MATERIAL MASTER DATA UPLOADING THROUGH LSMW

Question

Hi.
I am new to lsmw.
we have a requirement to upload the material master data through LSMW,.
the data is on Excel sheet on the Desktop of the system.
Can any body help me to upload the Material Master data, procedure in step wise.
Thanks in advance,
regards,
Eswar.M

Answer 1

Hi Venkat,
Go through the following Steps
Using Tcode MM01 -- Maintain the source fields are
1) mara-amtnr  char(18)
2) mara-mbrsh  char(1)
3) mara-mtart  char(4)
4) makt-maktx  char(40)
5) mara-meins  char(3)
the flate file format is like this as follows
MAT991,C,COUP,Srinivas material01,Kg
MAT992,C,COUP,Srinivas material02,Kg
AMT993,C,COUP,Srinivas material03,Kg
MAT994,C,COUP,Srinivas material04,Kg
MAT995,C,COUP,Srinivas material05,Kg
goto Tcode LSMW
give Project Name
     Subproject Name
     object Name
Press Enter -
Press Execute Button
It gives 13 radio-Button Options
do the following 13 steps as follows
1) select radio-Button 1 and execute
   Maintain Object Attributes
select Standard Batch/Direct Input
   give Object -- 0020
       Method -- 0000
   save & Come Back
2) select radio-Button 2 and execute
   Maintain Source Structures
   select the source structure and got to click on create button
   give source structure name & Description
   save & Come Back
3) select radio-Button 3 and execute
   Maintain Source Fields
   select the source structure and click on create button
   give
   first field
        field name    matnr
        Field Label   material Number
        Field Length  18
        Field Type    C
   Second field
        field name    mbrsh
        Field Label   Industrial Sector
        Field Length  1
        Field Type    C
   Third field
        field name    mtart
        Field Label   material type
        Field Length  4
        Field Type    C
   fourth field
        field name    maktx
        Field Label   material description
        Field Length  40
        Field Type    C
   fifth field
        field name    meins
        Field Label   base unit of measurement
        Field Length  3
        Field Type    C
  save & come back
4) select radio-Button 4 and execute
   Maintain Structure Relations
   go to blue lines 
      select first blue line and click on create relationship button
      select Second blue line and click on create relationship button
      select Third blue line and click on create relationship button
  save & come back
5) select radio-Button 5 and execute
   Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules
   Select the Tcode and click on Rule button there you will select constant
   and press continue button
   give Transaction Code : MM01 and press Enter
   after that
   1) select MATNR field click on Source filed(this is the field mapping) select MATNR and press Enter
   2) select MBRSH field click on Source filed(this is the field mapping) select MBRSH and press Enter
   3) select MTART field click on Source filed(this is the field mapping) select MTART and press Enter
   4) select MAKTX field click on Source filed(this is the field mapping) select MAKTX and press Enter
   5) select MEINS field click on Source filed(this is the field mapping) select MEINS and press Enter
  finally     
  save & come back
6) select radio-Button 6 and execute
   Maintain Fixed Values, Translations, User-Defined Routines
   Create FIXED VALUE Name & Description as MM01
   Create Translations Name & Description as MM01
   Create User-Defined Routines Name & Description as MM01
   after that delete  all the above three just created in the 6th step
   FIXED VALUE --MM01
   Translations --MM01
   User-Defined Routines --MM01
   come back
7) select radio-Button 7 and execute
   Specify Files
   select On the PC (Frontend) -- and click on Create button(f5)
                                  give the path of the file like "c:\material_data.xls"
                                  description : -
                                  separators as select tab radiao- button
   and press enter   save & come back
8) select radio-Button 8 and execute
   Assign Files
   Save & come back
9) select radio-Button 9 and execute
   Read Files
   Execute
   come back
   come back
10) select radio-Button 10 and execute
    Display Imported Data
    Execute and press enter
    come back
    Come back
11) select radio-Button 11 and execute
    Convert Data
    Execute
    come back
    Come back
12) select radio-Button 12 and execute
    Display Converted Data
    Execute & come back
13) select radio-Button 13 and execute
    Start Direct Input Program
   select the Program
   select continue button
go with via physical file
give the lock mode as 'E'
and execute
Regards
Sreeni