SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit Transport concept between Directly from SAP vs staging tables

[venkateshgolla]

Hello All,

Welcome to Migration cockpit series.

This blog especially talks about new feature that is being introduced in version of 2020 and 2021, that is Transport mechanism.

we have already seen major changes and improvements through 1709 to 2020 via 1809 and 1909 versions.

LTMC deprecated and moved to Fiori successfully.

please check updates here about LTMC different versions:

SAP Data Migration – SAP LTMC and LTMOM / LSMW vs LTMC:

https://blogs.sap.com/2021/08/08/sap-data-migration-sap-ltmc-and-ltmom-lsmw-vs-ltmc/

Migrate your data – Fiori / LTMC / Migration cockpit Decommissioned? or replaced?

https://blogs.sap.com/2021/08/15/ltmc-migration-cockpit-decommissioned-or-replaced/

Migrate your Data – Migration Cockpit / LTMC on SAP Fiori

https://blogs.sap.com/2021/09/26/migrate-your-data-migration-cockpit-ltmc-on-sap-fiori/

 

Before 2020 version, the transport is based on export and import between clients and environments.

Now with SAP S/4HANA, 2020 release SAP has bought Transport Concept into Migration Tools.

Transport concept for 2 different ways

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  • SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit - Migrate Data Directly From SAP
  
  
  • SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit - Migrate Data Using Staging Tables
  
  
  
  

1. Transport Concept, SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit - Migrate Data Directly From SAP

1. The transport functionality used in the migration cockpit is designed to transport from one system to another.


2. Introduced with SAP S/4HANA 2020.


3. You assign a development package while creating a project (SAP Fiori app). Note that it is not possible to change this assignment later.


4. You have the possibility to add projects, migration objects, and rules to a transport request in transaction LTMOM.


5. It is not possible to create or edit projects in non-modifiable systems, they can only be executed. Usually, non-modifiable systems are quality and production systems.

LTMC

Allowed Activities in DEV and QAS/PRD Systems:

Allowed Activities in DEV and QAS/PRD Systems

 

Allowed Activities in DEV and QAS/PRD - Details

Allowed Activities in DEV and QAS/PRD - Details

Transport Between Clients:

The SAP S/4HANA migration cockpit does not support transaction SCC1 or
SCC1N for transporting content from one client to another.

If you want to distribute a project within a system from one client to another, e.g. for testing purposes, proceed as follows :
1. Create transport in client A. You can use category “Workbench” or “Transport of copies”.
2. Add relevant project to the transport (see function in transaction LTMOM).
3. Inform the system administrator to release the transport request in client A.
4. Ask the system administrator to import the transport request manually in client B (e.g. via transaction STMS).

 

System Modifiability:

Connected to the transport functionality (since 2020), configuration is only possible in modifiable environments. This includes
project creation, adding a migration object to a project and all configurations in the migration object modeler (LTMOM).

Projects can only be created with the following settings:
1. Changes must be permitted for objects in the system at global level, cross client level, and client-specific level.
2. The assigned development package must itself be assigned to a modifiable software component and a modifiable namespace.

Check for client-specific and cross-client object changes
in transaction SCC42. Check for general system change options => transaction SE06 (button "System Change Option")

Check for general system change options - transaction SE06 (button System Change Option)

 

Now, lets discuss about Staging tables:

2. SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit - Migrate Data Using Staging Tables

1. The transport functionality used in the migration cockpit is designed to transport content from one system to another.


2. The functionality is available with SAP S/4HANA 2021 onwards for the approach Migrate Data Using Staging Tables.


3. You assign a development package while creating a project (SAP Fiori app). This assignment cannot be changed later.


4. You can add projects, migration objects, and rules to a transport request in transaction LTMOM.


5. It is not possible to create or edit projects in non-modifiable systems, they can only be executed.

• Instances already uploaded to the staging tables will not be transported.
  Only the definition of a rule, fixed value, translation object or variable is added to a transport request and transported. No values, for example mapping values, are included.

Transport Functionality (Migrate Data Using Staging Tables) Concept:

Transport Functionality (Migrate Data Using Staging Tables) Concept

Allowed activities in DEV and QAS/PRD systems:

Allowed activities in DEV and QAS/PRD systems

Allowed activities in DEV and QAS/PRD systems - Details:

Allowed activities in DEV and QAS/PRD systems - Details

 

System Modifiability (Migrate Data Using Staging Tables):

As of SAP S/4HANA 2020 configuration is only possible in modifiable environments.

This includes project creation, adding a migration object to a project and all configurations in the migration object modeler (LTMOM).

Projects can only be created with the following settings:
1. Changes must be permitted for objects in the system at global level, cross client level, and client-specific level.
2. As of SAP S/4HANA 2021, the assigned development package must itself be assigned to a modifiable software component and a modifiable namespace.

1. Check for client-specific and cross-client object changes in transaction SCC4:

Check for client-specific and cross-client object changes

2. Check for general system change options in transaction SE06 (button "System Change Option")

Check for general system change options in transaction SE06 (button System Change Option)

 

The conclusion is:

Overview About Options for Transferring Projects:

Conclusion Overview

 

So far, my suggestion is still to continue with export and import as there is lot to improve in transport mechanism to make it ease to end users.

 

That's all for today, and please share your feedback and post me any more updates regarding this topics, always learning mode.

 

Thanks,

Venkatesh Golla

SAP Data Migration expert.

[Sasi2005]

Hi Venkatesh,

Good blog.

Regards

Sasi

[alecal-66]

Hi Venkatesh,

Great blog.

I would like to know if you have a link or
There is a step-by-step note to transport the DEV systems project to QAS/PRD??

 

Thanks

Best regards