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Purpose

The purpose of this document is to define the conversion approach to create Materials - Basic Data View in S/4 HANA.


Conversion Scope

The scope of this document covers the approach for converting active Materials - Basic Data View from Legacy Source Systems into S/4HANA following the Materials Master Data Design Standard.

From the current system landscape, Material data exists separately in the legacy systems (PF2 and WP2), with potential discrepancies in both organizations. Harmonization and validation are required to ensure accurate and consolidated data in S/4HANA. While PF2 and WP2 serve as source systems, extensive mapping and transformation logic will be necessary to produce properly formatted load templates in line with the target design.

We will carry out the following steps:

1) Establish a detailed set of relevancy rules for materials by consulting with the Business, Functional and Integration teams

2) Identify all duplicate materials in the Legacy systems with the help of tools developed by Syniti, and subsequently cleanse or merge the data

3) Analyse all current Material Types in Legacy and set the mapping for S4H accordingly. Where it is not possible for a one to one mapping between types we will work with the business to identify the correct mapping on a material level.

4) We will carry out cleansing tasks where needed across all material fields (for example, material descriptions and languages)

5) We will provide value mapping tables where needed for S4H compliance or where standardization is required (for example, Units of Measure)

6) We will provide detailed transformation rules for Syniti, working with our Functional and Integration teams


Relevancy Rules

REGULAR MATERIALS

  1. All materials created in the previous 6 months will be included unless flagged for deletion
  2. All Material Types will be considered unless they are on the Exclusion list as follows: Material Types PROD (PF2 & WP2), ZIMM, ZIRT (PF2), ZINT (WP2), 731 (PF2) to be excluded. Also Maintenance Assemblies to be excluded (MTypes Z750 (PF2), ZIBA (WP2)).
  3. Material Types ZUNB, ZBOM, ZPRC (WP2) will be included regardless of activity (unless flagged for deletion).
  4. For Services we will include materials where MARA.MTART = ZDIE (WP2) or Z710, Z720, Z732, ZB20 (PF2). We will also include materials where MARA.MEINS = PRT or LE, or where MARA.MTPOS_MARA = LEIS.
  5. We will only include materials that are extended to Plants currently in scope, according to the Enterprise Structure (excluding ZPRC material type as these do not require plant extension). If any material has no valid extensions, to any in scope plants, but open transactions/stock exist within these corresponding in scope plants, then we will include these materials as part of relevancy.
  6. We will include for migration all materials that have activity over the previous 48 months for non ZIND/ZABF materials, or 60 months for ZIND/ZABF materials:
    1. For procurement data use EKKO/EKPO tables where EKKO.LOEKZ = "" (blank) EKPO.LOEKZ = "" (blank) and use EKPO/AEDAT for date range.
    2. For sales data use VBAK/VBAP tables 
    3. For work order data use AUFK/AFKO/AFPO tables. Check date using AUFK.ERDAT. This applies to the following Order Categories only, Process Orders (AUFK.AUTYP = 40) and Maintenance Orders (AUFK.AUTYP = 30) where AUFK.LOEKZ = "" (blank).
    4. Valid PIRs and Source List (this includes Not Deleted/Validity Date not expired/In scope Purchasing Orgs and Plants based on Enterprise Structure) Check tables EINA/EINE/EORD. Check EORD.NOTKZ is showing as not blocked. Check that SL date (EORD.BDATU) has not expired. Check that PIR dates, (EINA.LIFBI) and (EINE.PRDAT), have not expired.
  7. Additionally, we can check material movements by querying MKPF/MSEG tables for the last 48 months for non ZIND/ZABF materials and 60 months for ZIND/ZABF materials.
  8. We will include for migration all materials that have open documents including the following:
    1. Open PO where (EKPO.EREKZ ≠ 'X') and (EKKO.BSTYP = F) and STO where (EKPO.ELIKZ ≠ 'X'), (EKKO.BSTYP = F) and (EKKO.BSART = UB/UBNI).
    2. Open contracts and scheduling agreements where (EKKO.KDATE has not expired) and (EKKO.BSTYP = K)
    3. Open SO. VBUK.GBSTK = ('A','B') VBUK.VBTYP = C
    4. Open WO. Use AUFK for checking open Process orders (AUFK.AUTYP = 40) and Maintenance Orders (AUFK.AUTYP=30). Link field AUFK.OBJNR to JEST.OBNR to get status codes not equal to TECO AND JEST.INACT ≠ 'X'.
  9. Have current stock/open inventory
    1. For Open Inventory use the following tables:

      MARD

      MKOL (Consignment stock)

      MSKA (Sales Order stock)

      MSLB (Special stock)

      MSPR (Project stock)

  10. We will include BOM data for materials in scope using tables: MAST/STKO/STPO. We will include all Production and Plant Maintenance BOMs and their related components. MAST data will include BOM Usage (STLAN) 1 (Production) & 4 (Plant Maintenance). STKO data will include BOM Category STKO.STLTY = E (Equipment), F (Functional Location) & M (Material). Exclude inactive BOMs (STKO.STLST = 02). All BOM components will be included in relevancy regardless of activity (unless flagged for deletion). Exclude any deleted records STKO.LOEKZ, STKO.LKENZ= X, STPO.LKENZ = X.
  11. Materials with Deletion Flags will be excluded unless appearing in the following open transactions:
    1. Open PO/STO
    2. Open contracts and scheduling agreements
    3. Open SO
    4. Open WO
  12. Deletion Flags (Table/Field) are as follows: MARA.LVORM = 'X' MARA.MSTAE = Z4, ZZ (PF2 system) Z0 (WP2 system) MARA.MSTAV = 51
  13. Materials with the word 'OBSOLETE' or 'DELETED' contained within the Short Description will be excluded. Also excluded are Materials where Short Description contains '**OBS', '**OBS**', '**OBS***', '*OBS*', '*OBS**', '***OBS***'
  14. Include ZIND/ZABF materials with Purchase Requisition for the last 60 months. Check table EBAN. Check for validity date EBAN.ERDAT. Check EBAN.BSTYP = B. Check that EBAN.LOEKZ = "" (blank). Check valid Plant according to the Enterprise Structure.
  15. Include non ZIND/ZABF materials with Purchase Requisition for the last 48 months. Check table EBAN. Check for validity date EBAN.ERDAT. Check EBAN.BSTYP = B. Check valid Purchase Org/Plant according to the Enterprise Structure
  16. Include all materials with PLIR (Planned Independent Requirements). Check table PBIM/PBED for materials PBIM.MATNR. Check PBIM.LOEVR ≠ 'D'. Check PBIM.WERKS for in scope Plants.
  17. Include all materials with planned orders for external procurement. Check table PLAF. Check date PLAF.PSTTR for previous 4 years activity. Check for special procurement in field PLAF.SOBES = 0. 




List of source systems and approximate number of records
SourceScope

Source Approx No. of Records

Target SystemTarget Approx

No. of Records

PF2,WP2

The Material Master Records will be extracted or collected via DCT.

Any additional data that need to be created to support the new design may be added in the DCT.

A data review and standardization will be done across all Info Records in the DCT. 

1,200,000S4H260,000
PF2,WP2

Service master records currently reside in the ASMD table, totaling approximately 38,000 for  PF2-020 and 900 for WP2.

39,528 (PF2 38,644 and WP2 884)



S4H4,475 (PF2 4,171 and WP2 304)

Additional Information

MDS Documents

Multi-language Requirement

Languages to be extracted (available on Source Systems)

 SAP standard supports all ISO languages, ensure that all standard languages are considered in scope.

Material Master will have a default description available in English.
Multi language is supported for Materials. Login via a different language will show the description displayed in the logon language if the language key is maintained.

  • Core languages: EN - English, FR - French, IT - Italian and ZH - Mandarin.
  • Additional languages: PT - Portuguese, DE - German, ES - Spanish
  • Additional Supplier languages that are possible: PL - Polish, JA - Japanese, KO - Korean, FI - Finnish, BG - Bulgarian, RU - Russian, TH- Thai, ZF - Chinese traditional, SK - Slovak, Z9 - Brazil Portuguese. 

Document Management

Not Applicable

Legal Requirement

Not Applicable

Special Requirements

Not Applicable


Target Design

This section defines the structure and configuration of the target system in SAP S/4HANA. It specifies how each target field is designed, including data types, field lengths, and business rules, ensuring alignment between functional requirements and technical implementation for the conversion process.

The technical design of the target for this conversion approach.

Sequence TableTechnical FieldField DescriptionField FormatField Length

Requirement


001MARAMATNRMaterial NumberText (CHAR)18Required
002MARAMBRSHIndustry SectorText (CHAR)1Required
003MAKTMAKTXDescriptionText (CHAR)40Required
004MAKTSPRASLanguage KeyText (CHAR)2Default to 'EN'
005MARAMTARTMaterial TypeText (CHAR)4Required
006MARAMEINSBase Unit of Measure (ISO Format)Text (CHAR)3Required
007MARAMATKLMaterial GroupText (CHAR)9Required
008MARABISMTOld Material NumberText (CHAR)40Required
012MARASPARTDivisionText (CHAR)2Required
013MARAPRDHAProduct HierarchyText (CHAR)18Conditional
014MARAMSTAECross-Plant Product StatusText (CHAR)2Conditional
015MARAMSTDEValid-From DateDate
   Conditional
017MARAMTPOS_MARAGeneral Item Category GroupText (CHAR)4Required
018MARABEGRUAuthorization GroupText (CHAR)4Required
019MARABRGEWGross WeightNumber (NUMC)13,3   Conditional
020MARANTGEWNet WeightNumber (NUMC)13,3   Conditional
021MARAGEWEIUnit of Weight (ISO Format)Text (CHAR)3 Conditional
022MARAVOLUMVolumeNumber (NUMC)13,3   Conditional
023MARAVOLEHVolume UnitText (CHAR)3Conditional
024MARAGROESSize/DimensionsText (CHAR)32Conditional
025MARAEAN11GTINText (CHAR)18Conditional
026MARANUMTPGTIN CategoryText (CHAR)2Conditional
027MARARMATPRef Material for PackagingText (CHAR)40Conditional
028MARAMAGRVMaterial Group: Packaging MaterialsText (CHAR)4Conditional
029MARANORMTIndustry Standard DescriptionText (CHAR)18Conditional
031MARAWRKSTBasic MaterialText (CHAR)48Conditional
032MARACHML_CMPLNC_RLVNC_INDChemical Compliance Relevance IndicatorText (CHAR)1Required



Data Cleansing

IDCriticalityError Message/Report DescriptionRuleOutputSource SystemTeam Responsible

2019-001

C1

English description missing or EN description not English language

All materials require English description by default, so need to be provided if missing. 


PF2/WP2Syniti/Data Team

2019-002

C1

Description format

Material descriptions must adhere to S4 standardization so no special characters etc and must not exceed character limit.

Refer to 'Informal Words' document (Special Characters tab): 


PF2/WP2Syniti/Data Team

2019-003

C1

UoM alignment

Check that all material UoMs adhere to S4 ISO standard, refer to UoM mapping table


PF2/WP2Syniti/Data Team

2019-004

C1

Check Gross and Net Weights

Check that Gross Weight >= Net


PF2/WP2Syniti

2019-005

C1

Verify overlaps OR duplicated descriptions between ASMD/MARA

Verify for overlaps / duplications between: 

ASMDT-ASMD_TEXT (Service Master Description – EN)
MAKT-MAKTX (Material Description – EN)


Compare records on the same system and cross system for English language


 PF2/WP2Data Team

2019-006

C1

Validation Reports

Validation Reports to be built


 Syniti

Conversion Process

The high-level process is represented by the diagram below:



The high level process for Classes that will be captured in a DCT are represented by the diagram below:

e

Data Privacy and Sensitivity

Not Applicable


Extraction

The source for Basic data for Materials is PF2 & WP2.  This will be extracted by Syniti based on the Relevancy criteria.

Extraction Run Sheet

Req #Requirement DescriptionTeam Responsible
1Extract Material Master data (MARA) from PF2 and WP2 ECC systems according to the defined Relevancy Rules (scope by Material Type, and Activity).Syniti
2Validate the extracted data volumes against ECC totals to ensure completeness before applying any filtering (count check per Material Type and per Plant).Syniti
3Apply exclusion criteria (e.g. deletion flags, obsolete status).Syniti
4Include recent transactional linkage (e.g., materials used in open PO, SO, or movements) within last 5 years for indirect/waste materials and 4 years for all others.Syniti
5Validate UoM conversions and ensure all Base Units (MEINS) exist in UoM ISO mapping table.Syniti/Data Team
6Generate Google Sheet report pre-populated with PF2 and WP2 extracted data for Business validationSyniti/Data Team


Selection Screen

Selection Ref ScreenParameter NameSelection TypeRequirementValue to be entered/set
Not Applicable




Data Collection Template (DCT)

Materials & Service Master

SAP StructureSAP FieldTypeLengthField DescriptionImportanceLong Description
MARA - General Material Master Data (client-level basic material data)
MARAMATNRCHAR18Material Numbermandatory for sheetMaterial Number

A key that uniquely identifies the product. For a numeric field add leading zeros.
 MARAMTARTCHAR4Material Typemandatory for sheet

Material Type

All ZPRC materials will map to ZBAS Material Type regardless of Material Group.

Check to see if any materials are components in a Production BOM, and if so then set Material Type to be ZDIR instead of using mapping.

Use Value Mapping table for Material Types. This maps ECC Material Group to the proposed S4H Material Type.

 MARAMATKLCHAR9Material Group

Material Group

Key that you use to group together several products or services with the same attributes, and to assign them to a particular product group.

 MARAMBRSHCHAR1Industry Sector

Industry Sector

Key that specifies the branch of industry to which the product is assigned. Default to 'C' (Chemical Industry)

 MAKTMAKTXCHAR40

Material Description (Short Text)


LANGUAGE EN

mandatory for sheet

Description*

Text that describes the product in more detail.
Note: You can maintain additional descriptions for languages other than those provided on the 'Basic Data' sheet.

 MAKTSPRASLANG2Language Keymandatory for sheet

Language Key

Default to 'EN'

 MARAMEINSUNIT3Base Unit of Measuremandatory for sheet

Base Unit of Measure (ISO Format)*

Unit of measure in which stocks of the product are managed. The system converts all the quantities you enter in other units of measure (alternative units of measure) to the base unit of measure. Note: define your alternative units of measure in sheet 'Alternative Unit of Measure'.


 MARA

EAN11CHAR18International Article Number (EAN/UPC)
EAN

The GTIN on the Basic Data sheet always relates to the base unit of measure. Note: if you have additional GTIN's for this unit please enter them on the Additional GTIN sheet. The GTIN entered here is always the Main GTIN.
With internal number assignment, you enter the GTIN category but not a GTIN.
 MARANUMTPCHAR2Category of International Article Number

EAN Category

The EAN category defines the following attributes of the corresponding EAN:
Type/method of number assignment (internal and/or external number assignment) and details as to whether alphanumerical EANs are allowed
Check-digit algorithm that checks whether a check digit is required
Prefix (for perishables EANs)
Length of the EAN.

 MARASPARTCHAR2Division

Division

A way of grouping products, or services. The system uses divisions to determine the sales areas and the business areas for a product, or service. Please maintain the division for all sales relevant products.

MARABISMTCHAR18Old Material Number

Old Material Number


Number under which you have managed the product so far or still manage it, for example, in another system or in a card index.
The maximum length of field Old Material Number is identical with the defined length for material numbers in your system.

 MARAPRDHACHAR18Product Hierarchy

Product Hierarchy

Alphanumeric character string for grouping together products by combining different characteristics. It is used for analyses and price determination.

 MARANORMTCHAR18Industry Standard Description
Industry Standard Description

Description of the product in accordance with the appropriate industry standard (such as ANSI or ISO). This field is purely for information.
 MARAGROESCHAR40Size/Dimensions
Size/Dimensions

Text field that you can use as you like, for example, to record the size or dimensions of the product. The data you enter is merely for information and is not used by the system.
 MARA

MTPOS_MARA

CHAR4General Item Category Group

General Item Category Group

Material grouping that helps the system to determine item categories during sales document processing.

 MARABEGRUCHAR4Authorization Group
Authorization Group

The authorization group enables you to protect access to certain objects.
 MARAMSTAECHAR2Cross-Plant Material Status

Cross-Plant Material Status

The product status determines how a product is handled in different applications and in business operations (for example, purchasing, products planning, usage in bills of material ..). If a product has a product status, the system will issue either a warning or an error message (depending on which status you have chosen) if the product is used.
Note: The cross-plant product status restricts the usability of the product for all plants. Please see further information in the migration object documentation under Mapping instructions.

 MARAMSTDEDATS8Date from Which the Material Status Is Valid
Valid-From Date

Date from which the cross-plant product status is valid.
 MARAANPNUMC9ANP Code (Brazil Localization)

ANP Code

For Brazil only !
Identifies the products that are controlled by the Brazilian Oil Agency.

 MARABRGEWQUAN15Gross Weight
Gross Weight

Gross weight expressed in the unit of weight specified by you in the Unit of weight field.
The system can use the gross weight at a later stage, depending on what kind of capacity check you run, to check storage bin capacity for warehouse management purposes.
 MARANTGEWQUAN15Net Weight
Net Weight

Net weight expressed in the unit of weight specified by you in the Unit of weight field.
 MARAGEWEIUNIT3Weight Unit

Unit of Weight (ISO Format)

Unit referring to the gross weight or net weight of the product.
If a product is created with sales data, the field unit of weight gets mandatory. Please provide an entry in this field or a default unit of weight is defined in product groups settings.

 MARAVOLUMQUAN15Volume
Volume

Space that the product occupies per unit of volume. The volume refers to the unit specified in the "Volume unit" field. The volume and its unit always refer to the base unit of measure.
 MARAVOLEHUNIT3Volume Unit

Volume Unit

If you specify a volume, you have to enter the corresponding volume unit here.

 MARAMAGRVCHAR4Material Group: Packaging Materials

Material Group added using value mapping table:


This will be added for materials with ZLEI/ZLEH/ZLER Mat Type

MARARMATPCHAR18Reference Material for Packaging

Reference Material added using value mapping table:


This will be added for ZDIR materials only

MARAWRKSTCHAR4Basic Material
The field will be populated for materials with material type = ZDIR ( Finished Goods) to store the reference of unpackaged product (R&I samples, materials with material type ZBAS) on the packaged goods ready to sell commercially.
This is required as part of NPI process.
The field will also be populated for UNBW materials representing the Unused Project stock to store reference of an Indirect material ZIND. This is required for I2M Unused leftover Project materials.


Enrichment DCT for Material Type 

When you will rerun?
How will you maintain old decisions

SystemMaterial

Mat Description

FlagCurrent ECC Material Type & Description

Proposed S4 Material Type & Description

(Editable)

Approved

(Editable)

Comments

(Editable)

Audit Field
PF2/WP2

MARA-MATNR


  • Duplication Check on Material Number
MAKT-MAKTX

Blank - For existing materials included as part of relevancy

Out of Scope - For materials removed from scope

New – Assigned to materials added as a result of:

 (i) changes in relevancy scope

or

 (ii) newly created material.


MARA-MTART

T134-MTBEZ

1) For initial data load, materials will reference the mapping for Material Types in the Value Mapping table (link below), based on Material Group mapped to Material Type.

This DCT will be used for materials that are part of the Exclusion list, and need to be mapped to the correct Material Type.




Business will be required to approve each record in this column. If left blank it will be treated as invalid.
Audit field to capture any changes to Proposed S4 Material Type


Extraction Dependencies

Item #Step DescriptionTeam Responsible

1

Data cleansing of legacy Material data must be completed.

Business


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 to make the data Target ready:

  1. 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
  2. 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 DescriptionTeam Responsible

1

Verify that Material data is extracted from both source systems.

Syniti / S2P Data Team

2

Verify that Services data is extracted from the DCT.

Syniti / S2P Data Team

3

Verify that the Material Number XREF has been updated for both material and service data.

Syniti

5

Transformation jobs are ready for execution.

Syniti

6

Generate Load Files.

Syniti


Transformation Rules

Rule #Source systemSource TableSource FieldSource DescriptionTarget SystemTarget TableTarget FieldTarget DescriptionTransformation Logic
1PF2/WP2MARA/DCTMATNRMaterial NumberS/4HANAMARAMATNRMaterial Number

Generate new Material number in Target System and maintain mapping in reference (XREF) table.

The number ranges for each Material Type can be referenced from the MDS (link below). It is the Material Type Views tab (column V & W).

The exception to this is for Composite materials as they will keep the material number used in Legacy/Source system.

2PF2/WP2MARA/DCTMBRSHIndustry SectorS/4HANAMARAMBRSHIndustry SectorIndustry Sector = C - Chemical Industry (for Syensqo)
3PF2/WP2MARA/DCTMTARTMaterial TypeS/4HANAMARAMTARTMaterial Type

1) All ZPRC materials will map to ZBAS Material Type regardless of Material Group.

2) Check to see if any materials have been flagged as components in a Production BOM, and if so then set Material Type to be ZDIR instead of using XREF table.

3) An Exclusion list will be maintained where materials are identified as having an incorrect Material Group. This will then be added to the Enrichment DCT for loading with the correct Type. Exclude 1) & 2).

4) Create XREF table by referencing the Value Mapping table (link below) for Material Types. This maps ECC Material Group to the proposed S4H Material Type. Exclude 1), 2) &3)


4PF2/WP2MAKT/DCTMAKTXDescriptionS/4HANAMAKTMAKTXDescription

General Rule for short description, applicable to all material types except ZSER, VERP and Raw materials within ZDIR -

Maximum number of 40 characters                                                               

All capital letters                                                               

Do not use double quotes (") to represent inches. If necessary, use two single quotes (')                                                               

Use comma (,) or space to separate the words

Do not include supplier specific information, they can be added to the Material PO text long description which will be printed on PO

Include Material Description explaining the product details, size and packaging container ex: ALKAMULS BR 200 KG METAL DRUM

Do not include Special characters in description.

The Description field contains details used to define the item. This field is used as the internal product description and prints on purchase orders (but not sales orders) & is mandatory for all items.                                                                                              

For Packaging materials, Material type - VERP

Material group - 24110000 Containers, Short description rule - Packaging name + capacity + basic material (of pallet-  Type of pallet : WOOD, STEEL or PE) + characteristics

Material group - 24140000 Packing supplies , Short description rule - Packaging name + dimensions + capacity + specific characteristics (if exists)

Material group - 55121600 Labels , Short description rule - Material + Packaging name + dimensions + product name

For Raw Materials, Material type - ZDIR with combination of Purchasing category

Purchasing category- Chemicals, Alcohols, Amines, Minerals, Metals, Steam and Industrial gases, Surfactants, Thickeners & Waxes and Oils

Short description rule - chemical description+ concentration + weight + packaging type e.g. CARBON DIOXID 99% 25KG CYL

Purchasing category - Fibers and Yarns,

Mat group -11151512  Glass Fiber, Short description rule - Glass Style - Width (Metric + US) - Finish – ‘Glass Fabric’ - Line or Country(If needed)

Mat group - 11151500 Other Fiber, Short description rules basis Fiber type-

Carbon Style - Weight(gsm) - Width (Metric + US) - Fiber Type used - Tow - Twist - Line or Country(If needed) e.g. 8HS 372GSM 42IN T300 3K ST (FR) 

Aramid Style - Width (Metric + US) - Finish – ‘Aramid Fabric’ - Line or Country(If needed), e.g. 120 50IN CS-800 ARAMID FABRIC

Astroquartz Style - Width (Metric + US) - Finish – ‘Astroquartz Fabric’ - Line or Country (If needed), e.g. 503 38IN A1100S ASTROQUARTZ FABRIC

Purchasing category - Resins, Short description rule - Brand/Chemical name - Product – Form (If Required) - Country (If Required) - Weight - Pkg size, e.g. ARALDITE MY9663 WGT PK SIZE

Purchasing category - Solvents, Short description rule - Brand/Chemical Name (Purity if required)- Weight - Pkg Size, e.g. ACETONE (99%) WGT PK SIZE 

For Indirect Materials, Mat type - ZIND, NLAG, UNBW

Material Description must follow the UNSPSC structure

Format: NOUN + MODIFIER + ATTRIBUTE 1 + ATTRIBUTE 2

Noun = What the material is

Modifier = Type or Function

Attributes = Key details (size, material, rating, spec, etc)

Use standard abbreviations where required

Maximum length = 40 characters

For Service Materials, Mat type - ZSER

Maximum number of 40 characters                                                               

All capital letters                                                                                                                        

Use comma (,) or space to separate the words

Include Service description e.g. ‘Cleaning services’

5PF2/WP2MAKT/DCTSPRASLanguage KeyS/4HANAMAKTSPRASLanguage Key

Default language - English

6PF2/WP2MARA/DCTMEINSBase Unit of Measure (ISO Format)S/4HANAMARAMEINSBase Unit of Measure (ISO Format)

Map from source to target system in adherence to S4H ISO Data Standard using mapping table below:


7PF2/WP2MAKT/DCTMATKLMaterial GroupS/4HANAMARAMATKLMaterial Group

Map from source to target using Material Group mapping table:


8PF2/WP2MARA/DCTBISMTOld Material NumberS/4HANAMARABISMTOld Material NumberFor scenarios where 1 ECC material is merged to 1 S4 Material, Old Material No field needs to be populated with ECC material no. The BAAN no and description will be stored on classification.
For scenarios where multiple ECC materials are merged into 1 S4 Material, Golden record should be identified and needs to be populated on the old material no field in this view. Other materials can be maintained in Old Material No characteristic on classification.
9PF2/WP2MARA/DCTSPARTDivisionS/4HANAMARASPARTDivisionRequired to determine for which division the material will be created. This field is populated depending on the division configure in the system. 
This will be a Default value = 01 (Product).
10PF2/WP2MARA/DCTPRDHAProduct HierarchyS/4HANAMARAPRDHAProduct Hierarchy

Map from source to target using table below.

Only material with material type ZDIR will be relevant for Product Hierarchy.

Field Value is determined from:


11PF2/WP2MARA/DCTMSTAECross Plant Material StatusS/4HANAMARAMSTAECross Plant Material Status

Map from source to target using Material Status mapping table


12PF2/WP2MARA/DCTMSTDEValid FromS/4HANAMARAMSTDEValid From

Copy from source to target system

13PF2/WP2MARA/DCTMTPOS_MARAGeneral Item Category GroupS/4HANAMARAMTPOS_MARAGeneral Item Category Group

Select the general item category group relevant for the material.
The general item category values applicable are:
NORM      Standard Item => Material type ZDIR, ZIND, UNBW
LEIS           Service w/o Delivery  => Material type ZSER
DIEN         Service w/ Delivery => Material type ZSER
NLAG        Non Stock Item  / Test Panel => Material type NLAG
ZAN2        Auxiliary items => Material type ZDIR
ZAN3        Distress / Scrap / Raw => Material type ZDIR
ZAN4        Bonded Warehouse => Material type ZDIR
BANS        Third Party Item => Material type ZDIR
LEIH          Returnable Packaging => Material type ZLEI

With ZDIR materials there are 5 different categories so we need to identify the relevant materials by also referencing the Material Group.

14PF2/WP2MARA/DCTBEGRUAuthorization GroupS/4HANAMARABEGRUAuthorization Group

Copy from source to target system

15PF2/WP2MARA/DCTBRGEWGross WeightS/4HANAMARABRGEWGross WeightCopy from source to target system
16PF2/WP2MARA/DCTNTGEWNet WeightS/4HANAMARANTGEWNet WeightCopy from source to target system
17PF2/WP2MARA/DCTGEWEIUnit of Weight (ISO Format)S/4HANAMARAGEWEIUnit of Weight (ISO Format)

Map from source to target system in adherence to S4H ISO Data Standard

18PF2/WP2MARA/DCTVOLUMVolumeS/4HANAMARAVOLUMVolumeCopy from source to target system
19PF2/WP2MARA/DCTVOLEHVolume UnitS/4HANAMARAVOLEHVolume Unit

Map from source to target system in adherence to S4H ISO Data Standard

20PF2/WP2MARA/DCTGROESSize/DimensionsS/4HANAMARAGROESSize/DimensionsCopy from source to target system
21PF2/WP2MARA/DCT

EAN11

EAN/UPCS/4HANAMARA

EAN11

EAN/UPC

Copy from source to target system

22PF2/WP2MARA/DCTNUMTPEAN CategoryS/4HANAMARANUMTPEAN Category

Copy from source to target system

23PF2/WP2MARA/DCTMAGRVMaterial Group: Packaging MaterialsS/4HANAMARAMAGRVMaterial Group: Packaging Materials

Map from source to target using value mapping table:

This will be added for materials with ZLEI/ZLEH/ZLER Mat Type

24PF2/WP2MARA/DCT

RMATP

Ref. material for packagingS/4HANAMARA

RMATP

Ref. material for packaging

Map from source to target using value mapping table:

This will be added for ZDIR materials only

25PF2/WP2MARA/DCTNORMTIndustry Standard Description (Ind. Std Desc.)S/4HANAMARANORMTIndustry Standard Description (Ind. Std Desc.)

Copy from source to target system


26PF2/WP2MARA/DCTWRKSTBasic MaterialS/4HANAMARAWRKSTBasic Material

The field will be populated for materials with material type = ZDIR (Finished Goods) to store the reference of unpackaged product (R&I samples, materials with material type ZBAS) on the packaged goods ready to sell commercially.
This is required as part of NPI process.
The field will also be populated for UNBW materials representing the Unused Project stock to store reference of an Indirect material ZIND. This is required for I2M Unused leftover Project materials.

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S/4HANAMARACHML_CMPLNC_RLVNCE_INDCompliance Relevant Indicator

Compliance Relevant Indicator to be set for materials/material groups related to chemicals. The Indicator is visible in the view within the Fiori App “Manage Product Master Data (ID: F1602)” under the Product Compliance tab in Manage Product Master. Additionally, you can refer to the backend table field MARA–CHML_CMPLNC_RLVNCE_IND, where the corresponding values are stored.

29PF2/WP2MARA/DCTANPANP CodeS/4HANAMARAANPANP CodeCopy from source to target system


Transformation Mapping

Mapping Table NameMapping Table DescriptionLink

Material Type

Mapping of legacy Material Types to target system value

Material Group

Mapping of legacy Material Groups to target system value

Product HierarchyMapping of legacy Product Hierarchies to target system value

BUoMMapping of Base Unit Of Measure

Transformation Dependencies

List the steps that need to occur before transformation can commence
Item #Step DescriptionTeam Responsible

1

All Material Type mapping has been completed and mapping table in place

S2P Data Team

2

Data has been extracted from sources systems

Syniti

3

Material Relevancy run is completed


4

Deduplication is completed

Syniti & S2P Data Team

5

Configuration should be completed - (Config documents should be complete)

S2P Functional Team

6

Ensure DCT completeness

S2P Data Team

7

Value mapping and XREF tables are ready

Syniti & S2P Data Team

Inclusion table/Exclusion Table

1Exclusion table to show ECC materials extracted that are not to be migrated
2Exclusion table to show where DCT will be the source instead of ECC
3Inclusion table to show additional materials required from ECC (as were not part of original relevancy criteria)

 

Pre-Load Validation

Project Team

Completeness

TaskAction

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

TaskAction

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

TaskAction

Completeness Check

Business should compare legacy record counts, taking into account the reduction from the relevancy and deduplication processes, against the record count in the preload table.


Accuracy

TaskAction

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:

  1. Execute the automated data load into target system using load tool or product the load file if the load must be done manually
  2. 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 DescriptionTeam Responsible

1

Verify data extracted

Data Specialist/Functional - S2P

2

Verify data combined from both source systems and DCT

Data Specialist/Functional - S2P

3

Verify Material, Plant and Purchasing Group XREFs are ready

Data Specialist/Functional - S2P

4

Stage data for transformations

Syniti

5

Run transforms

Syniti

6

Execute pre-load report

Syniti

7

Validate preload report - release

Data Specialist/Functional - S2P

8

Prepare and simulate

Syniti

9

Pre-load verification and approval to load

Functional/Data Owner - S2P

10

Load to S4

Syniti

11

Complete Jira steps, Volumes and Timings

All - where applicable

12

Execute post-load report

Syniti

13

Post-load report verification/validation

Data Specialist/Functional/Data Owner - S2P

14

Object load completion approval

Data Owner - S2P


Load Phase and Dependencies


Configuration

Item #Configuration ItemDescription
MARAMTARTMaterial Type
MARAMBRSHIndustry Sector
MARAMATKLMaterial Group
MARAMEINSUnit of Measure
MARALABOR Lab/Office
MARASPARTDivision
MARAPRDHAProd Hierarchy
MARAMSTAEX-Plant status
MARAMTPOS_MARAItem Category
MARABEGRUAuth Group
MARAGEWEIWeight Unit
MARAVOLEHVolume Unit
MARANUMTPEAN Category
MARAMAGRVMaterial Packaging Group
MAKTSPRASLanguage

Conversion Objects

Object #Preceding Object Conversion Approach


Error Handling

Error TypeError DescriptionAction Taken

Config

Configuration is missing in the Target System

Missing config to be added in the Target System

Data

Duplicates

Fix incorrect data





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

TaskAction

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

TaskAction

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

TaskAction

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

TaskAction

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 - Basic Data is in scope based on data design and any exception requested by business.


See also Next Steps: 

We are adding list of all tasks which need to be completed for Material master data preparation for migration.


Change log

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v. 311 Apr 21, 2026 08:04 HANCOCK-ext, John
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