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    You are in HR business and want to become HR insider? You need to go to the HR2013 conference - an event presented in collaboration of SAP and SAPinsider! This year's conference will turn you into both - an SAP HCM and SuccessFactors expert.

     

    On Thursday, February 28 Donna Leong-Cohen from Coeus Consulting and I, will show you how to Speed up your go-live with rapid data migration to SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors. This event will take place at 8:30am in Raphael 1 at the Bellagio conference Center.

     

    • Whether you are upgrading, consolidating, or deploying a new SAP ERP HCM or SuccessFactors Employee Central system, a solid data migration strategy is imperative to avoid business process disruptions at go-live. This session prepares you to:
    • Streamline and automate your data migration strategy using SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions (RDS) and data migration software.
      Maximize workforce data integrity and mitigate risk and cost overruns while utilizing a standardized and verified approach to planning, designing, and implementing your migration project.
    • Understand the Rapid Data Migration solution and what pre-delivered content and accelerators are available.

     

    Please click here for more information and how to register.
    http://hr2013.wispubs.com/US/Sessions/4278

    I've blogged earlier about two new books available from SAP PRESS including data migration topics. Now there is a recent review available for the German title Datenmigration in SAP (Migrating Your SAP Data). So if you know the German language, always wondered how to get your data into SAP and still are not convinced that this is the right book for you, you really have to read PHP Nuke's book review!

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    "Ein rundherum gelungenes Buch für Einsteiger und Anwender, die sich mit dem Thema Datenmigration befassen. Hier kommen nicht nur Neulinge auf Ihre Kosten, auch schon versierte Anwender finden an einigen Stellen weiterführende Informationen. Den Betroffenen, also allen die mit dem Thema sich auseinandersetzen müssen, kann ich nur empfehlen, allen Neueinsteigern und Mitarbeitern dieses Buch zur Pflichtlektüre zu machen. Für diejenigen die bisher zum Produkt SAP noch keine Berührungspunkte hatten (und nicht nur die) erleichtert das Buch den Einstieg enorm. Das Buch ist darüber hinaus auch als Nachschlagewerk zu empfehlen. Soweit ich das beurteilen kann, ist es zur Zeit das einzig sinnvolle Kompendium, das SAP in dieser Art darstellt."

     

    If you know the Data Migration topic better than the German language , make sure to read these blog posts for getting a quick overview (in English language ). You'll learn about the motivation along with the methodology and also the entire process plus the tools and will be well prepared for any upcoming Data Migration project!

     

    Also make sure to check out the latest information about SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions in the SCN RDS space.

    Just in time for SAPphire 2012, the SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions team released a new package for UI renovation. The content of this package leverages the Side Panel of SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC 3.5) to provide a complete new user experience for the SAP ERP end user - without the need of rewriting any of the transaction screens.

     

    The RDS package provides context-related business content and supplementary information (including external) taking SAP ERP transactional data to the next level, including master data, analytics and related services. 

     

    Users have key business process data at their fingertips for the following areas: 

    • Financials 
    • Procurement 
    • Quality Management 
    • Sales & Distribution

       

    Using the flexibility of Web Dynpro Side Panel this is achieved without any additonal code. The user gets layouts and ready-to-use gadgets (SAP CHIPs) like charts, forms, etc. that enhance the context of a transaction. The context is dynamically defined by data currently being processed in the SAP GUI. The data is presented in an easy to consume format which increases user productivity allowing users to make more informed business decisions in their every-day work.

     

    Internal SAP? Check out this short demo:

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    As this video is available in the SAP network only, check out the official page of the RDS package for Side Panel content in NWBC in the SAP Service Marketplace:

    http://service.sap.com/rds-ui-sidepanel

    There you can download the package and will find even more information including demos and tons of documents.

     

    Benefits

    • Increased user productivity 
    • Provides insight at the point of action for better decisions 
    • Non-disruptive deployment: No customizing and coding of transactions 
    • Easy configuration & extension – no additional skill set required 
    • Open for partners and customers to create additional CHIPs and enhance SAP‘s CHIP catalog easily 
    • Low implementation costs

     

    Don't forget to check out the SCN RDS space for great infos, news and blogs about the world of RDS packages.

    In case you are interested in data migration tools more in detail than just the basics I'm covering in my blogs, there is a new edition of the SAP PRESS book Migrating Your SAP Data. Currently this all new 3rd edition is available in German only (Datenmigration in SAP). But for those of you who are familiar with that language and can't wait until the book will be available in English, it's worth a look. For the first time, the ETL tool SAP Data Services is covered in the data migration context. ETL stands for Extract, Transform, Load. This product which is part of the SAP Enterprise Information Management (EIM) portfolio becomes a complete data migration solution utilizing the SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions (RDS) content for data migration.

     

    The book Datenmigration in SAP contains all the necessary steps from the connection to the legacy source system(s), the mapping of the data fields, the transformation of the data values, the validation of the data records, and finally the data load to the SAP target system. It also inlcudes tips and tricks which makes it a very good reference guide for any data migration project.

     

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    You are interested in SAP PRESS books about this topic but your German is too weak? Check out the brand new Book Enterprise Information Management with SAP (available in English) and understand the big picture of SAP’s enterprise information management offerings in general. Explore step-by-step instructions for working with SAP Data Services and learn how to perform the most important tasks in SAP Information Steward, SAP NetWeaver Information Lifecycle Management, SAP Master Data Governance.

     

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    My blogs about data migration to SAP systems with SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions have been moved to the SCN RDS space and can be accessed directly with the links provided below.

     

     

    #1:

    http://scn.sap.com/community/rapid-deployment/blog/2012/05/11/a-better-way-to-migrate-your-sap-data-with-rapid-deployment-solutions

     

    #2:

    http://scn.sap.com/community/rapid-deployment/blog/2012/05/24/deep-dive-on-how-to-migrate-your-sap-data-with-rapid-deployment-solutions

     

    #3:

    http://scn.sap.com/community/rapid-deployment/blog/2012/06/18/how-to-visualize-data-migration-projects