Before you can transfer data automatically into the R/3 System, you must convert the data from your legacy system into a format that is suitable for the R/3 System.

The initial data transfer file is an ASCII file that is structured according to the requirements of the data transfer object. This file contains data that can be uniquely preassigned, as well as the identification of NODATA and RESET in the remaining fields. The file provides the maximum size of structures that can be created for a record of this object.

The initial data transfer file contains the data that has been converted or prepared for the data transfer.