Data Services as a data migration tool

Hello All,
Has anybody used Data Services as a data migrition tool from a SAP ECC system? If so what is it like to use and are there any documents on this?
Cheers,
Nick.

Hi Nick.
About documents, here are some of them, but one that I think it could be useful for your understanding is the "BI109 SAP Data Migration" session: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/shop?rid=/media/uuid/c08b931e-2a83-2c10-2aba-cb3968c5bc4e.
It shows the data migration framework based on SAP BusinessObjects technologies for legacy to SAP and SAP to SAP migrations.
More technical documents, showing how to set up iDocs, LSMW, etc:
http://help.sap.com/bp_dmg603v1/DMS_US/Documentation/DM_installation_guide_EN_US.doc
http://help.sap.com/bp_dmg603/DMS_US/Documentation/DM_Quick_Guide_EN_US.doc
Regards,
July

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check the DS Upgrade Guide:
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ODSI csv file creation from a data service that read data from many tables.

Hi,
We have few dataservices running in our enviroment. Now we have a requirement to save the data as CSV files on demand. My question, can we do this using ODSI 10gR3?
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Can I know What is Data services and
Where we can consider usage or need for this tool.

Hi,
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R/3 data flow is timing out in Data Services

I have created an R/3 data flow to pull some AP data in from SAP into Data Services. This data flow outputs to a query object to select columns and then outputs to a table in the repository. However the connection to SAP is not working correctly. When I try to process the data flow it just idles for an hour until the SAP timeout throws an error. Here is the error:
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I have tested authorizations by adding SAP_ALL to the service account I'm using and the problem persists.
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Matt

You can't find any good documentation??? I am working my butt off just.......just kiddin'
I'd suggest we divide the question into two parts:
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The other question seems to be, why does it take that long even? Answer:
Either the ABAP takes that long because of the data volume.
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So my first set of questions would be
a) How complex is the dataflow, is it just source - query - data_transfer or are there joins, lookups etc?
b) What is the volume of the table(s)?
c) What is your transfer method?
d) Have you had a look at the generated abap? (in the R/3 dataflow open the menu Validation -> Generate ABAP)
btw, some docs: https://wiki.sdn.sap.com:443/wiki/display/BOBJ/ConnectingtoSAP

Unable to use extractor 2LIS_11_VAHDR with Data Services

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RSA6
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We were able to resolve this issue with SAP's help. Here is the solution.
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ADF BC and the Active Data Service

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at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15523_01/web.1111/b31974/adv_ads.htm
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public class SumSalBean
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question
(q1) Where can I find some example code that does use ADF BC and the Active Data Service?
many thanks
Jan Vervecken

Jan,
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Frank
Ps.: Of course, the plan is to make everything working out of the box with no developer action required.
Edited by: Frank Nimphius on Feb 12, 2010 6:56 AM
Re-read your post. Maybe I need to revise my comment. Are you accessing AM directly or via the ADF layer. If the latter - I did not yet look at your sample - then this may work if you don't release the AM module you access directly (may not scale well)

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TimeFormat Send 12:57:50 13
TimeFormat Returned 12:57:50 0
Note the date sent contains milliseconds, the date returned does not have milliseconds. Hopefully this demo will work for you and demonstrate the issue. Please let me know if you need more information.
Thanks,
Christine

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Hello,
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Hi Tyler,
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