Client Sync™ creates lean SAP clients that are fully functional and have complete data integrity. An alternative to a full system refresh.
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SAP System copies giving you headaches?
When you are managing an SAP landscape, you need to be able to create new systems without having to stop the operation. You don't want to struggle for disk space every time you create a system, nor do you want to wait days for copies or refreshes to finish. And the refreshed systems need to function properly together. Most companies have no option but to copy the whole system, and so have designed their landscapes around this.
Client Sync™, part of the Data Sync Manager™ suite, solves this challenge, and enables a much more agile landscape.
Client Sync allows you to copy only the subsets of information you need from a working system. This has impressive advantages: it reduces the new client's footprint and saves valuable disk space – up to 90% – which means your costs are drastically reduced.
You can also refresh data frequently without interrupting the landscape, using our proprietary high performance, asynchronous parallel processing. Recently, a Client Sync copy averaged 85GB an hour across the duration of the Sync! In the first hour we frequently see over 100GB transferred.
Client Sync will automatically include referenced transactional data that lies outside your selected time period, which means that all dependencies remain intact in the new client, and your data is consistent. Customers have the choice to turn this off when creating sandbox clients.
At times like these, a new production system needs to be created. Call in our consultants to help you with your System Landscape Optimization (SLO) project. Client Sync has the enterprise-slicing functionality needed to split the system at company code level and it's also useful for system mergers. Visit our SLO page to find out more.
Time-slicing means selecting all transactions from a specific date up to today, so you can exclude unnecessary older data from your Sync and therefore create a lean client. (Client Sync cleverly keeps the transactions in your time slice consistent, by bringing over any older related documents that your selected transactions depend on).
Enterprise-slicing means you can choose to include the data from just one company code or several company codes in your Sync, so you can avoid copying superfluous information.
No, over 1000 business objects are defined in DSM. Client Sync will slice a massive number of your SAP tables, based on the tables defined in the object definitions. This means slicing is done from a functional perspective, resulting in significantly smaller clients than other products on the market that target only the very largest tables.
No, there would be no way of knowing the balances, stock levels, number range pointers, etc. at the end of the time period. It is possible to do a file export at key points in case of a future requirement, e.g. take a one-year slice at the end of the financial year.
No, Client Sync copies data directly from source system to target system without the need for a 'middle tier' server. This is why it is faster than other available products.
No, Basis personnel only select the slice required and Client Sync ensures that a consistent client is built. Other products require the client to be defined in detail, necessitating considerable functional knowledge and introducing considerably greater risk of an inconsistent or incomplete resultant client.
Client Sync uses profiles, for example, Customising, Master Data, InfoObjects Only, or HCM Only profiles, allowing you to copy a subset of client data, all at once, to create a leaner client. Object Sync is finer grained, allowing you to copy only specific data on the Business object level, such as Employee or Vendor, thus saving disk space too. So, for example, you could create a new client with all the customizing and user masters you need, using Client Sync, and then add just the master and transactional data for certain employees with Object Sync.
No, Client Sync eliminates the need for the BDLS transaction, as it looks for all logical system source values in the data at the same time, and makes changes whilst the data is in memory. For some big systems BDLS can take several days, so abolishing it is a big plus!
No, the master data is dependent on customising in many ways. Even something simple, like address numbers used with customers and vendors, would be inconsistent if master data was copied without the existing customising. Similarly, whenever Client Sync copies transactional data, it includes the relevant master data. The only Client Sync profiles that can append data to an existing client are 'Only HCM Data' and 'User Administration'.
No, Client Sync will only affect client-dependent data (e.g. RFCs, batch jobs, printers). No repository or client-independent data will be copied.
Client Sync is part of EPI-USE Labs Data Sync Manager (DSM) product suite. It can function independently or as part of the DSM suite.
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EPI-USE Labs works with a great number of public sector organizations, and has specific capability to handle test data management needs for organizations in this sector. Object Sync seamlessly manages multiple employment contracts, and Grants Management and Funds Management have dedicated objects for copying test data on demand for those complex testing situations.
Organizations leveraging the Bank Analyzer solution from SAP can now carry out lean system refreshes with Client Sync on the Bank Analyzer system whenever the backend system is being refreshed. The post-processing in Client Sync automates around two days of manual effort normally required after a system copy for Bank Analyzer test systems.
DSM contains specific objects and functionality for the Insurance industry, including the ability to copy FSCD data on-demand for a specific Business Partner or Contract Account. ICM and Claims Management data is also covered.
For over ten years, DSM has catered for the demanding needs of the Retail sector for test data on demand and lean testing client provisioning. Complex document flows are supported out of the box, with the ability to extend for non-standard configuration. Challenging data to recreate for testing can easily be replicated, including site data, article hierarchies, listings and assortment modules.
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