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Migrating from SAP WM to Embedded EWM

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by SAP PRESS on December 10, 2020

Organizations requiring migration to SAP S/4HANA should first decide if they want to use
standalone SAP EWM or embedded EWM. In this post, we’ll discuss tools for migration from WM to
embedded EWM in SAP S/4HANA.

To help organizations with successful master data cutover from old to new systems, SAP has
provided standard tools for migrating master data from WM to embedded EWM. The reports for
such a migration can be accessed from SAP Easy Access path Logistics > SCM Extended
Warehouse Management > Extended Warehouse Management > Interfaces > Migration from
LE-WM.

The usual process for data migration from each of these reports consists of multiple steps:

1. Download data from the source WM warehouse in SAP ERP to a CSV file.

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2. After the data is downloaded from the source system in a CSV file, the data is checked for data
consistency and validation by the business data team.
3. Upload the CSV file to SAP S/4HANA via the Upload

Warning: For the migration tool to work, ensure that the source warehouse in SAP S/4HANA is
mapped to the target embedded EWM warehouse; otherwise, the report will error out.

Migration of Warehouse Product Data

The warehouse product migration report is used to migrate not only warehouse-specific product
data but also data such as fixed bin assignments, palletization, and more. This is the most important
data migration report as it helps business teams migrate the most crucial and high-volume data
from WM to embedded EWM.

The reports for such a migration can be accessed from SAP Easy Access path: Logistics > SCM
Extended Warehouse Management > Extended Warehouse Management > Interfaces >
Migration from LE-WM > Warehouse Product Migration. They can also be accessed from
Transaction /SCWM/MIG_PRODUCT.

As shown in the figure below, this tool provides a two-step process to migrate warehouse products
from WM to embedded EWM in SAP S/4HANA. In the first step, data is downloaded in a CSV file
from various material tables, such as tables MLGN, MLGT, MARA, and so on, from the SAP S/4HANA
system on either the local desktop or on the application server. The same template is then used to
upload data from the local desktop or application server to SAP S/4HANA from the same transaction
screen but by using the Upload option.

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The process is a bit different if we want to download the packaging and unit of measure (UoM) data.
In this case, the data is downloaded from WM to a TXT file, and then this data is uploaded to
embedded EWM using report /SCWM/IPU. The process to update data in embedded EWM from the
source WM system is the same as for all the other objects. In each case, different source structures

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and fields are read from WM, and different fields in embedded EWM are populated as target fields
based on how the objects are created in embedded EWM.

Now, let’s look at some important sections and fields required to understand the workings of this
tool:

Direction

This section contains filters for whether you want to download data from WM or upload to
embedded EWM. You can download product master data, fixed bin assignments, palletization, and
WM UoM from WM. This data can then be updated to the embedded EWM application based on
selections made in this setting.

Data Source

This field contains the business system of the SAP ERP system from which data is to be pulled into a
CSV file for the target SAP S/4HANA system.

Data Selection

This section contains the selection screen for bins that need to be extracted into the source file. You
can select all bins for a given warehouse or for select storage types at the warehouse level. You can
also drill down to the names of the products that need to be extracted.

Conversion Rules

This section contains the name of the destination embedded EWM-specific warehouse that has been
created to map the warehouse in SAP S/4HANA to which the data is to be uploaded.

File Destination

The source file can be downloaded on the local system or application server from WM, or it can be
uploaded from the local system or application server to SAP S/4HANA depending on the selection
here.

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Display Control

The selections in this section control the display of logs for downloaded data and errors if needed.

Storage Bin Migration

The next data object that can be migrated from WM to embedded EWM is storage bin data. As
shown below, storage bins can be downloaded from a source SAP ERP system along with bin master
and/or sortation data in a CSV file; as a second step, they can be uploaded to the embedded EWM
system.

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The reports for such a migration can be accessed from SAP Easy Access path Logistics > SCM
Extended Warehouse Management > Extended Warehouse Management > Interfaces >

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Migration from LE-WM > Storage Bin Migration; they also can be accessed from Transaction
/SCWM/MIG_BIN.

Stock Migration
The next data object that can be migrated from WM to embedded EWM is stock data. As shown in
the next figure, stock data can be downloaded from the source SAP ERP system in a CSV file and
then can be uploaded to the SAP S/4HANA system.

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The stock migration report is /SCWM/MIG_STOCK, which can be accessed from SAP Easy Access
path Logistics > SCM Extended Warehouse Management > Extended Warehouse Management
> Interfaces > Migration from LE-WM > Stock Migration.

Physical Inventory Completeness

The next data object that can be migrated from WM to embedded EWM is physical inventory
completeness. When you migrate the stock from WM to embedded EWM, although the stock of a
product is migrated, there are inventory documents that are created but not completed. As such, the
physical inventory completeness needs to be migrated to SAP S/4HANA as well. As shown below,
physical inventory completeness data can be downloaded from the source SAP ERP system in a CSV
file and then uploaded in the embedded EWM system.

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The migrating physical inventory completeness report is /SCWM/MIG_PI_COMPL, which can be

accessed from SAP Easy Access path Logistics > SCM Extended Warehouse Management >
Extended Warehouse Management > Interfaces > Migration from LE-WM > Physical Inventory
Completeness Migration.

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There are certain prerequisites you must ensure are in place in embedded EWM before physical
inventory completeness data is migrated:

The physical inventory area is defined.

Activity areas are defined.
The physical inventory area is mapped to the activity area.
In the physical inventory settings in the embedded EWM warehouse, physical inventory is set
to always occur at the complete warehouse level rather than at a single activity area level.

Conclusion
This post took a look at migrating from SAP WM to embedded EWM in SAP S/4HANA logistics,
including the important steps to make sure you are set up to run your next-generation warehousing
in the new suite.

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Editor’s note: This post has been adapted from a section of the book Warehouse Management with
SAP S/4HANA by Namita Sachan and Aman Jain.

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