Dear Niraj
for data migration check: Create DG Master Using BODS; you will find more of that here
From IT perspectuves: as long as you do understand that the generaiton of phrases is one "minimum" requirement to use DG you can go on. The main "cons" are:
a.) you must maintain any material in DG master "seperate"; this is not "best practise" as the DG process startes using EHS-BD/EHS-SAF (check on line help)
b.) therefore: based on the amount of materials you are talking about: this is "only" a challenge for the organization; but from IT perspective you can go on like this.
So regarding:
- Is there any drawback to not creating any specs for these materials?
Answer is "clearly": with otu specs you must maintain "more"
On the top to the thread mentioned. the only "real" option to generate a DG master is using the ALE process. Just check online help Therefore if you have the material in place you need to generate IDOCs which must be booked in your system: Then you will have a DG master (starting one; maintenance need to go on then).
If you do not use EHS-BD there is no other option in place as the "ALE" one.
C.B.