Batch input, BAPI, SAP GUI script, OData, MS Excel functions, possible integration with MS Excel macros
User training time
Long (several days)
Short (several hours)
Time for preparing a new interface
Medium (whole multi-stage configuration in SAP, separate development of a data preparation interface in MS Excel)
Short (recording or selecting an interface in SAP, the rest of work heavily automated in MS Excel)
The tool in which configuration is stored
SAP system, transfer of settings between systems via transport mechanism
MS Excel workbook, there is no need to transfer settings between SAP systems. Once prepared the same EasyInput workbook can be used in various SAP systems.
User friendliness of the interface and ease of data migration
Medium (the interface on the side of the SAP system, error logs hard to read)
Large (an MS Excel interface, errors assigned to specific transactions, a test mode and a re-execute mode only for records processed with errors in the preceding run)
Possible applications of the tool
Mainly migration of large amounts of data
Both data migration, testing of transactions and remote execution of individual SAP transactions/business functions
Code extensions use within script
Possible via user exits written in ABAP
More complex - require use of Function Modules/ VBA
Authorizations
Development authorizations required (a developer)
No development authorizations required in the production system
