Status	Approved
Owner	BUOSI-ext, Angelo HANCOCK-ext, John CLARKE-ext, Steve
Stakeholders

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to define the conversion approach to upload Materials - Classification and Characteristic Assignment in S/4 HANA as part of the Material Data Migration.

Link to MDS: DD-FUN-050 Master Data Standard_2023-Materials - Classification and Characteristic Assignment

Conversion Scope

The scope of this document covers the approach for converting active Values data, linked to Materials and Characteristics of Class Type 001, from Legacy Source Systems into S/4HANA following the Material Master Data Design Standard.

This object is migrated after Material Basic Data, therefore only materials in scope for the object "2019 - Materials Basic Data View" are in scope for this object. Click here to go to the Conversion Spec for 2019 to see the full set of relevancy rules.

List of source systems and approximate number of records:

Source	Scope	Source Approx No. of Records	Target System	Target Approx No. of Records
DCT	Linking Materials (2019 - Materials Basic Data View) to Classes (2017 Material - Class Type 001)	Materials: 260,000 Classes: 4 As per Material relevancy criteria	S4H	197,141 This will change based on the Material Deduplication Process
DCT	Linking Classes to Characteristics (2018 Materials - Characteristics of Class Type 001)	Classes: 4 Characteristics: 43	S4H	53
DCT	Materials & Characteristics to Values assignment	Materials: 260,000 Characteristics: 39 This will change based on the Material Deduplication Process	S4H	2 Million
S4H and PF2 & WP2	Materials & Characteristics to Values assignment specifically for: Characteristics: Z_SY_MAT_OLD_PART_NUMBER & Z_SY_MAT_OLD_PART_DESCRIPTION Values: MARA-MATNR & MAKT-MAKTX, as well as the BAAN info.	Materials: 260,000 Characteristics: 2 This will change based on the Material Deduplication Process	S4H	400,000 This will change based on the Material Deduplication Process

Predecessor Object

2017 Materials - Class Type 001 → 2018 Materials - Characteristics of Class Type 001 → 2023 Materials - Classification and Characteristic Assignment.
2019 Materials - Basic Data View ↗

Additional Information

Multi-language Requirement

Not Applicable

Document Management

Not Applicable

Legal Requirement

Not Applicable

Special Requirements

Not Applicable

Target Design

As per MDS. This is for reference, see below for the actual requirement.

Table	Field	Field Description	Data Type	Length	Requirement
MARA	MATNR	Material Number	CHAR	18	Required
KLAH	KLART	Class type	CHAR	3	Required
KLAH	CLASS	Class	CHAR	18	Required
KSSK	STDCL	Indicator: Standard Class	CHAR	1	System
KSSK	STATU	Classification status	CHAR	1	System
KSSK	ZAEHL	Sort position	INT2	5	System
CABNT	ATBEZ	Characteristic Description	CHAR	30	System
AUSP	ATWRT	Characteristic Value	-	-	Required

The technical design of the target for this conversion approach.

Table	Field	Field Description	Data Type	Length	Requirement
MARA	MATNR	Material Number	CHAR	18	Required
MARA	MTART	Material Type	CHAR	4	Required
Table	Field	Field Description	Data Type	Length	Requirement
KLAH	CLINT	Internal Class Number	NUMC	10	Required
KLAH	CLASS	Class Name	CHAR	18	Required
Table	Field	Field Description	Data Type	Length	Requirement
CABN	ATINN	Internal Characteristic	NUMC	10	Required
CABN	ATNAM	Characteristic Name	CHAR	30	Required
Table	Field	Field Description	Data Type	Length	Requirement
CAWN	ATINN	Internal characteristic	NUMC	10	Required
CAWN	ATZHL	Int Counter	NUMC	4	Required
CAWN	ATWRT	Value	CHAR	70	Required
CAWN	ATSTD	Default Value	CHAR	1	Conditional
Table	Field	Field Description	Data Type	Length	Requirement
KSSK	OBJEK	Key of Object to be Classified	CHAR	90	Required
KSSK	MAFID	Indicator: Object/Class	CHAR	1	Required
KSSK	KLART	Class Type	CHAR	3	Required
KSSK	CLINT	Internal Class Number	NUMC	10	Required
KSSK	STDCL	Indicator: Standard Class	CHAR	1	System
KSSK	STATU	Classification Status	CHAR	1	System
KSSK	ZAEHL	Sort Position	INT2	5	System
Table	Field	Field Description	Data Type	Length	Requirement
KSML	CLINT	Internal Class Number	NUMC	10	Required
KSML	POSNR	Item Number	NUMC	3	Required
KSML	IMERK	Internal Characteristic	NUMC	10	Required
KSML	KLART	Class Type	CHAR	3	Required
Table	Field	Field Description	Data Type	Length	Requirement
AUSP	OBJEK	Key of Object to be Classified	CHAR	90	Required
AUSP	ATINN	Internal Characteristic	NUMC	10	Required
AUSP	ATZHL	Characteristic Value Counter	NUMC	3	Required
AUSP	MAFID	Indicator: Object/Class	CHAR	1	Required
AUSP	KLART	Class Type	CHAR	3	Required
AUSP	ATWRT	Characteristic Value	CHAR	70	Required

Data Cleansing

ID	Criticality	Error Message/Report Description	Rule	Output	Source System
		Not Applicable

Conversion Process

The high-level process, where there is no source data, is represented by the diagram below:

The high-level process for Materials, where the source is PF2 & WP2, is represented by the diagram below:

Field Governance Rules
These governance rules apply to the individual fields within the data record.
Rule #	Field Label	Rule Description	Validation Method	Conditional Logic	Cleansing Rule (Also see Data Cleansing section above)
		Not Applicable

Data Privacy and Sensitivity

Not Applicable

Extraction

The source for Classes to Characteristics is a Load-File into a DCT (see below in the DCT section for more details).

The source for Materials to Classes is a Load-File into a DCT (see below in the DCT section for more details) and is based on a mapping of Material Type to Class.

For Materials & Characteristics to Values, the source is a DCT.

The source for Materials & Characteristics to Values assignment specifically for Old Material Number and Description is PF2 & WP2

Where applicable above, the source for Materials is PF2 & WP2. This will be extracted by Syniti and the Relevancy criteria, as specified in object "2019 - Materials Basic Data View", applied to identify the records that are applicable for the Target load.

Extraction Run Sheet

Req #	Requirement Description	Team Responsible
1	Extract data from source system based on relevancy rules.	Syniti
2	Extract data from the DCTs.	Syniti

Selection Screen

Selection Ref Screen	Parameter Name	Selection Type	Requirement	Value to be entered/set
Not Applicable

Data Collection Template (DCT)

Target Ready Data Collection Template will be created for Materials - Classification and Characteristic Assignment data with the fields requiring transformation as mentioned in the transformation rule.

DCT Rules for linking Materials to Classes (DCT.KSSK)**:

Field Name	Field Description	Rule	Tool Tip
MTART	Material Type	Mandatory. Use drop-down based on S4H.T134.	Key that groups materials, e.g. raw materials, finished products or trading goods.
CLASS	Class Name	Mandatory. Use drop-down based on S4H.KLAH-CLASS.	Name used to uniquely identify a class within a class type.
KLART	Class Type	Read-only. Default to "001".

**Load File: 2023-Material Type to Class Load File.xlsx

DCT Rules for linking Classes to Characteristics (DCT.KSML)**:

Field Name	Field Description	Rule	Tool Tip	zComment	zDelete
CLASS	Class Name	Mandatory. Use drop-down based on S4H.KLAH-CLASS.	Name used to uniquely identify a class within a class type.
ATNAM	Characteristic Name	Mandatory. Use drop-down based on S4H.CABN-ATNAM.	Unique technical name identifying the characteristic (e.g. LENGTH, COLOR).

** Load File: 2023-Class to Characteristic Load File.xlsx

DCT Rules for Materials & Characteristics to Values assignment (DCT.AUSP):

Field Name	Field Description	Rule	Tool Tip
OBJEK	Material Number	Mandatory. Based on PF2.MARA-MATNR and WP2.MARA-MATNR.	The Material Number will be used to identify the corresponding Target Material Number.
CLASS	Class Name	Mandatory. Use drop-down based on DCT.KSSK-CLASS.	Name used to uniquely identify a class within a class type.
KLART	Class Type	Read-only. Default to "001".
ATNAM	Characteristic Name	Mandatory. Use drop-down based on DCT.KSML-ATNAM WHERE DCT.KSML-CLASS = DCT.AUSP-CLASS.	Unique technical name identifying the characteristic (e.g. LENGTH, COLOR).
ATWRT	Value	Mandatory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When a new DCT record is shown and once CLASS and ATNAM are selected, use default value of S4H.CAWN-ATWRT WHERE DCT.AUSP-ATNAM = S4H.CABN.ATNAM and S4H.CABN-ATINN = S4H.CAWN.ATINN and S4H.CAWN-ATSTD = 'X', else show a Blank. If the above cannot be done easily then leave it out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Use drop-down based on S4H.CAWN-ATWRT (Value) and S4H.CAWNT-ATWTB (Value Description) WHERE DCT.AUSP-ATNAM = S4H.CABN.ATNAM and S4H.CABN-ATINN = S4H.CAWN.ATINN and S4H.CAWN.ATINN = S4H.CAWNT.ATINN and S4H.CAWNT-SPRAS='E'.	List of permissible predefined characteristic values (e.g. RED, BLUE, GREEN).

Extraction Dependencies

Item #	Step Description	Team Responsible
1	Data relevancy and deduplication of legacy Material data must be completed.	Syniti & S2P Data Team
2	As-Is to To-Be Material Type Mapping must be complete	S2P Data Team

Transformation

The Target fields are mapped to the applicable Legacy field that will be its source, this is a 3-way activity involving the Business, Functional team and Data team. This identifies the transformation activity required to allow Syniti ADMM to make the data Target ready:

Perform value mapping and data transformation rules.
1. Legacy values are mapped to the to-be values (this could include a default value)
2. Values are transformed according to the rules defined in ADMM.
Prepare target-ready data in the structure and format that is required for loading via prescribed Load Tool. This step also produces the load data ready for business to perform Pre-load Data Validation.

Transformation Run Sheet

Item #	Step Description	Team Responsible
1	Verify that Material data is extracted from both source systems.	Syniti / S2P Data Team
2	Verify that data has been loaded into the DCTs.	Syniti / S2P Data Team
3	Transformation jobs are ready for execution.	Syniti
4	Generate Load Files	Syniti

Transformation Rules

Transformation Rules for linking Materials to Classes:

Source system	Source Table	Source Field	Source Description	Target System	Target Table	Target Field	Target Description	Transformation Logic
S4H	MARA	MATNR	Material Number	S4H	KSSK	OBJEK	Key of Object to be Classified	WHERE DCT.KSSK-MTART = S4H.MARA-MTART
				S4H	KSSK	MAFID	Indicator: Object/Class	Default to "O"
				S4H	KSSK	KLART	Class Type	Default to "001"
DCT	KSSK	CLASS	Class Name	S4H	KSSK	CLINT	Internal Class Number	Copy S4H.KLAH-CLINT WHERE DCT.KSSK-CLASS = S4H.KLAH-CLASS
				S4H	KSSK	STDCL	Indicator: Standard Class	Default to "X"
				S4H	KSSK	STATU	Classification Status	Default to "1"
				S4H	KSSK	ZAEHL	Sort Position	Default to 10

Transformation Rules for linking Classes to Characteristics:

Source system	Source Table	Source Field	Source Description	Target System	Target Table	Target Field	Target Description	Transformation Logic
DCT	KSML	CLASS	Class Name	S4H	KSML	CLINT	Internal Class Number	Copy S4H.KLAH-CLINT WHERE DCT.KSML-CLASS = S4H.KLAH-CLASS
				S4H	KSML	POSNR	Item Number	Integer counter starting at 1 and incrementing by 1 for each CLINT. When CLINT changes it starts from 1 again.
DCT	KSML	ATNAM	Characteristic Name	S4H	KSML	IMERK	Internal Characteristic	Copy S4H.CABN-ATINN WHERE DCT.KSML-ATNAM = S4H.CABN-ATNAM
				S4H	KSML	KLART	Class Type	Default to "001"

Transformation Rules for Materials & Characteristics to Values assignment:

Source system	Source Table	Source Field	Source Description	Target System	Target Table	Target Field	Target Description	Transformation Logic
DCT	AUSP	OBJEK	Material Number	S4H	AUSP	OBJEK	Key of Object to be Classified	Copy As-Is.
DCT	AUSP	ATNAM	Characteristic Name	S4H	AUSP	ATINN	Internal Characteristic	Copy S4H.CABN-ATINN WHERE DCT.AUSP-ATNAM = S4H.CABN-ATNAM.
				S4H	AUSP	ATZHL	Characteristic Value Counter	Default to 1
				S4H	AUSP	MAFID	Indicator: Object/Class	Default to "O"
				S4H	AUSP	KLART	Class Type	Default to "001"
DCT	AUSP	ATWRT	Value	S4H	AUSP	ATWRT	Characteristic Value	WHERE S4H.MARA-MATNR = DCT.AUSP-OBJEK IF DCT.AUSP-ATNAM = 'Z_SY_EAM_REFURB' IF S4H.MARA-MTART = 'UNBW' AND S4H.MARC-KZKRI = 'X' in any Plant THEN Copy As-Is ELSE Blank ELSE Copy As-Is.

Transformation Rules for Materials & Characteristics to Values assignment for Old Material Number & Description:

Source system	Source Table	Source Field	Source Description	Target System	Target Table	Target Field	Target Description	Transformation Logic
S4H	MARA	MATNR	Material Number	S4H	AUSP	OBJEK	Key of Object to be Classified	Copy As-Is.
S4H	CABN	ATINN	Internal characteristic	S4H	AUSP	ATINN	Internal Characteristic	Copy S4H.CABN-ATINN WHERE S4H.CABN-ATNAM = Old Material Number: 'Z_SY_MAT_OLD_PART_NUMBER' Old Material Description: 'Z_SY_MAT_OLD_PART_DESCRIPTION'
				S4H	AUSP	ATZHL	Characteristic Value Counter	Default to 1
				S4H	AUSP	MAFID	Indicator: Object/Class	Default to "O"
				S4H	AUSP	KLART	Class Type	Default to "001"
S4H and PF2 & WP2	Material XREF & MAKT	MATNR & MAKTX	Material Number & Material Description	S4H	AUSP	ATWRT	Characteristic Value	Old Material Number: Copy "Material XREF"-"AS-IS MATNR" WHERE "Material XREF"-"TO-BE MATNR" = S4H.MARA-MATNR Old Material Description: Copy ECC.MATK-MAKTX WHERE "Material XREF"-"TO-BE MATNR" = S4H.MARA-MATNR and "Material XREF"-"AS-IS MATNR" = ECC.MATK-MATNR

Transformation Rules for Materials & Characteristics to Values assignment for BAAN Material Number & Description Found in ECC Material Classification:

Source system	Source Table	Source Field	Source Description	Target System	Target Table	Target Field	Target Description	Transformation Logic
WP2	AUSP	OBJEK	Material Number	S4H	AUSP	OBJEK	Key of Object to be Classified	Copy "Material XREF"-"TO-BE MATNR" WHERE "Material XREF"-"AS-IS MATNR" = AUSP-OBJEK
				S4H	AUSP	ATINN	Internal Characteristic	Copy S4H.CABN-ATINN WHERE S4H.CABN-ATNAM = Old Material Number: 'Z_SY_MAT_OLD_PART_NUMBER' Old Material Description: 'Z_SY_MAT_OLD_PART_DESCRIPTION'
				S4H	AUSP	ATZHL	Characteristic Value Counter	Default to 1
				S4H	AUSP	MAFID	Indicator: Object/Class	Default to "O"
				S4H	AUSP	KLART	Class Type	Default to "001"
WP2	AUSP	ATWRT	Characteristic Value	S4H	AUSP	ATWRT	Characteristic Value	Old Material Number: 0000009944 Old Material Description: 0000009943 Old Material Number: WHERE "Material XREF"-"TO-BE MATNR" = S4H.MARA-MATNR Old Material Description: Copy ECC.MATK-MAKTX WHERE "Material XREF"-"TO-BE MATNR" = S4H.MARA-MATNR and "Material XREF"-"AS-IS MATNR" = ECC.MATK-MATNR

Transformation Mapping

Mapping Table Name	Mapping Table Description	Link
Material	XREF	Conversion Specification - Mappings

Transformation Dependencies

List the steps that need to occur before transformation can commence

Item #	Step Description	Team Responsible
1	Data has been extracted from sources systems	Syniti
2	Configuration should be completed - (Config documents should be complete)	S2P Functional Team
3	Ensure DCT completeness	S2P Data Team
4	Value mapping and XREF tables are ready	Syniti & S2P Data Team

Pre-Load Validation

Project Team

Completeness

Task	Action
Verify Record Count	The number of records presented after relevancy checks and validation, as well as the number of records in the DCT, needs to be correct compared to the staged data in Syniti ADMM.
Completeness check	All fields required as per mapping template rules must be completed. Syniti ADMM standard validity reports checking each field in Syniti must be built.

Accuracy

Task	Action
Conversion Accuracy	Verify that the data staged in the preload tables are correct in terms of the mapping rules. This will be done via Syniti ADMM standard reports..
Review Error Reports	Review and correct the errors. Achieve a zero-error record count as much as possible. Raise defects for data remediated and requiring a correction in the source data.

Business

Completeness

Task	Action
Verify Record Count	Business should compare legacy record counts against the record count in the preload table.

Accuracy

Task	Action
Conversion Accuracy	Business team to verify that the data staged in the preload tables are correct in terms of the mapping rules. This will be done via Syniti ADMM reports/SAP reports.

Load

The load process includes:

Execute the automated data load into the target system using the appropriate load tool.
Once the data is loaded to the target system, it will be extracted and prepared for Post Load Data Validation.

Load Run Sheet

Item #	Step Description	Team Responsible
1	Verify data extracted	Data Specialist/Functional - S2P
2	Stage data for transformations	Syniti
3	Run transforms	Syniti
4	Execute pre-load report	Syniti
5	Validate preload report - release	Data Specialist/Functional - S2P
6	Prepare and simulate	Syniti
7	Pre-load verification and approval to load	Functional/Data Owner - S2P
8	Load to S4	Syniti
9	Complete Jira steps, Volumes and Timings	All - where applicable
10	Execute post-load report	Syniti
11	Post-load report verification/validation	Data Specialist/Functional/Data Owner - S2P
12	Object load completion approval	Data Owner - S2P

Load Phase and Dependencies

Configuration

Item #	Configuration Item
1	TCLA-Class Types
2	TCLG-Class Groups
3	TCLU-Class Status

Conversion Objects

Object #	Preceding Object Conversion Approach
1	2017 Materials - Class Type 001
2	2018 Materials - Characteristics of Class Type 001
3	2019 Materials - Basic Data View

Error Handling

Error Type	Error Description	Action Taken
Data	Classes, Characteristics and Values not loaded into the Target System	Add Missing data
Data	Source Material not linked to a Target Material in the XREF	Fix incorrect data
Data	Duplicates	Fix incorrect data
Load	Authorization errors	Apply for the applicable authorization permission and retry
Load	Technical load failures - If using MC - Simulation errors, etc	Investigate error and rectify. Retry simulation and/or load
Config	Configuration is missing in the Target System	Missing config added in the Target System

Post-Load Validation

Project Team

Post-Load Steps

Step Description	Team Responsible
Execute post-load report	Syniti
Post-load report verification/validation	Data Specialist/Functional/Data Owner - S2P
Object load completion approval	Data Owner - S2P

Completeness

Task	Action
Verify Count	The number of records presented in the post-load needs to be compared to the preload – Syniti report.
Field by field check	Compare source data staged in the preload tables to target data in the load tables.

Accuracy

Task	Action
Verify Logs	Check if there is data that failed to load and perform the necessary actions (e.g. register as post load issue or attempt to load the record again, etc.).

Business

Completeness

Task	Action
Verify Count	The number of records presented in the preload needs to be compared to the post-load Syniti report.
Missing data	Check missing data which was supposed to be loaded.
Reconciliation	Participate in Post-load walkthroughs.
Field by field check	Perform random Field by Field checks by comparing source data staged in the preload tables to target data in the load tables.

Accuracy

Task	Action
Conversion Accuracy	Verify that the data in S/4 HANA was loaded correctly via Syniti post-load reports.

Key Assumptions

Master Data Standard is up to date as on the date of documenting this conversion approach and data load.
Materials - Classification and Characteristic Assignment is in scope based on data design.

Change log

Version	Published	Changed By	Comment
CURRENT (v. 24)	Feb 17, 2026 13:50	CLARKE-ext, Steve
v. 56	Feb 16, 2026 11:47	CLARKE-ext, Steve
v. 55	Feb 16, 2026 11:43	CLARKE-ext, Steve
v. 54	Feb 13, 2026 15:17	CLARKE-ext, Steve
v. 53	Feb 13, 2026 13:08	CLARKE-ext, Steve
v. 52	Feb 13, 2026 11:30	CLARKE-ext, Steve
v. 51	Feb 13, 2026 11:17	CLARKE-ext, Steve
v. 50	Feb 10, 2026 12:05	CLARKE-ext, Steve
v. 49	Feb 06, 2026 15:07	CLARKE-ext, Steve	Changes for CR0320
v. 48	Dec 10, 2025 14:22	CLARKE-ext, Steve

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CNV-2023 Materials - Classification and Characteristic Assignment

Purpose

Conversion Scope

Predecessor Object

Additional Information

Multi-language Requirement

Document Management

Legal Requirement

Special Requirements

Target Design

Data Cleansing

Conversion Process

Data Privacy and Sensitivity

Extraction

Extraction Run Sheet

Selection Screen

Data Collection Template (DCT)

Extraction Dependencies

Transformation

Transformation Run Sheet

Transformation Mapping

Transformation Dependencies

Pre-Load Validation

Project Team

Completeness

Accuracy

Business

Completeness

Accuracy

Load

Load Run Sheet

Configuration

Conversion Objects

Error Handling

Post-Load Validation

Project Team

Post-Load Steps

Completeness

Accuracy

Business

Completeness

Accuracy

Key Assumptions

See also

Change log

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