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What is data migration in Salesforce?
Salesforce data migration is defined as the process of moving Salesforce data to other platforms where required. The migration is an opportunity to cleanse the data and the data should demonstrate the following characteristics: Timeliness- Data should be available when you need it.
What is the objective of data migration?
Regardless of the exact purpose for a data migration, the goal is generally to enhance performance and competitiveness. But you have to get it right. Less successful migrations can result in inaccurate data that contains redundancies and unknowns. This can happen even when source data is fully usable and adequate.
What are characteristics of data migration?
Data migration is the copying of data from one device (the source) to another device (the target) and redirecting the I/O to the new device. A request can be for Point-in-Time replication; in this case, volume redirection of I/O operations to the new device does not take place.
Why do I need a migration object in SAP?
Also see SAP Note 2698032 for more details on deprecated migration objects. Migration objects are built for initial migration of your data to your SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud system. This means that you can create data with a migration object, but you can’t change or update existing data with it.
What does restricted mean in the migration object name?
For some migration objects there are additions to the migration object name. These additions include “restricted” and “deprecated”. Restricted means that not all fields and structures of the relevant business processes are covered by this migration object, deprecated means that there is a newer version of this migration object available.
Are there any migration objects for SAP’s / 4hana?
The pre-delivered data migration objects are built for SAP S/4HANA Cloud and the respective SAP Best Practices Content. You can use these objects also for SAP S/4HANA and the respective SAP Best Practices Content. Using SAP S/4HANA, the delivered standard migration objects are templates that can be enhanced according to your needs.