Naming Conventions
This section deals with the most important naming conventions used in this guide.
See the SUM Guide for a comprehensive overview about naming conventions. The following table describes the most important naming conventions in this guide:
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Naming |
Meaning |
|---|---|
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System conversion |
Overall process of the transfer of an existing SAP ERP system to SAP S/4HANA system |
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Data conversion |
Conversion of data from the previous data structure to the new SAP S/4HANA data structure |
|
Downtime-optimized conversion |
Procedure to reduce the downtime for the data conversion as a part of the system conversion |
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Migration |
Transfer of database content from the source database to a target database such as SAP HANA |
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Update |
For clarity and readability, the generic term Update is used in this document in the context of release upgrade, enhancement package installation and Support Package Stack application with SUM. |
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SAPup |
Executable that is used as a part of SUM |
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<SUM directory> |
This spelling is used when referring to <path to SUM directory>/SUM. |