We are upgrading from BW 3.1C to NW2004s / BI 7.0.
While performing our pre-upgrade checks using RSRV, we found 93,000 of 1.7 million material records which have not been ALPHA converted. This may be a legacy from an earlier 2.0 to 3.1C upgrade where the ALPHA conversion was skipped because the ALPHA conversion would a take "too long"
Our client currently has 500InfoProviders and 500 Aggregates in a 20 terabyte database.
All of SAP's documention for BW upgrades insists upon ALPHA conversion prior to upgrade.
1. Has anyone experience upgrading without ALPHA conversion? I would like to have a chat with you.
2. Does anyone have an easy techinque for detminining if these values are used in InfoProviders? These values are invisible through "Maintain Master Data" This would helps us determine if ignoring or deleting the values is a viable option.
Thank you for your help,
John Hawk