Data Transfer (SAP Library - Background Processing)

Data Transfer

Purpose

During data transfer, data is transferred from an external system into the SAP R/3 System. You can use data transfer when you:

Transfer data from an external system into an R/3 System as it is installed.
Transfer data regularly from an external system into an R/3 System. Example: If data for some departments in your company is input using a system other than the R/3 System, you can still integrate this data in the R/3 System. To do this, you export the data from the external system and use a data transfer method to import it into the R/3 System.

Implementation considerations

Before creating your own data transfer program, you should use the Data Transfer Workbench to find the data transfer programs that are delivered by SAP.

Integration

SAP applications support the data transfer of numerous SAP business objects. The data transfer program specifies the data format definition that is necessary to import the data into the R/3 System. Adapt your conversion program for exporting the data from the external system to this definition.

Once the data has been exported, you can import it into your system using a generated data transfer program.

Features

Data transfer from other, external systems

Generation of data transfer programs

Generation of function modules that can be used as an interface to the R/3 System