Gain Technical Knowledge on SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition

Unit 6: Important Tooling

Important tooling
Question 1

What are important tools

that will help with the
transition to SAP S/4HANA?

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 Important tooling
Important tools/notes supporting your transition to SAP S/4HANA

Planning phase Preparation phase Realization phase

Application-
System Maintenance Custom code Software Update
Pre-checks specific follow-
requirements planner preparation Manager (SUM) up activities

Cross-application and
application-specific preparation activities
System
Conversion
Tools
SUM
Transformation Maintenance Simplification ABAP Test SUM – Software ABAP Test
Prerequisite
Navigator Planner Check Report Cockpit Update Manager Cockpit
Check

Product ABAP
Roadmap Simplification
Availability Development
Viewer Item Catalog
Matrix Tools

SAP Readiness
SUM 2.0
Check for SAP
Notes
S/4HANA

Version
Process
Interoperability
Discovery
2251604

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Important tooling
Question 2

What can you plan for during

the Discovery phase?

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Important tooling
SAP Transformation Navigator

Build your own custom transformation guide

Step 1: Transform your landscape

Step 2: Extend your business

Step 3: Review benefits

Step 4: Set your priorities

Step 5: Generate your documents

Step 6: Share your map

SAP Transformation Navigator

http://www.sap.com/TransformationNavigator

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Demo

SAP Transformation Navigator

▪ Tool access link:
– http://www.sap.com/TransformationNavigator

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Roadmap Viewer

Provide key content you can use to drive a successful SAP S/4HANA deployment

▪ Browse implementation guidance for

your digital transformation
▪ Access SAP Activate methodology
assets and accelerators
▪ A comprehensive document and
service collection
▪ Supports all transition scenarios
▪ Offers a project plan template

Roadmap Viewer
https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/

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Important tooling For conversion customers only,
minimum source release is SAP ERP 6.x
SAP Readiness Check 2.0

Available for all customers free of charge, customers can initiate their ERP system analysis, covering the most important
aspects of an SAP S/4HANA system conversion. Minimum source release is SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 0, any database – Unicode
is not required

• Add-Ons & Business Functions

• SAP S/4HANA Sizing
• Simplification Items
• Custom Code & Custom Dev
• SAP Fiori Recommendations
• Integration
• Business Process Discovery

Customers who have already generated an analysis in the past, the only additional setup is to implement the data volume management SAP Note 2612179 as well as the latest version of SAP
Notes 2913617 and 2290622.

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Simplification item catalog

Provides customers with a description of all relevant changes that might have an impact
when converting from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA
▪ Collection of simplification items,
which describe the difference
between functions in SAP Business
Suite and SAP S/4HANA.
▪ Each simplification item contains a
description of impact for customers,
corresponding SAP Notes, and
mitigation possibilities.
▪ Simplification list is used by SAP
Readiness Check and simplification
item checks (SAP Note 2502552) –
both return relevant simplification
items for your system.

Simplification item catalog

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#sic

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Process Discovery

Executive summary
Starting point to build a case Process Discovery Solution
for SAP S/4HANA
Online application
Easy to share including (currently named Spotlight)
direct links to Process Discovery Process
solution Discovery
for SAP S/4HANA Deep-dive into process performance
Audience: Transformation and efficiency
Business executives
Identification of areas for improvement
Process Discovery Summary and automation potential

Interactive PDF document Tool-based support to identify

(Evolution of SAP Business Scenario Recommendations)
standardization opportunities

Process Discovery free of charge for customers on SAP Maintenance

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Important tooling
Question 3

Which tools can help

during the Prepare phase?

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Simplification items check

Run manually in advance / will be run by SUM at least twice during the conversion procedure.
If serious issues exist in the system, it could cause the system conversion to fail.
▪ Relevance check determines
which simplification items are
relevant for your specific system.
Consistency check checks for
data inconsistencies or missing
mandatory preparation activities
before your conversion.

▪ It is necessary to freeze the check content of the simplification item catalog (SIC) once you are past the DEV system
conversion (Download Local SIC → Switch Source → SIC)
− Relevance Check – Review all items in “Yellow”. Most of the time “Green” can be skipped.
− Consistency Check – Resolve all “Red” via notes or SUM will fail in RUN_S4H_SIF_CHECK_EXEC
− Exemption – Resolve all “Red” if possible and only apply exemption as needed

Prerequisites
▪ SAP Note 2399707 and SAP Note 2502552.
▪ Also see the following blog.
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Maintenance planner

Maintenance planner enables easy and efficient planning of all changes in your SAP system
landscape.
▪ Maintenance scenarios
− Release upgrade, update
− Conversion to SAP S/4HANA,
SAP BW/4HANA
− Apply HR packages, Java patches,
− Plan add-on uninstallation for ABAP
▪ Integrated processes and utilities
− Seamless planning for SAP Fiori apps
− Integration with SAP Transformation
Navigator, innovation discovery
− Side effects reports, security notes, copy
stack XML
▪ Advanced capabilities
− Up-to-date installation
Maintenance planner − System tracks
https://maintenanceplanner.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/ Correction of system information
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Important tooling
Question 4

Now that you have reached

the Explore phase, which
other tools can be useful?

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Important tooling
SAP Cloud Appliance Library (CAL)

▪ SAP Cloud Appliance Library (CAL): Repository of latest, preconfigured SAP solutions that can be instantly consumed in
the cloud. Includes RIG landscape for practicing conversions with documentation, search for “System Conversion
Landscape SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA”
▪ Familiarize key users with the new interfaces and SAP Fiori apps
▪ Use one of the best practice clients for the Fit/Gap Analysis in the subsequent phases

SAP S/4HANA Fully-Activated Appliance

(1) (2) (3) (4)

SAP S/4HANA SAP NW JAVA/ADS Remote Desktop BI Platform
ABAP Server Java Server Windows Remote Desktop SBOP BOE
SAP S/4HANA SAP Fiori
Adobe Document SAP GUI SBOP BI Platform
Core / Gateway
Services ABAP Dev Tools / SAP BI Best Practices Content
Cloud
SAP BASIS SAP NetWeaver Java HANA Studio
Connector
SAP Best Practices SAP Lumira (Discovery &
Designer)

SAP HANA SAP Sybase ASE

Remote desktop & BI Platform only via SAP CAL*

* Note: BI Platform and remote desktop are optional in CAL (will decrease hosting fee if you opt out). Both are included by default but you can opt-out in the
Advanced Mode of instance creation. This cannot be undone unless you create a new instance that has them in again.

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ABAP test cockpit

▪ Simplification use cases

SAP S/4HANA checks
− Functionality no longer available
− Data model changes
− Data type changes
▪ SAP HANA use cases
− Use of DB vendor specifics (native SQL)
− DB operations on pool/cluster tables SAP HANA checks
− SELECT/OPEN CURSOR statements without
ORDER BY
▪ Use check variant
S4HANA_READINESS_REMOTE

S4HANA_READINESS_REMOTE includes
SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA checks
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Important tooling
Question 5

Which tools can help you

during the Realize phase?

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 Planning Preparation Realization
Important tooling Software
System Maintenance SI Custom code Follow-on
Software Update Manager (SUM) requirements planner checks prep
Update
Manager
activities

▪ Software update PAS Host

1
Provide new applications and new tables Software
Update
▪ Data conversion Manager
Convert table content to new data model
▪ Database migration
Migrate to SAP HANA database (if required) Source = Target DB Host

3 DMO with system move

2 PAS Host Source PAS Host Target PAS Host
Software Software
Software
Update Update
Update Manager
Manager Manager

Any Any
DB DB Convert

Source DB host Target DB host Source DB host Target DB host

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Important tooling
Technical Downtime Optimization app

More information available in SAP Note

2881515: Introduction to the Technical
Downtime Optimization App

Technical Downtime Optimization app

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/downtimeoptimization
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Important tooling
Question 6

What are the important tools

do consider for the Deploy
phase?

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Migration cockpit

SAP Fiori app Process & content Data load

Migrate Your Data

API-based

MS_Logistics

SAP S/4HANA
Cloud
Staging tables

SAP S/4HANA
Cloud, private
Excel XML template files
edition
or other tools of choice
SAP S/4HANA 2021: 176+

SAP
Migration objects S/4HANA
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Important tooling
Question 7

After go-live, which other tools

should be considered to keep
the system up-to-date during
the Run phase?

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nZDM tool

▪ Maintenance events like applying updates or upgrades of ABAP-based solutions cause a technical
downtime
▪ near-Zero Downtime Maintenance moves time-consuming upgrade activities like the import of new table
content and table conversions partly into uptime. The Record & Replay framework ensures the consistency
of business transactions

Uptime Downtime

Shadow Operation

Extended Shadow
Operations

▪ SAP Note 1678564 – Restrictions, Database-specific Settings, and Troubleshooting of nZDM for SUM
▪ SAP Note 1678565 – Prerequisites, Terms and Conditions for nZDM/SUM
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Important tooling
Key takeaways

▪ Make use of all available tools to be ready for transition

to SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
▪ Run SAP Readiness Check early to get an overview
and create a planning baseline on important topics, plan
related efforts and required skills.
▪ Run the simplification items checks as soon as
possible, as some business process adaptions may be
complex and require more time than expected. Become
familiar with the simplification items for your target
release. Sufficient time for workshops and training
(change management) has to be included in your
project plan.
▪ Check your custom coding with ABAP test cockpit to
make sure it is compatible and optimized for
SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

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