Most of us have run SAP’s Migration Assessment and then asked: “What does this actually mean for our migration project, and how do we break it down?”
SAP’s assessment gives you a lot of useful data. But data isn’t a plan. You still have to work out how much effort it really is, how long it will take, what it will cost, and how to explain all of that to the people who approve the budget.
So we built three free tools. The first one gives you a quick answer, and the other two help you plan the whole project.
Tool 1: The quick business case calculator
If you just need a fast answer to “Is Figaf worth it for us?”, start with the Business Case calculator.
You enter a few numbers:
- How many objects you’re migrating
- How many consultants are on the project
- Your cost per consultant hour
- Hours per object for preparation, migration, transport and testing
The calculator then shows you:
- Break-even: how many hours Figaf needs to save per object to pay for itself
- Net savings after license costs
- How many weeks sooner you’ll finish
- How many consultant hours you free up
In our mid-size example (250 objects, 3 consultants, €80/hour), Figaf only needs to save 2.1 hours per object to break even. The example assumes 6 hours, which works out to roughly €77,000 saved and the project delivered 15.6 weeks sooner.
The figures are example assumptions. Replace them with your own, and you have a first version of the business case in a few minutes.
Tool 2: The Migration Assessment and Planner
When you need more than a quick estimate, use the Migration Assessment tools. This is the tool Daniel walks through in the video below.
Watch on YouTube The Migration Assessment and Planner, walked through by Daniel
The tool comes in two versions, depending on what data you have.
Version 1: Only the SAP evaluation report (no Figaf needed)
Upload the Excel file from SAP’s Migration Evaluation
(evaluation_run_results_*.xlsx). You’ll see:
- How your interfaces break down by category
- SAP’s effort estimates and the expected duration
- What we at Figaf consider a realistic estimate based on the same data
You can drill into the high-complexity interfaces to see what’s behind them. Often the picture changes. As Daniel shows in the video, a B2B scenario that SAP estimates at 7 days may take about 1 day with Figaf.
This version gives you an indicative estimate, and it works without installing anything.
Version 2: SAP report + Figaf data, for real project planning
If you have Figaf installed, you can also export a Migration Overview from Figaf and combine it with the SAP report. That gives you a much more detailed picture:
- Every interface with both SAP’s estimate and Figaf’s estimate, side by side
- Which interfaces SAP’s own tool can auto-migrate at no extra cost. Figaf’s migration tool only needs to handle the rest.
- One-time activities shown separately. You only need to learn how a new adapter works once, so building your first SFTP receiver shouldn’t add effort to every interface that uses SFTP.
- Estimated Figaf license costs, for both the Migration tool and the DevOps Suite
- A project plan: enter the number of consultants and days, and the tool splits your interfaces into migration waves
You can then export the waves, import them as tags in Figaf, and see in Figaf’s migration overview which objects belong to wave 1, wave 2 and so on. That way the plan carries straight into the actual migration work.
There’s also an Excel export, so you can share the plan with stakeholders who don’t want to open another tool.
Tip: Import our Tagging Rules for Migration into Figaf before you generate the assessment. They cover the most common integration patterns and give you a more complete and accurate picture of your landscape.
Tool 3: The B2B migration calculator
If you are running B2B, we also have a B2B migration calculator.
Answer nine questions about your SAP PI/PO B2B landscape, and it works out your go-live date day by day, skipping weekends and public holidays. You then see your classic plan next to the Figaf route on one timeline, plus a cost comparison at your own developer rate, Figaf costs included.
Your data stays with you
Both assessment tools run in your browser. No data is sent to Figaf.
The tools are also open source. You’ll find the code on GitHub, where you can clone it, change it to fit your own scenarios, or send us a pull request.
Which tool should you use?
| You want to… | Use |
|---|---|
| Get a quick ROI answer for your manager | Business Case calculator |
| Get a realistic estimate from your SAP report | Assessment, version 1 |
| Plan waves, consultants and licenses | Assessment, version 2 |
| See your B2B go-live date and cost | B2B migration calculator |
Most teams start with the quick estimate to get the budget conversation going, then move on to either the Migration Assessment and Planner or, for a B2B landscape, the B2B migration calculator.
Get started
Don’t have Figaf yet? The Figaf Migration Edition is free, with 10 free migrations and a 2-month trial of Figaf DevOps Suite. It lets you assess your PI/PO landscape, migrate interfaces and test the migrated iFlows using real messages from SAP PI.
And if you’d like help with the numbers or with making the case internally, book a free 30-minute call with one of our experts.
We’d love to hear what you think, so please share your feedback. And if you change the tools to fit your own project, tell us about it.
