DATAMA
The fast and reliable way to migrate SAP Data
DATAMA is industry-agnostic, easily deployable Extract, Transform, and Load tool designed specifically for SAP data migration. Regardless of whether you’re transferring data between SAP systems, migrating data from an ERP system to SAP, or shifting data from SAP to a new ERP system, DATAMA data migration tool is the answer.
Absoft’s DATAMA has been used to deliver selective data migration into a new SAP implementation for an acquisition in as little as 6 weeks, right through to multi-year S/4HANA transformation programmes in multi-national organisations.
Don’t let data migration be a headache for your SAP projects.
DATAMA Capabilities
DATAMA is the one-stop solution for all your data migration needs
What is your scenario?
- Migrate your data from any source system to SAP, or vice versa
- Selective data migration for mergers and acquisitions
- Data cleansing and consolidation for legacy systems
- Data migration for S/4HANA transformation projects
Single Functions
- Select and extract data from a specific SAP-ABAP based data source
- Store and transform data in a database component for storage and transformation
- Apply standard or custom transformations to your data
- Load data into any SAP destination
- Data cleanse and provide harmonisation for legacy systems consolidation
- Select and extract data from any source system, such as files, spreadsheets, SAP systems, other ERP systems, or databases
- Transform and harmonise data in an intermediate database component, using a library of standard or custom functions
- Load and integrate data into any SAP destination system, such as S/4HANA, ECC, or BW
How does it work?
Key Benefits
Efficiency
- DATAMA reduces cutover time. – Once outputs are approved, final code can be run automatically; plus multiple objects can run at once.
- Queries are applied quickly and processing time in PostgreSQL is much faster.
- Multiple users can work in the same database, PostgreSQL supports parallelisation
Simplified Process
- DATAMA can simplify and accelerate your data migration process.
- It comes in familiar languages VBA – Development in Python & SQL
Visibility
- Version control Use of GitHub means we can track any changes made to the code
Agility
- DATAMA is easy to deploy, flexible to configure, and can handle any data volume with no file size limitation.
Choosing the Right SAP partner
Absoft is the leader in SAP Data Migration with more than three decades of experience. Some of our consultants have been with us from the very beginning and their wealth of SAP migration knowledge gives us the expertise needed for your ERP data migration project. DATAMA tool has been built by our very own specialists, making us the premium choice.
With SAP, one size simply does not fit all – and Absoft is the SAP partner you can trust to deliver results based on an unmatched combination of technical ability and in-depth business understanding. Our core purpose is to deliver lasting and enduring value to our customers, ensuring you unleash the full power and potential of your SAP investment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Absoft are expert in all the typical approaches to data migration:
- Application Data Migration, where we utilise SAP tools such as LSMW, SAP’S Data Migration cockpit, Data Services alongside our own in-house developed DATAMA toolset.
- Technical Data migration using Absoft’s proprietary extract and load utilities. Used where data transformation is not a facet of the project these tools can significantly accelerate SAP transition projects
- or our C-Raze method where we copy the customer system and delete (raze) data that should not be transferred to the end-customer
“Hot dinners” come to mind. We’ve done this more times than some of us would care to think about. Whether it be from Sun, Oracle, Maximo, Dynamics, Sage, Absoft have migrated data from non-SAP environments into SAP.
Our transition teams are well versed with the data models of these systems and their equivalents in SAP which we have captured in accelerators which decrease the mapping effort which is such a time consuming element of Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) migration projects.
While we usually recommend staying on SAP we do have expertise in extracting key data from SAP systems for storage in external tools such as data warehouses or other 3rd party systems.
Do you want expert opinion? Get in touch with our team and we’ll assess your business case.
Absoft has many years of experience in data migration, this expertise has gone into developing the DATAMA toolset. Coupled with a library of pre-defined data transformation mappings makes Absoft best placed to assist in any SAP data migration situation.
As Datama Data Transformation can be used for a range of use cases in multi-national and local businesses, a range of technical deployment options are available to support the diverse range of data protection policies and scaling requirements.
It is broadly possible to run Datama Data Transformation on any typical PC with a supported version of Microsoft Windows. Hardware requirements vary by scale of the project; Absoft will provide bespoke advice on the specific requirements for each project.
A mix of the experience levels of our technical and functional teams and proprietary software Absoft means that we typically meet, and often exceed, our customers expectations regarding delivery dates.
We have a track record of on-time/on budget deliveries even in situations where ICT has been far down the priority list for the deal team and something of an afterthought!
Increasingly, Absoft are also utilising cloud-based delivery models to stand-up sandbox and test environments to accelerate solution development and testing – utilising our mix of technical and functional expertise to deliver to customer deadlines and expectations.
What They Say
Resources
How DATAMA Makes Data Migrations Easier Than Ever
Meeting Buyer & Seller Needs in an M&A Project
Customer Story: Succesfull Data Migration with Flexible SAP Support
