8.BDC.pptVIP

Most of the data from the external system must be converted into SAP format. We call this “formatting the data. Often the valid value set in SAP data fields have to be determined and, if necessary, convert the external system values to the the new valid SAP value set. In this course the icons shown above are used for formatting and assignment. If formatting and assignment (also known as mapping) are done in one step, then it is called conversion. To transfer external data into the SAP System you have to convert the data into SAP format. The data can be converted in various ways: In the ext