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Symptom
This article provides information and further insight into the topics of “Selective Data Transition” and “Selective Data Transition Engagement”. Selective Data Transition is also marketed with different brand names by the members of SDTE (like “Bluefield”, “s.m.a.r.t”, "colorful", “Allfield”, “Selective S/4HANA Transition” and others).
You are searching for information with regards to answers to frequently asked key questions, statements with regards to key topics regarding functionality, scope and inclusions/exclusions concerning the Selective Data Transition concept and its support.
You want to understand more about if and how these offerings are supported or signed off by SAP.
Environment
Transformation of any SAP ERP solution to SAP S/4HANA using the Selective Data Transition approach.
As a customer you are planning to transform your system landscape based on SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA.
You are in the process of discussing a roadmap or planning a project to perform a Selective Data Transition (SDT) with SAP, a partner of SAP or a member of the Selective Data Transition Engagement (SDTE).
Resolution
Selective Data Transitionstands for one of the three transition scenario options for our customers moving from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. It allows for a tailored migration scope between System Conversion (“re-use” aka brownfield) and New Implementation (“re-design” aka greenfield). Typical for the approach is the flexibility to adapt data and processes in one migration step. This approach covers any relevant business data including historic transactional data
Partners active as members of the Selective Data Transition Engagement have agreed to work on qualitative standards and common approaches utilizing SAP Activate methodology and deliverables (e.g. quality gates, templates) defined therein. The partners are using their own tools and products among other solution. There is no sign-off or safe-guarding of intermediate or end results and key deliverables by SAP for projects delivered by a third-party member of the SDTE.
SAP is hosting member of this group, but does not rate, highlight or recommend a specific solution, approach, or product to carry out a Selective Data Transition. There is also no certificate issued by SAP for such a solution, approach, tool or product. SAP does not certify products and tools for reasons of product liability or other legal requirements arising from competition law, contractual obligations or other agreements in place.
SAP advises its customers to be conscious about possible implications related to SAP S/4HANA Selective Data Transition. The afore mentioned advantages are achieved by a direct migration of data on database table-level bypassing official standard interfaces for application data migration provided by SAP.
This may lead to inconsistent business data and result in further functional issues or errors such as issues in posting of documents, wrong reporting, period end processes. These may range from errors during execution of single transactions to disruptions in complete business processes based on SAP S/4HANA functionality.
Such inconsistencies or issues, if they arise from the use of tools and products bypassing official SAP standard interfaces, are not covered by the SAP Support Agreements and may prevent SAP Support from being able to identify and assist in the correction of potential problems which, in turn, may possibly result in unsatisfactory software performance for which SAP cannot be held responsible. SAP Support will perform an initial root-cause analysis, even in case of inconsistencies, as part of regular support agreements in place between customer and SAP.
Typically, in this case existing support contracts with the SDTE member apply. If the SDTE member is not able to fix the issue, SAP Support will try to help a customer in need if technically possible. This remediation or correction will be delivered as a chargeable SAP service.
In any case, SAP is kindly asking you to provide the information about the involvement of a third party in the case to be raised. This will help SAP support in processing the case, in a possible resolution of the issue and reduce the processing time.
SAP News Announcement about Selective Data Transition Engagement
SAP Selective Data Transition Landing page
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