How to start your project in

SAP Solution Manager

Digital Business Services, SAP SE
March, 2018

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A) Download Project Plan Template
A) Download Project Plan Template (1/4)

Access Roadmap Viewer

– https://go.support.sap.com/
roadmapviewer/

Personalize 
– Sign in / sign up
– What’s New
– Report an incident

Select a group of roadmaps

– General
– Solution Specific

Access documentation
– Learn More

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A) Download Project Plan Template (2/4)

Select a roadmap
within the group
▪ E.g.: SAP Activate
Methodology for
SAP S/4HANA Cloud


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A) Download Project Plan Template (3/4)

You will find a

description of the
roadmap and its 
phases on the
Description tab

Select the Content tab

to browse the roadmap
content (optional)

Download a project
plan template via the
Download Project Plan 
button

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A) Download Project Plan Template (4/4)

Save the .ZIP file

locally

Extract the .XML file

containing the project
plan

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B) Import Project Plan into
SAP Solution Manager
B) Import Project Plan into SAP Solution Manager (1/6)

Start from SAP Fiori Launchpad

in SAP Solution Manager 7.2
▪ (Transaction code: /n/UI2/FLP)

Go to group “Project and

Process Management”


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B) Import Project Plan into SAP Solution Manager (2/6)

Click on the “My Projects” tile

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B) Import Project Plan into SAP Solution Manager
In SAP Solution Manager 7.1

In SAP Solution Manager 7.1:

▪ Access Project Management via
Implementation/Upgrade work center
– Related Links
-> PPM - Projects

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B) Import Project Plan into SAP Solution Manager (3/6)

In PPM Projects
▪ Choose “Import Project”

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B) Import Project Plan into SAP Solution Manager (4/6)

Select Application “XML File”

Select the file with the

downloaded project plan
template 

Click on “Import Selected Data”

button

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B) Import Project Plan into SAP Solution Manager (5/6)

Select “Structure, Resources and

Resource Assignments” as
Data for Import 

Check imported data

▪ Click on the Check button

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B) Import Project Plan into SAP Solution Manager (6/6)

Import project after successful

check
▪ Click on Import button 

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C) Use Project Plan
in SAP Solution Manager
C) Use Project Plan in SAP Solution Manager (1/3)

In Project Management:

▪ Select Tab “Last Used Projects“

▪ Click on project name of the latest

entry (top of table)

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C) Use Project Plan in SAP Solution Manager (2/3)

First of all, please change the

Name and Number of the project!
▪ This prevents that your project gets
overwritten in case you re-import
the same project plan template
again later.

Finally, save the project

▪ Click on Save button

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C) Use Project Plan in SAP Solution Manager (3/3)

Use Project Management in

SAP Solution Manager to Manage Resources
manage your project
▪ Examples of provided functionality Scheduling
Add Notes

Manage
GANTT Documents
Diagrams

Phases, Deliverables,
Tasks

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Further information

SAP Solution Manager 7.2

▪ Home page: https://support.sap.com/solutionmanager

SAP S/4HANA
▪ Getting Started

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