CHAPTER 1 Migrating to Adapter for SAP R/3 Version 3.9

# database

FromFormat = SAP.OC.MATMAS03^1

#name of format (loaded using new version of SAP

#adapter) as seen in 5x formatter

ToFormat = SAP.OC.MATMAS03.ZMATMAS_EXTENSION

#must provide connection parameters used by 3.9 SAP

#adapter to connect to SAP use inbound idoc or Schema

#mode configuration file to get needed params to

#connect to SAP

SAPInConfig = in.cfg

#1=411 0=5x (they could go 5x to 5x) SourceFrom411 = 1

#release of user’s SAP system SourceSAPRelease = 4.6B

#name of export file of format to convert (ONLY one

#format!)

SourceExtract = matmas_ext.4x.mapped.exp

#name of export file of format freshly loaded in 5.x

#via GUI (ONLY one format!)

RawExtract = matmas_ext.39.raw.exp

#desired name of converted format export file OutputExtract = matmas_ext.39.conv.exp

#conversion log file

LogFile = format_conversion.log

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#the following keys are for Rules related components

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#name of rule export file (from 411) [Optional]

#RulesIn = matmas_ext.rules.4x.exp

#desired name of converted rule export file (into 5x)

#[Optional]

#RulesOut = matmas_ext.rules.conv

#User may specify a new name for Message Type within the

#Application Group in 5x database (the name is no

#longer limited to 32 characters in length, but may be

#up to 128 characters in length).

#After the input format is imported into the 5x

#database, the user would need to manually rename the

#format to match the new expanded name created using

#this key.

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R/3 specifications

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