You can generate a SAP data file using existing settings, or you can specify new settings. In addition, you can specify user-defined strings to identify the data.
Select the required option for creating the SAP export file
Select one of the following options:
Enter your own settings with help from the wizard
Create a new profile
Allows you to define a completely new profile. When you select this option, no parameters are defined, and you must type a value in the Profile box. To create a new profile based on an existing profile, click Modify an existing profile, select the required profile from the list, and save that profile under a new name.
Use existing settings with the option to modify them
Modify an existing profile
Allows you to modify the parameters on each page of the wizard for an existing profile. You can select this option and type a new profile name to create a new profile based on existing parameters.
Use an existing profile without modifying
Uses the profile you select to generate data. When you select this option and click Next, the software opens the Export File page directly.
Select the appropriate Profile
This option is only available if you choose to modify or use an existing profile. Select a profile from the list.
Delete
After selecting a profile from the list, click to delete that profile.
User-defined strings
Enter user-defined character strings that the software uses to identify data that was deleted, inserted, or updated.
Deleted data
Type a string for identifying data that was deleted. The default value is D.
Inserted data
Type a string for identifying data that was inserted. The default value is I.
Updated data
Type a string for identifying data that was updated. The default value is U.
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The software uses these strings as values for the Movementflag parameter, which is used with the Include changes options on the Date Range page.
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To identify renamed records, the software generates two rows of data (one with status Deleted and one with status Inserted).