Professional Documents
Culture Documents
SAP Cloud - Functional Training Deck - V5
SAP Cloud - Functional Training Deck - V5
• Cloud Basics
• SAP Cloud Offerings
• SAP Activate Methodology
• SAP Activate – Overview
• SAP Activate – Best Practices
• SAP Activate – Standard to Fit
• SAP Activate – Guided Configurations
• Test Automation Tool
• Extensibility Concepts
• SAP API Management
Cloud
Rationale for SAP HANA Cloud Abundance of Value of The cloud
cost effective
computational
power and
storage
Simplify
75% – Reduce
New complexity
Enterprise of
IT Spend traditional Expense
30 B Big Data IT - Minimize
will be Real-Time Analytic for
cloud based Devices approaches Expense for
behavioral and predictive
or Hybrid connected infrastructu
insights
to Internet Social Time re, no
18 upfront
of Connected business
Months Allow Fast
Everything and social networks investment
-Data response to
by 2020
Doubling- emerging
Creates trends
Opportuniti
es and risk
Mobile
The New De-Facto
Standard in
Business
interaction
Worldwide spending on public cloud services will grow at 19.4% compound annual growth rate – almost
six times the rate of overall IT spending growth – From nearly $ 70 Billion in 2015 to more than $141
Billion in 2019. Source - IDC
At the beginning of Industrial Age, Organization generated At the beginning of Information Age, Organization
their Own Energy built and managed their own computing
infrastructure
When Electricity became available as a utility, With cloud computing, organizations can focus on
Organizations were able to focus on running their business running their business instead.
instead
third-party solutions)
Cloud Basics
IaaS: Infrastructure:
Fundamental hardware and Replacement of
Infrastructure software components managed physical or
as s Service by the provider dedicated hardware
Service Components
Traditi IaaS PaaS SaaS
onal IT
Customer SaaS:
Processes
Manages Gain Immediate
Customer Access with business
Data
Manages solutions on Cloud
Applications
Customer PaaS:
Manages Accelerate time-to-
Middleware
market with Cloud
Runtime
platform services
Customer
Operating System
Manages Cloud IaaS:
Provider Cut IT expense and
Cloud
Virtualization complexity through a
Provider Cloud-enabled data
Servers
Cloud center
Storage
Provider
Networking
SAP HANA On SAP HANA SAP HANA Cloud SAP S/4 Hana
Premise Enterprise Cloud Platform Cloud;Cloud for
or AWS Customer; By
Design; Success
Factors; Ariba;
Copyright © 2017 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. Fieldglass; Concur 11
CLOUD ERP TRANSFORMATION
Today’s technology gives us the ability to have multiple cloud solutions operate alongside an on premise solution
High
Implementation Size
Reasons Why Companies are moving to cloud
High Low
• Pressure on IT to be more responsive to changes in business
requirements
• Increasing need to focus on innovation and simplify IT Landscapes Very High Medium
Low
• Pressure on IT to reduce Costs while still achieving business goals
Low High
• Smaller to mid sized companies are most likely candidates as implementation and
managed services will be less
• Hybrid Model: Most functionality is retained in hosted ERP and migrate rest in cloud
environment
• Company with Multiple subsidiaries, divisions to cloud to run their local operations
Commodity
Ownership
Standardization
Customization
On Premise – Private Cloud Managed Cloud as a Platform as a Service (HCP) Software as A Service
Service(HEC) (S/4 Hana Cloud)
More Flexibility on your On Let Someone Else Manage your • Easily Extend SaaS or on Purchase and consume new
Premise System Landscape systems premise Applications applications for specific business
• Develop net new applications requirements.
Traditional Cloud
Ways to consume Cloud
• Full Cloud:
• With the full cloud approach, an entire application runs in
the cloud.
Process Flexibility Full process flexibility. No Modifications Guided Process Flexibility. Extensions via
allowed. custom code services. No Modifications
allowed.
SW & DB Licensing Single Subscription Contract Single Subscription Contract
Appl. Mgmt. Services Included in Single Subscription Contract Included in Single Subscription Contract
Infrastructure Mgmt. Included in Single Subscription Contract Included in Single Subscription Contract
SAP HANA native + Java + HTML5 Apps on standard based development environment
Salesf Concur
orce
Integrate your Apps and Data
Facebo
ok Sap Cloud
Platform Ariba
Build New Cloud Applications
Google
All Customers
are always on
latest release
SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a True SaaS 1. SAP Best Practices to enforce standards and productivity
product- Application, infrastructure,
updates 2. Modern UI
3. Preconfigured with guided configuration and Dynamic SaaS
Extensibility
Why
• Increase in S/4 HANA development pace => greater innovation opportunities
• Traditional methodologies require longer planning cycles
• Agile methodology built for the future with SAP S/4HANA in mind
• Simplified, modular approach supports increased customer co-innovation and collaboration
• Highly scalable and flexible framework to support a wide range of scope, complexity, project, and solution variables
What
• Contains accelerators for each implementation phase and work stream
• These include templates, questionnaires, checklists, guidebooks, and other tools that facilitate efficient, consistent, and repeatable delivery of
SAP implementations and upgrades.
• Offers a consistent approach for cloud, on premise, and hybrid deployments, including mobile
• Includes transition scenario guidance, covering scenarios such as New Implementation, System Conversion, and Landscape Transformation
Who
• Methodology can be used by Client or SAP Services or SAP partner
• Cloud-based access gives everyone an opportunity not only to see the content, but to engage with others in the community and give direct
feedback to the teams building and tuning the methodology content.
SAP Activate is a harmonized implementation approach for cloud, on-premise, and hybrid deployments based on three pillars:
Guided
Methodology
Configuration
SAP Activate Methodology is a harmonized implementation approach for cloud, on-premise, and hybrid
deployments. It provides broad coverage of SAP solutions starting with SAP S/4HANA. I
Its simplified, modular approach supports increased customer co-innovation and collaboration, with full support
for initial deployment and continuous business innovation
Internal 3
Deployment with SAP Activate
Implementation Milestones / System Provisioning
Continuous Innovation
Discovery Fit to Standard Scope and Migrate, Integrate, Onboard and Operate,
Access Analysis configure Extend, Test Deploy Monitor, Support
Discovery System*
Starter System
System
Landscape Initial Transports Quality System Ongoing Transports
Production System
* Provisioned and managed by SAP, limited use license.
Transformative
“Let us guide you”
Traditional
“Can I take your order?”
• Lead with Best Practices
• Rapid, prescriptive, repeatable
delivery steps
• Consultative approach • Accelerated by tools, templates
• Highly customized solution and predefined content
• Development, not configuration • Agile approach
• Time consuming and costly • Enabled for the cloud
SAP Activate offers Best Practice business process scenarios to rapidly assemble a baseline solution. To
understand how to use these business scenarios, let’s first understand the terminology.
INPUT
1 Prepare and Share
BDC
Implementation Partner preparation: Questionnaire(s)
1. Consultant reviews the questions in questionnaire(s) (Downloaded)
2. Consultant selects the questions that fit to the customer’s
project scope and are in scope
3. Consultant shares updated questionnaire(s) with the OUTPUT
customer’s team
BDC
Questionnaire(s)
(Scoped)
CUSTOMER
INPUT
2 Customer Preparation
BDC
Questionnaire(s)
Customer preparation: (Scoped)
1. Customer receives the updated questionnaire(s) from the
consultant
2. Customer team attending the Fit-to-Standard workshops OUTPUT
reviews and responds to the questions
3. Customer sends the responded questionnaire(s) back to the BDC
consultant(s) running the Fit-to-Standard workshops Questionnaire(s)
4. Customer is prepared to discuss the answers in the workshops (Response)
CONSULTANT
Copyright © 2017 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. 37
Explore: Fit-to-Standard Preparation
1. Consultants review and analyze Business Driven Questions filled out by the customer INPUT
2. Consultants tailor Fit-to-Standard workshops based on customer’s response to the Business Driven
BDC
Questions and include relevant questions into the demo to drive configuration decisions. Questionnaire(s)
(Response)
3. Consultants to review Best Practices functionality in Starter System and adjust system for workshops to
reflect the customer’s business (ex. rename Master Data descriptions, CoA, Org. structure, setup users that
are applicable to customer’s business). Schedule
4. Prepare workshop materials and schedule workshops, use templates provided in the individual conduct
workshops tasks in Roadmap Viewer.
OUTPUT
Detailed Agenda
Fit-to-Standard Preparation: Customer and Plan
1. Review Project Scope
2. Review Best Practices documentation relevant for the project and understand perquisites for each scope
item.
CUSTOMER
3. Verify access to Starter System.
6
Consultant provides the process
flows, test scripts and users so that 1 Consultant explains the process
using the best practice process
the customer can execute the flow.
scenarios on their own. If necessary, Enable customer on Review Best
create sample customer data to
enhance the learning. execution of scenarios Practice
Team leverages the Business process flow
Driven Configuration Consultant leverages the
Questionnaire(s) to arrive at configured system and
delivered data to demonstrate
critical configuration Identify
decisions. All configuration
values required and any 5 required
the system best practices.
Highlight areas that likely
needed in-app extensions are Demonstrate require configuration
determined and documented. configuration Configuration decisions.
The customer is responsible Backlog Business
for providing value lists. i.e.
product group definition.
Scenarios 2
and
Team identifies and catalogs the gaps
Concepts
on the product backlog for further
analysis and closure. Gaps may for Discuss how the processes
example be identified as Roadmap Identify gaps fit with customer
items or contenders for possible side by Team discusses and explains how the
side extensibility scenarios for example. requirements system meets or can meet specific
4
customer requirements. Basic processes
are discussed first as to gain
understanding. Complex processes are built
Copyright © 2017 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. 3 from the basic.
39
Fit-to-Standard: Workshop Outcomes
OUTPUTS
Solution impact on business processes
Business Driven
Gap identification & mitigation 1. Configuration CONSULTANT
Questionnaire (Final)
Fit-to-Standard workshops must be held in an efficient manner with customer SME’s to reduce
backtracking later in the implementation and to enable the customer on scenario execution.
Enter the Fit-to-Standard workshops with an open mind and involve subject matter experts in the
discussions.
Utilize the predefined configuration in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution to drive adoption of the standard,
allowing your customer to innovate with every quarterly release of SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
For items classified as gaps, project team performs further analysis to understand if the functionality gap is
1. Going to be covered in upcoming release
2. There is an existing extension that can be used, or
3. There is a need to undertake the effort to extend the application and integrate.
For solution enhancements or additional configuration which is required, prioritize items in terms of high
importance to keep project timelines and expectations in on track. Think about multiple incremental releases
to the business, rather than one big-bang deployment
Automated testing will have the two step process through Manage Your Solution:
Manage Your Test Processes
Test Your Processes
Mange Your Test Processes: In this app, we have to identify and select standard test
script that defines our business process. If we do not find the required standard test
process, this app allows us to create custom test script as required by using recording
process.
Test Your Processes: We can create test plan using standard or custom test script that
defines business flow. Execute using test automation tool. We can analyze execution
results and identify the errors and re-execute failed test plans. We can even schedule
test plans for later execution.
• What is extensibility?
• Extensibility Options
• Key User Extensibility
• Classic Extensibility
• Side-by-Side Extensibility
On-
+ On-
Cloud
Key User Extensibility Premise Cloud Premise
Application
Database Table
Copyright © 2017 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. 69
In-App Extensibility Overview
Fiori Lauchpad
I6 Custom UI
Custom User User Interface
Interface (Fiori) (Fiori)
Frontend I1 UI Adaptation
Custom Fields
Application Application I3 Analytics / Forms
(ABAP | CDS) (ABAP | CDS)
I4 Business Logic
I2
Database Table Database Table
Classic Extensibility
• Custom Code/Tables
OData Service
• Dynamic Calls
• Implicit Enhancements
Application
(ABAP) • Code Generation
• Direct DB Writes
Database Table
Customers and partners can extend and even modify SAP S/4HANA software with full access to development tools such as
Eclipse or ABAP Workbench (SE80).
This extensibility capability is only available in the on-premise edition of SAP S/4HANA.
On Premise
Simplification changes S/4HANA Cloud
Cloud
SAP Fiori user experience (UX) Customers and partners can learn from the outside
and weave external content into their solutions.
SAP S/4HANA applications and extensions
Business
Networks Devices
SAP HANA platform
SAP HANA Cloud Platform is the PaaS offering from
SAP that offers the broadest end-to-end capability in
Social
On-premise
edition
Cloud
edition the market (from SAP HANA to SAP Fiori UX) and
Big Data
Networks access to the broadest set of data sources (from SAP
cloud applications to social data)
Native Integration for hybrid scenarios
HCP application
HCP app. w/ cust. serv. S3
S2
Database Table Database Table Database Table
Data Replication S5
SAP In-App Extensibility Side-bySide Extensibility
Copyright © 2017 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. 76
Summary
On
premise Freedom and Influence Cloud
S calability and openness
Classic in-app (Unicode and S AP HANA®–enabled code, scope
not quarantined)
FSN
Non SAP
Cloud
S/4HANA
On-Premise
Non SAP
SAP Business Suite On Premise
Engagement Things
Cloud On Prem
Pace- SAP API Management
Layering
4.0
SAP HANA Cloud SAP Gateway
Integration
Transformation
Orchestration
SAP PI
With existing
Process
Strong Cloud On Prem
investment
Integration Apps
Cloud Smart Process
SAP BPM
Apps Services
Embedded in
Smart Cloud Platform
Processes SAP Operational Process Intelligence
FSN
Multi-Level Security
SAP SCI
Deployment Cloud based service offering hosted by SAP On-premise installation in customer landscape
Supported scenarios Standard and Professional Edition, Developer / Partner “Unlimited” (any-to-any) integration scenarios
Edition, Application Edition, FSN, HCP A2A, B2B, ...
Prepackaged content Available for selected SAP Cloud solutions Available for a wide variety of on premise SAP /
non-SAP applications
Preferred usecases Cloud--Cloud Integration, Cloud—On Premise On Premise integration, Cloud—On Premise
integration integration
Consume
• Re-use of provided content for deployment into API Management
Analytics / Metering
Use / modifiy / deploy
Application
CLIENT Frontend
SAP Cloud Connector is a simple on-premise Internet
HTTPS
integration agent that allows highly secure and
reliable connectivity between cloud applications and
on- premise systems. SAP
SAP
DATACENTER Cloud Platform
Connectivity Service
SSL tunnel
FIREWALL
CUSTOMER SAP
on-premise network
Cloud Connector
ECC CRM
HCM
Features:
OData
• Provides access to data in any environment and on any platform
SAP BW
Best Practice Explorer Innovation Discovery Roadmap Viewer S/4HANA Cloud Trial
SAP Ariba: Sourcing Integration 1A0 Extend your SAP S/4HANA operational procurement processes to SAP Ariba Collaborative Sourcing.
This scope item deals with the use of contracts in procurement activities. Contracts are agreements with
Purchase Contract BMD
the vendor to supply materials or services under negotiated conditions and within a certain period.
The Subcontracting process involves sending raw components to a vendor for specific manufacturing
Subcontracting BMY
processes, and receiving the value-added finished material back into inventory.
This scope item deals with employee requisitioning activities. An employee creates a shopping cart. A
Requisitioning 1&J purchase requisition is generated, then is converted to a purchase order. When the employee receives
the goods, they perform a goods receipt confirmation.
Consigned Inventory BMR The scope item shows the characteristics of procurement consignment processing.
This process enables your manufacturing department to order materials directly through external
Procurement of Direct Materials J45 procurement using purchase requisitions. The purchasing department tracks the procurement process
with the purchase order as well as the goods and invoice receipts.
Using serial numbers, you can identify material items in the supply chain and track them during goods
Serial Number Management BLL movement. This scope item includes the configuration settings for serial number management and shows
the serial number handling on finished goods level.
This scope item deals with purchase order creation activities during a procurement process. It describes
Consumable Purchasing BNX the additional process steps of a purchase order approval, goods receipt of consumables, and invoice
receipts by line item.
SAP Ariba: Business Network
J82 Automate purchase order to invoice processing with your suppliers in the SAP Ariba Network.
Integration
This scope item provides a platform for process manufacturing, supporting processes in
Make-to-Stock Production -
BJ8 manufacturing for the chemical, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries, as well as the
Process Manufacturing
batch-oriented electronics industry.
Make-to-Order Production -
This scope item encompasses all steps from the customer quotation to the delivery and billing of the
Finished Goods Sales and Final BJE
finished goods and all dependent components in an MTO production.
Assembly
Repetitive Manufacturing is for make-to-stock production based on run schedules. The production is
Make-to-Stock Production -
BJH controlled without a direct reference to sales orders. Run schedules determine the dates and
Repetitive Manufacturing
quantities. Requirements are created in Demand Management.
Make-to-Order Production - This process enables production planning for semifinished components within an MTO environment
Semifinished Goods Planning 1BM prior to incoming sales orders. This reduces the lead time of sales orders for finished goods coming in
and Assembly later.
Rework Processing - Stock-
BJN This process covers the rework of defective manufactured materials.
Manufactured Material
Rework Processing - Work-in-
BJQ Rework processing handles defective material on a production order.
Process
Production Subcontracting - Individual production steps (operations or sub-operations) are processed outside of your company by
BJK
External Processing a vendor.
Asset accounting is a subsidiary ledger of the general ledger and is used to manage and
Asset Accounting J62
document fixed asset transactions in detail.
This process is an additional scope item to Asset Accounting (J62). It provides ledger-
Asset Accounting - Parallel Ledger 1GB
specific transactions and reports.
This scope item describes the necessary steps to acquire assets for constructed assets. It
Asset Under Construction BFH starts from the acquisition of the asset and monitors the asset until the construction is
finished. This can happen within a specified period or over more than one period.
This process is an additional scope item to Asset Accounting (BFH). It provides ledger-
Asset Under Construction - Parallel
1GF specific transactions. This scope item describes the necessary steps to acquire assets for
Ledger
constructed assets in parallel ledger.
With Accounts Payables, you can manage your open payables invoices that are
Accounts Payable J60
automatically created from purchasing processes.
With the SAP Ariba integration to SAP S/4HANA Financials, you can forward payment
SAP Ariba - Integration for Finance 19O
advices to your suppliers, and you can take advantage of discounts for early payment.
With Accounts Receivables, you can manage your open receivables invoices that are
Accounts Receivable J59
automatically created from sales processes.
In this scope item, you manage and calculate credit limits for customers. You can also
Credit Management BD6
check the credit limit when sales documents are created or changed.
Bank Account Management - Extended J77 This scope item provides a platform for Bank Account Management.
Bank Integration with Financial With Financial Services Network, you can automatically connect to your banks for sending
16R
Services Network payment instructions and receive bank statements.
Cash Daily Operation - Extended J78 This scope item provides insight into the cash position of your company.
Various internal projects consume resources and incur costs or expenses. The costs of
Internal Order - Actual BEV these projects must be tracked for various purposes. This scope item shows how to deal
with the actuals for such internal projects.
This scope item covers transaction-based actual postings that are normally used in
Overhead Cost Accounting J54 overhead cost controlling. The purpose of overhead cost controlling is the planning,
allocation, control, and monitoring of overhead costs.
Standard Cost Calculation BEG The standard costs for products are updated as part of the annual operations planning.
This scope item covers profitability analysis and reporting (usually executed after the period-end
Profitability and Cost Analysis J55
close process is completed).
Profit and Loss Plan Data Load from This scope item provides the functionality to load a flat file with PLAN data (.CSV format) from an
1HB
File external source into SAP S/4 HANA Cloud.
Balance sheet valuation in Inventory Accounting enables you to valuate your inventories at the
Inventory Valuation for Year-End
BEJ end of reporting periods in accordance with international accounting principles (such as IAS or US
Closing
GAAP).
Period-end closing in a plant ensures that all costs incurred during the manufacturing process are
Period-End Closing - Plant BEI
assigned to the production activities.
With Event-Based Revenue Recognition, postings to relevant account assignment objects lead to
Event-Based Revenue Recognition -
1IL revenue recognition calculations. The basis for the revenue recognition calculation includes all
Project-Based Services
document line items that are assigned to the account assignment object.
This scope item describes the collection of periodic activities in Sales and Distribution, such as
Period-End Closing - Sales Operations BKK
day ending activities.
The Internal Project Management scope item manages the complete end-to-end process of performing project-based
Internal Project Management 1A8
services inside the company.
The Project Services business scenario manages the complete end-to-end process of selling and performing project-based
Customer Project Management J11
services to customers.
The Service and Material Procurement - Project-Based Services scope item covers all relevant procurement processes of the
Service and Material Procurement:
J13 professional services scenario, such as service procurement, consumption materials procurement, and procurement for
Project-Based Services
third-party order processing.
Sales Order Processing: Project-Based This Sales Order Processing - Project-Based Services scope item describes the entire process sequence for the sales order
J14
Services maintenance and the billing process within the project-based services scenario.
Customer Project Analysis is an analytical SAP Fiori application built using Analysis Path Framework in SAP S/4HANA
embedded analytics. This application provides rich visualization and analysis of customer projects based on margin,
Customer Project Analysis BGI
revenue, cost, and so on. The application uses several predefined analysis steps such as country, service organization,
profit centers, projects, and more.
Utilization Analysis is an analytical SAP Fiori application built using Analysis Path Framework in SAP S/4HANA embedded
analytics. This application provides rich visualization and analysis of utilization rate of employees across several pre-defined
Utilization Analysis BGJ
analysis steps such as company, service organization, cost centers, employee details, and so on. This ultimately leads to the
analysis of billable versus nonbillable employees in commercial project management.