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You use this function if you are a user of Product-Centric View (PCV) and want to migrate your data to BCV. This reduces the effort of having to manually create the PCV objects, such as query views, queries, search connectors in BCV again.

Note Note

Not all configuration data can be migrated. For example, in the case of overviews and dashboards you have to define the layout again.

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Recommendation Recommendation

After you have migrated your data, we recommend that you check it in the configuration center.

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Features

This function has the following features:

  • The system displays a notification if you have executed data migration before.

  • In simulation mode, you can execute the report without any database updates, to simulate which data the system would migrate. This is the default mode.

  • In insert mode, you can copy the data from PCV to BCV without overwriting BCV data that already exists.

  • In modify mode, you copy all the data from PCV to BCV.

    In this mode, the system overwrites entries with the same key fields, and displays a message to ensure that this is indeed your intention.

  • Source code check to verify if there are any customer implementations for a search connector.

    The system does not copy the search connector source code to BCV, but it informs you that you must convert the implementations manually.

  • Source code check to verify if there are any customer implementations for a BAPI search connector.

    The system does not copy the search connector source to BCV, but it informs you that you must convert the implementations manually.

  • Source code check to verify if there are any customer implementations for the BAdIs of the BCV enhancement spots.

    The system does not copy the BAdIs to BCV, but it informs you that you must convert them manually.

  • The system creates a log with the results and status messages after you have performed data migration.

    If you choose insert mode, or modify mode, the system writes the log to the database. To display the log, choose transaction SLG1, and enter the object BCV and subobject FND_MIGRATION.

Activities

To migrate your data from PCV to BCV, in Customizing, choose   Cross-Application Components   Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications   Business Context Viewer   Foundation, Monitoring   Migrate Data from PCV to BCV  .

More Information

For more information about the settings you have to make, see the Customizing activity documentation.