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With the conversion from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA, the concept of classic customers and vendors is a thing of the past. SAP Business Partner is now the leading object for processing master data information for customers and vendors. Transactions such as FD01/FK01, FD02/FK02 and XK01/XK02 are automatically redirected to the leading transaction BP. In this practical guide, learn step by step how to work with SAP Business Partner, including primary customization settings, and the creation of an SAP business partner with single and grouped roles. Specialized topics such as search help, field attributes, and authorizations are also covered. A comparison of greenfield and brownfield approaches is an...
Preparing consolidated financial statements for an enterprise with a parent and one or more subsidiaries requires a detailed review of underlying transactions in order to properly reflect results and financial position. For large, integrated, and multinational organizations, likely with millions of transactions, it is imperative that the financial accounting software facilitate this process. This expertly written guide focuses on leveraging SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. Explore key functionality and how the universal journal has led to the evolution of the group reporting solution. Using a detailed case study, the author discusses configuration and master data and walks the reader...
Core Data Services (CDS) is SAP’s method of defining persistent data models in the database layer. CDS is a key piece of the SAP HANA landscape, speeding up data retrieval by pushing database processing to the database engine. This books provides a practical introduction to the SQL-based functionality and methods. Learn how to use SAP HANA Studio to utilize perspectives to create objects in the SAP HANA database, including the SAP HANA development perspective. Use syntax to create non-CDS database artifacts via SAP HANA Studio development perspective using SAP HANA XS Classic. Explore CDS artifacts, how to use SAP HANA XS to define an artifact, and dive into a detailed example of how to create objects using a CDS concept. Learn how to create CDS objects using SAP HANA web-based development workbench, SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA, and SAP HANA Studio ABAP Workbench. Explore two methods to extract data from CDS views using ABAP. - Get an introduction to CDS and SAP HANA Studio - Create CDS views and code new structures in ABAP - Use templates, associations, and annotations - Explore select clauses and aggregate functions
Dive into Cash Management and Liquidity Planning in SAP. Explore each area of S/4HANA Cash Management, including business functionality and configuration. Understand the many changes users need to be aware of in moving from SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) to S/4 HANA Cash Management. Find out what has changed, and what has stayed the same. Explore Bank Communication Management and Multi-Bank Connectivity. Identify the initial steps required for basic management of banks, house banks, and house bank accounts in S/4 HANA. Take a detailed look at cash operations. Learn more about One Exposure, the data storage structure for the data that feeds cash management reports. Get an overview of release 1809 and identify some of the new functionality delivered with SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA in release 1809. - Principle areas of Cash Management powered by S/4HANA - Comparison between ECC and SAP S/4HANA functionality, including an overview of release 1809 - Deployment options and implementation steps - SAP Cash Management implementation tips and tricks
SAP BW/4HANA has introduced a new era in data warehousing at SAP. Further steps towards simplification, flexibility, and performance are now possible with SAP HANA as the proven technological basis. SAP BW/4HANA offers modern concepts for data management, operation, and modeling and thus opens the door for fully innovative application scenarios. This book will show you how the SAP HANA database influences the Business Warehouse and how you can optimize your system. As a practical guide, the book is aimed at experienced SAP BW experts as well as decision makers who need a well-grounded overview. The authors address the versions SAP BW/4HANA 1.0 and SAP BW 7.5 in equal measure, highlighting new functions and differences. The book also focuses on the migration options and conversion tools for moving to SAP BW/4HANA. Use this reference book to enter the world of SAP BW with SAP HANA as the database platform! - Migration, sizing, operation, data management with SAP BW/4HANA and SAP BW 7.5 on HANA - The new central source Systems SAP HANA and ODP - New modeling options, mixed scenarios, LSA++, and differences compared to SAP BW 7.5 - The role of BW in operational SAP reporting
This book introduces business users, SAP support, and SAP consultants to the SAP In-House Cash (IHC) and In-House Bank (IHB) modules. Learn how to efficiently and effectively optimize payments in SAP. Walk through In-House Cash processes, key configuration, and transaction codes for corporate and shared service centers. Get a list of considerations you need to know before starting an IHC implementation and review required master data. Obtain tips and tricks on how to resolve specific errors and get a list of relevant transaction codes. By using a detailed example scenario, the author expertly brings readers up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP IHC and IHB. - SAP payment management fundamentals and tools - In-House Cash and In-House Bank functionality scenarios - Useful transaction codes and reports - Tips and tricks for resolving common errors
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to SAP S/4HANA Sales and Distribution (SD). You will learn the basic fundamentals of SAP SD, with examples based on a case-study approach. Using a fictional company scenario, you will learn the fundamentals of the order-to-cash process and key flow, from sales order delivery to billing document. Explore the foundational document–the sales order. Obtain detailed information on master data and how it is used in SD. Dive into master data objects, business partners, and material masters. Review how master data is connected to sales orders and pricing. Understand sales order processing, including item categories, availability checking, dates, shippi...
SAP has a wide range of built-in functionality to meet various security requirements, including network protection, data protection, and SAP authorizations. This book will focus on the application of SAP authorizations and how user access can be limited by transaction codes, organizational levels, field values, etc. Explore the basic architecture of SAP Security and Authorizations, including user master records, roles, profiles, authorization object classes, authorization objects, and authorization fields. Dive into how to create user profiles and assign roles. Get tips on leveraging the profile generator transaction, PFCG. Obtain valuable tools and tables for identifying user master records and role and authorization information. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers new to SAP Security and Authorizations up to speed. - Basic architecture of SAP Security and Authorizations - GRC Access Control introduction - User profile creation and role assignments - Common security and authorization pain point troubleshooting
Interface programming in SAP ABAP offers a straightforward path into the world of ABAP interfaces. This book introduces readers to all relevant classic technologies for system-to-system communication using ABAP, including synchronous and asynchronous techniques. Learn how to leverage the RFC protocol to create applications and gain an understanding of how it serves as a foundation for modern interfaces, such as Web Services in ABAP. Learn how to create an RFC in three minutes and walk through a detailed example. Dive into creating and using BAPIs, IDocs, and ALE. Explore important aspects of using function modules in SAP S/4HANA. Get an overview of SAP Connectors. - Overview of classic SAP ABAP interface techniques - Remote Function Call (RFC) and BAPIs - IDoc and ALE - Using Remote Function Module (RFM) und BAPIs in SAP S/4HANA
This practical manual guides you step by step through the flows of actual values into SAP Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) and the forms these flows take in S/4HANA, including the account-based CO-PA required there. The book presents the technical prerequisites and changes that SAP S/4HANA brings compared to the previous product, ERP, and discusses whether there is any truth in rumors such as “The Controlling module will no longer exist.” Using a simple, continuous example, the authors, who have many years of experience with SAP Controlling, illustrate how an SAP value flow progresses through the individual stages of the process: from a sales order, through production, right up to the issu...