SAP R/3 Database copy

hi,
We have a scenario like below:
We have the regular landscape like production, quality and development for SAP R/3 as well as BW. What happened was they have deleted all the master data and transaction data from quality R/3 system some time back.So, our R/3 QA system is empty right now. But we would like to copy some 6 months worth of data from Production R/3 system to quality R/3 system. Could you guys suggest us any of the options we could do this? Our SAP R/3 system is on 4.7 version and BW system is on 3.5. I don't know where to post this question since it is a basis question.If you guys know of any options, let me know otherwise direct me to the right forum.
Thanks in advance.

Hi All,
Looks like Cherry is on to something, but this is an additionally licensed product? It is released for 4.6 (DMS 2005 is supporting R/3 4.6C, 4.7/110, 4.7/200, and ERP04 (ECC5.0)) - see the FAQ link on the page Cherry offered.
I'm not sure what this costs - this is new information to me - thanks Cherry!.
ASRao, if you've only deleted the client dependent data you stated - master and transaction - you could also get away with a client export of PRD, but I'm not aware of a way to delimit the time frame with the given SAP CC profiles. This would be faster than a system refresh from PRD to QA, but you need to be sure that all you want to do is refresh the client dependent components.
Good luck.
Tim

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