactional data
FI – Accounts receivable open item	Accounting Document	FI	Transactional data
FI – G/L account balance and open/line item	Accounting Document	FI	Transactional data
Fixed asset (incl. balances and transactions)	Fixed Asset	FI	Master data + Transactional data
Functional location	Functional Location	PM	Master data
Functional location task list	Maintenance Task List	PM	Master data
G/L account	General Ledger Account	FI-GL-IS	Master data
General task list	Maintenance Task List	PM	Master data
Inspection method	Inspection Method	QM-PT-BD	Master data
Inspection plan	Inspection Plan	QM-PT-IP	Master data
Internal order (restricted)	Internal Order	FI-GL-IS	Transactional data
Legal transaction	Legal Transaction	LCM-LT	Transactional data
Maintenance item	Maintenance Item	PM	Master data
Maintenance plan	Maintenance Plan	PM	Master data
Master inspection characteristic	Inspection Specification	QM-PT-BD	Master data
Material	Material	LO-MD-MM	Master data
Material BOM	Bill of Material	LO-MD-BOM	Master data
Material classification	Classification Valuation/Product	CA-CL	Master data
Material consumption	Product	LO-MD	Master data
Material – extend existing record by new org levels	Product	LO-MD	Master data
Material inspection setting	Product	QM	Master data
Material inventory balance	Material Stock	MM-IM	Transactional data
Material long text	Product	LO-MD	Master data
Material trade classification	Product	MM-IM	Master data
Pricing condition (general)	Price Condition	SD-MD-CM, CO, MM-PUR	Master data
Pricing condition (purchasing)	Price Condition	MM	Master data
Pricing condition (sales)	Price Condition	SD	Master data
Production version	Production Version	PP	Master data
Profit center	Profit Center	FI, CO	Master data
Purchase order (only open PO)	Purchase Order	MM-PUR	Transactional data
Purchase scheduling agreement	Purchase Scheduling Agreement	MM-PUR	Transactional data
Purchasing contract	Purchase Contract	MM-PUR	Transactional data
Purchasing info record- extend existing record	Purchasing Info Record	MM-PUR-VM	Master data
Purchasing info record with conditions	Purchasing Info Record	MM-PUR	Master data
QM/PM catalog code group/code	Inspection Code Group	QM-PT-BD	Master data
QM selected set	Inspection Selected Set	QM-PT-BD	Master data
QM selected set code	Inspection Selected Set	QM-PT-BD	Master data
Routing	Routing	PP-BD-RTG	Master data
Sales contract	Sales Contract	SD	Transactional data
Sales order (only open SO)	Sales Order	SD	Transactional data
Software/Hardware constraint	Software Constraint	PLM-ESD-ESC	Master data
Source list	Source List	MM-PUR	Master data
Supplier	Supplier	LO-MD-BP-VM	Master data
Supplier (deprecated)	Supplier	LO-MD-BP-VM	Master data
Supplier – extend existing record by new org levels	Supplier	LO-MD	Master data
Supplier- extend exist record by new org levels (deprecated)	Supplier	LO-MD	Master data
VC – Variant configuration profile	Variant Configuration Profile	LO-VC	Master data
Work center	Work Center	PP-BD-WKC, QM	Master data
Xceptional case – Material price chng for global currencies	Product	CO-PC-ACT	Master data

this list comes from:
https://rapid.sap.com/bp/#/browse/scopeitemversions/BH5/S4HANA/1809/XX
Login with s-user and click on test script:


Obsolete function module for Business Partner Migration
2506041 – S4TWL – API RFC_CVI_EI_INBOUND_MAIN is not supported from the release S/4 HANA OP 1709 FPS2 and in Cloud Edition 1805 onwards
(Use new Migration Object with new API, the old migration object is still available but ‘deprecated’)


Planned for 1809 FPS1:
New Fiori Application (not a webdynpro any more!) to extract Data directly from R/3 and transfer by RFC and Migration Cockpit into S/4HANA
there is a Filter Condition (Like Company Code), it should be possible to adapt the criteria for the Data Selection.

New Features from older Releases:
1709 FPS2:
New Report DMC_MC_SIMULATE_IMPORT_FILE
with this report you can upload Migration-Files (or staging tables) directly from sapgui without using the browser (faster process for simulations/tests iterations)
also check:
Note 6301833 Run an import simulation for a file migration object
Note 2665339 S/4HANA 1709 FPS01 / FPS02 – Migration – Run an import simulation for a staging migration object

There are new functions for Debugging and create Test-Data in the Simulate Import Report.

Large Files:
Upload Large Files: From 1709 FPS2 its also possible to upload ZIP Files
with Parameter icm/HTTP/max_request_size_KB you can increase the Size Limit to 160MB, this is also the maximum size Limit for the ZIP File.

Staging Tables
It is now possible to use Staging Tables instead of Files as input source for migration cockpit:

so the source-staging-tables are on a different database/schema and can be filled by any tool (abap/sql/etc)
also check this blog:
https://blogs.sap.com/2018/03/13/working-with-staging-tables-in-s4hana-migration-cockpit-onpremise/
be sure you also check the note mentionned in blog as some restrictions are with staging tables compared to file.
it is now also possible to use more than one data Transfer Job in parallel when working with staging tables.


Mandatory Fields
if you want to change fields to be optional, you can do this in /NLTMOM by changing the view:

Goto Detail View / change from ‚Expected‘ to ‚enabled‘
like this you can avoid error message on uploading the files.
(of Course if the function or Customizing requires this field it will produce an error message)

SAP Notes:
Use Report DMC_NOTE_ANALYZER to list all Migration cockpit related notes which have not been implemented.


Further Documentation
https://blogs.sap.com/2017/02/28/getting-started-with-the-s4hana-migration-cockpit-onpremise/
https://blogs.sap.com/2017/06/20/discover-the-s4hana-migration-cockpit-migration-object-modeler-onpremise-nltmom/


Source: https://blogs.sap.com/2018/09/27/s4hana-1809-migration-cockpit-release-news-a-few-other-hints/comment-page-1/#comment-441509