Data Migration is the process of transferring data between storage types, formats or computer systems. Data migration is usually performed programmatically to achieve an automated migration, freeing up human resources from tedious tasks. It is required when organizations or individuals change computer systems or upgrade to new systems or when systems merge (such as when the organizations that use them undergo a merger/takeover).It is a solution to achieve an effective data migration procedure, data on the old system is mapped to the new system providing a design for data extraction and data loading. The design relates old data formats to the new system's formats and requirements.

ITC Infotech’s SAP EDM competence center assists clients in a smooth data migration using BusinessObjects Data Services. This tool allows the use of data quality transforms for cleansing data before upload to SAP Business Suite.