Winshuttle Partner Battlecard LSMW
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The Problem of using LSMW for data maintenance
Winshuttle’s solution for IT
Security risks when granting LSMW authorizations to the business or Compliance issues and Lack of Audit trail when running automation scripts on behalf of the business for day-to-day data maintenance.
Separation of Roles, honoring SAP credentials • Developer version (embed automation script in Excel template and publish). • Light run-time version where users can only run previously created scripts.
Lack of governance and version control. There is no user governance to limit what users can do. All users with access to LSMW can see, change or run any script, even from different business units.
Central administration and user governance • IT can test scripts and set approval workflows for templates created by the business. • User policies definition to control what users can and cannot do in any SAP system. • Full Audit Logs, file repository and template library.
Inflexible and complex 14-step creation process and limited recording mode (only batch-input) that makes very difficult to maintain scripts.
Easy 3-step creation process to free up time for higher value tasks. With several recording modes, covering most scenarios in SAP without additional programming: like transactional data with varying # of line items, doc attachments, long text or njoy transactions. No transports required to move upload programs from one system to another.
Cumbersome error handling: lacks description, forces hard-stop and the process to identify and correct data errors is very time-consuming.
Seamless integration with Excel: returns SAP results in the same spreadsheet as the data. Easier to identify, correct and reprocess erroneous records.
LSMW and S/4HANA Page 382 of the Simplification List for SAP S/4HANA 1610 The LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench) function is still available within SAP S/4HANA, (on-premise edition) but not considered as the migration tool. LSMW might propose incorrect migration interfaces that cannot be used in SAP S/4HANA anymore. The use of LSMW for data load to SAP S/4HANA is not recommended and at the customer's own risk.
Success Stories and resources Reduced the burden on IT by empowering business users, without compromising security or control. They saved over $300,000 in SAP article maintenance alone. After switching from LSMW to Winshuttle, they improved data loading time from 6-8 weeks to just minutes, allowing business users to own their data loading activities, while providing security and governance for IT. White Paper - Easy Alternative to LSMW Certified for integration with SAP S/4HANA 1610
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The Problem of using LSMW for data maintenance
Winshuttle’s solution for the Business
Reliance on IT for data upload activities, due to complex creation process that requires technical skills. This creates bottlenecks in the IT department.
Easy 3-step creation process that doesn’t require programming skills. Let the people close to the problems solve the problems. Run the scripts any time with easy built-in scheduler.
Cumbersome error handling: time-consuming process to identify and correct data errors. It usually involves back and forth emails between business and IT.
Seamless integration with Excel, returning results from SAP in the same spreadsheet as the data, making very easy to identify, correct and reprocess erroneous records.
Compliance issues and Lack of Audit trail when IT runs automation scripts on behalf of the business for day-to-day data maintenance.
Separation of Roles, respecting SAP credentials and full audit logs (SOX compliant) • Developer version (embed automation script in Excel template and publish). • Light run-time version where users can only run previously created scripts.
Lack of validation before posting to SAP. Data has to be loaded and then, anything that failed needs to be cleaned up from the completed postings before re-processing. Rework can be significant and duplicate results are always a risk.
Built-in data validation capabilities to verify data before posting to SAP, with additional fail-safe options, such as backup and rollback of mass updates.
Lack of Data extraction capabilities, only available when combining with transactions like SE16 or SQ01, which offer very basic functionality.
Integrated data extraction functionality tool to download live data from any SAP table or view directly to Excel, so that users can easily do a full journey of downloading data, change it in Excel and upload the changes back into SAP.
Winshuttle’s model (separation of roles) Business
IT
Develop script or just Govern usage • Central administration • User policies • Script test & approval
Develop scripts
• No-code development • Template library • Approval workflows
Provide data Run script Handle Errors • Friendly error-handling • Excel experience • Fail-safe backup
Success Stories and resources With LSMW, errors were not easily identified, and led to additional steps in the process. Winshuttle’s built-in data validation capabilities cut errors that caused delays and frustrations, saving the council £200,000.
After switching from LSMW to Winshuttle, they improved data loading time from 6-8 weeks to just minutes, allowing business users to own their data loading activities. White Paper - Easy Alternative to LSMW Certified for integration with SAP S/4HANA
The Problem of using LSMW for data maintenance
Winshuttle’s solution for IT
Security risks when granting LSMW authorizations to the business or Compliance issues and Lack of Audit trail when running automation scripts on behalf of the business for day-to-day data maintenance.
Separation of Roles, honoring SAP credentials • Developer version (embed automation script in Excel template and publish). • Light run-time version where users can only run previously created scripts.
Lack of governance and version control. There is no user governance to limit what users can do. All users with access to LSMW can see, change or run any script, even from different business units.
Central administration and user governance • IT can test scripts and set approval workflows for templates created by the business. • User policies definition to control what users can and cannot do in any SAP system. • Full Audit Logs, file repository and template library.
Inflexible and complex 14-step creation process and limited recording mode (only batch-input) that makes very difficult to maintain scripts.
Easy 3-step creation process to free up time for higher value tasks. With several recording modes, covering most scenarios in SAP without additional programming: like transactional data with varying # of line items, doc attachments, long text or njoy transactions. No transports required to move upload programs from one system to another.
Cumbersome error handling: lacks description, forces hard-stop and the process to identify and correct data errors is very time-consuming.
Seamless integration with Excel: returns SAP results in the same spreadsheet as the data. Easier to identify, correct and reprocess erroneous records.
LSMW and S/4HANA Page 382 of the Simplification List for SAP S/4HANA 1610 The LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench) function is still available within SAP S/4HANA, (on-premise edition) but not considered as the migration tool. LSMW might propose incorrect migration interfaces that cannot be used in SAP S/4HANA anymore. The use of LSMW for data load to SAP S/4HANA is not recommended and at the customer's own risk.
Success Stories and resources Reduced the burden on IT by empowering business users, without compromising security or control. They saved over $300,000 in SAP article maintenance alone. After switching from LSMW to Winshuttle, they improved data loading time from 6-8 weeks to just minutes, allowing business users to own their data loading activities, while providing security and governance for IT. White Paper - Easy Alternative to LSMW Certified for integration with SAP S/4HANA 1610
FOR WINSHUTTLE PARTNER USE ONLY – PLEASE DO NOT SHARE OUTSIDE PARTNER COMPANY
The Problem of using LSMW for data maintenance
Winshuttle’s solution for the Business
Reliance on IT for data upload activities, due to complex creation process that requires technical skills. This creates bottlenecks in the IT department.
Easy 3-step creation process that doesn’t require programming skills. Let the people close to the problems solve the problems. Run the scripts any time with easy built-in scheduler.
Cumbersome error handling: time-consuming process to identify and correct data errors. It usually involves back and forth emails between business and IT.
Seamless integration with Excel, returning results from SAP in the same spreadsheet as the data, making very easy to identify, correct and reprocess erroneous records.
Compliance issues and Lack of Audit trail when IT runs automation scripts on behalf of the business for day-to-day data maintenance.
Separation of Roles, respecting SAP credentials and full audit logs (SOX compliant) • Developer version (embed automation script in Excel template and publish). • Light run-time version where users can only run previously created scripts.
Lack of validation before posting to SAP. Data has to be loaded and then, anything that failed needs to be cleaned up from the completed postings before re-processing. Rework can be significant and duplicate results are always a risk.
Built-in data validation capabilities to verify data before posting to SAP, with additional fail-safe options, such as backup and rollback of mass updates.
Lack of Data extraction capabilities, only available when combining with transactions like SE16 or SQ01, which offer very basic functionality.
Integrated data extraction functionality tool to download live data from any SAP table or view directly to Excel, so that users can easily do a full journey of downloading data, change it in Excel and upload the changes back into SAP.
Winshuttle’s model (separation of roles) Business
IT
Develop script or just Govern usage • Central administration • User policies • Script test & approval
Develop scripts
• No-code development • Template library • Approval workflows
Provide data Run script Handle Errors • Friendly error-handling • Excel experience • Fail-safe backup
Success Stories and resources With LSMW, errors were not easily identified, and led to additional steps in the process. Winshuttle’s built-in data validation capabilities cut errors that caused delays and frustrations, saving the council £200,000.
After switching from LSMW to Winshuttle, they improved data loading time from 6-8 weeks to just minutes, allowing business users to own their data loading activities. White Paper - Easy Alternative to LSMW Certified for integration with SAP S/4HANA
