Troubleshooting

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Answers to the most frequently asked questions concerning data migration with the LSM Workbench.

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Problems	Solutions
Recording Fields cannot be seen in the field mapping after a recording has been created.	Check to see whether the field names have been maintained correctly in the recording process. From the list of steps, choose Maintain Source Fields. Check the names of the source fields. If they are missing, double-click on the corresponding field to branch to the Change Source Field dialog box. Fill in the corresponding fields. Choose Continue to confirm. Repeat the recording process.
Error message during/after import.	See the object attributes to determine which import program was used, and search for documentation and notes on this import method directly.
Only the data of the header structure is read after merging two files.	All the fields with identical names are being merged. Check to see if merging of fields with identical names makes sense. For this, check the data read program generated by the LSMW by choosing Personal Menu Display Read Program.
The source file contains data in one data record out of which to records are to be created after conversion.	In step Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules, choose the `transfer_record` function.
Upon successful migration of long texts (message from direct input program), the texts cannot be displayed in the application.	Use function module READ_TEXT to check if the texts are stored on the database. If so, check if there is an indicator in the application that shows you whether a long text exists. This indicator is not set during import of the long text, but either during conversion (by appropriate field assignments) or subsequently (by means of a user-specific ABAP program).
Standard batch input/direct input: Fields are missing when creating the field mapping.	All the fields listed in Table SXDA3 are considered to be technical fields. By default, technical fields cannot be seen. In step Maintain Field Mapping and Conversion Rules Display Variant Technical Fields. The fields are displayed.
Transaction LSMW cannot be started after installing the LSM Workbench.	Transfer the authorization profiles described in the installation guide to the user master.