Differnce between lsmw and bdc

what is the diffrence between LSMW and BDC

hi
lsmw is user friendly functional consultant can do it with out technical consultant help there is no program required
bdc abaper help is needed some code should be developed
for master data uploading lsmw is suggestable
for transaction data bdc is suggestable
BDC(Batch data communication) is program tool used to load the data which program developer creates from scratch.Traditionaly this is the mechanism used to load the data.thsi you need to do technacally for this you required technical knowledge.
LSMW - Legacy System Migration Workbench SAP has developed user friendly tool for loading the data of the specific objects(vendor master, customers, orders so on) and this can be used by the functional consultant or end user without understanding the underlying program code. No ABAP knowledge is required to use this tool. This tool can be used to load the legacy data and also to conduct mass data changes in the system
Thanks & Regards
phaneendra
Edited by: phaneendra Reddy on Sep 23, 2008 6:21 AM

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