3410038 - How to migrate attachments using the Sales Order Migration Tool

Symptom

You are migrating sales order using the migration tool in the Business Configuration. You are wondering how to add a locally stored file as attachment to the migration template.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

Go to Business Configuration
Select Overview view
Search for Migration of open Sales Order
Open Activity Migration of open Sales Order
Click in Migrate open sales orders using the migration tool hyperlink
Click in You Can Also => Download Migration Template
Search for option to add an Attachment

Cause

SAP Business ByDesign currently does not support the migration with attachment document from local file. But you can add an URL link to a file.

Resolution

This is the current system behaviour.

When open the migration template the following data is visible under Field List:

General - Attachments (optional, hidden)

Key	Sales Order ID	mandatory for sheet	Text	35(80)
Attachments	URL	mandatory for sheet	Text	unrestricted
	Document Title	mandatory for sheet	Text	128
	Document Type		Text	80
	Comment		Text	unrestricted

Items - Attachments (optional, hidden)

Key	Sales Order ID	mandatory for sheet	Text	35(80)
	Line	mandatory for sheet	Text	10(80)
Attachments	URL	mandatory for sheet	Text	unrestricted
	Document Title	mandatory for sheet	Text	128
	Document Type		Text	80
	Comment		Text	unrestricted

To make the respective fields visible, you should perform the following steps:

Right click in General tab and select Unhide
Select General - Attachments or Items - Attachment (Depending on the business process).

Keywords

Migration, local file, archive. , KBA , AP-SLO-SO , Sales Order , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions