When Should We Prefer Using Lsmw Over Other Legacy Data Transfer Meth

1.	When Should We Prefer Using Lsmw Over Other Legacy Data Transfer Methods?
Answer» In CASE if you trust the data in the flat file and know there is not much coding to be done, then we can use LSMW. On the other hand if there is a lot of validations to be done GO for BDC. Also LSMW can be preferred for uploading MASTER Data records and standard SAP applications. SINCE LSMW is a tool and generally it makes use of standard program/objects, the execution would be faster, and less effort is needed to upload master data.

When Should We Prefer Using Lsmw Over Other Legacy Data Transfer Methods?

Answer»

In CASE if you trust the data in the flat file and know there is not much coding to be done, then we can use LSMW. On the other hand if there is a lot of validations to be done GO for BDC.
Also LSMW can be preferred for uploading MASTER Data records and standard SAP applications. SINCE LSMW is a tool and generally it makes use of standard program/objects, the execution would be faster, and less effort is needed to upload master data.