Pros & Cons of using Stand-alone SLT vs Embedded SLT

[Mainak_Chakraborty]

Hi,

Can you please tell us the different pros & cons between using Stand-alone SLT & Embedded SLT in terms of SAP S/4 Hana , SAP ECC, SAP R3 as source. 

Please let us know. If there is any relevant SAP notes it'll be helpful.

Thanks & Regards,

Mainak Chakraborty

[ian_kirkman]

Hi Mainak,

There are limitations of the S/4 HANA embedded version of SLT (see KBA 2580573). This said there are two main differences between embedded and standalone SLT:

1. When using a database connection to a source or target, SLT on S/4 HANA (S4CORE or DMIS 2020 on S/4 HANA foundation) can only use a database connection to a HANA database. Standalone SLT (DMIS 2011 or DMIS 2018) can replicate from and to third party databases listed in SAP Note 1768805. 
2. Standalone SLT has a lower NetWeaver version than embedded SLT, so can have problems with unsupported data types (see KBA 2985946). Standalone SLT therefore needs to apply a workaround in such cases.

Regards,
Ian
SAP Support

[Andrey_M]

Hi, 

there're almost no difference. Embedded SLT works only with HANA S/4 or HANA DB. Standalone SLT (AddOn) supports all other DB types supported by ABAP.