Legacy Data Extraction; iWay Adapters;

[Former Member]

Back in September at Tech Ed Vegas, I attended an XI presentation during which it was stated that it is not a good idea to use XI for first-time data load into SAP.

Does everyone agree with this statement? Is it better to use the LSMW?

What about using XI for extraction of data from a legacy system (Lawson)?

Has anyone used the iWay adapter for Lawson (or any app such as PeopleSoft) in conjunction with XI to perform data extraction? Is that even possible?

Or should we just forget about it and use Informatica?

[moorthy]

Hi,

<i>Does everyone agree with this statement? Is it better to use the LSMW?</i>

>>>It is always advisable, not to use XI for the intial data load. Either you can use any tool or LSMW or standard programs to do.

The problem we faced during intial upload is , huge volume of data..

For Data extraction we can use XI with third-party adapters.

These blogs will help u -

/people/yomeshp.sharma/blog/2006/06/01/integrating-jdedwards-system-with-xi-using-iway-adapter-part--i

Regards,

Moorthy

[Former Member]

we used LSMW for initial data load. Yes, although technically its possible to load initial data using XI, its not recommonded to use it for initial data load.

We used to get data(flat files) from main frames and we loaded into SAP using LSMW and custom programs.