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BUSINESS FUNCTION PREDICTIONEasy Enhancement Package Discovery for SAP ERP

Overview PresentationOctober 2011

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Do You Need Some Guidance When It Comes ToSelecting The Relevant EHP functionality?

Currently there are500+ businessfunctions available

Wondering whichenhancementpackage functionalityis potentially relevantfor you?

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New Free Offering:Business Function Prediction for SAP ERP

SAP now offers asolution:

Prediction of relevantenhancement packagefunctionality based on your

existing system usage - includingdirect access to:

Overview presentationDocumentationTest case catalogsMapping to technical usage

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How Does This Technically Work?

Not usedSAP transaction

UsedSAP transactions

Customer ECC 6.0 system

FB50

VA01

MMBE

= Newly available andrelevant businessfunctions

Prediction of relevant enhancement package functionality based on yourexisting system usage: 

PA30

MM01

* Both can be accessed via SAP Service Marketplace at www.service.sap.com/erp-ehp 

For a complete overview of new enhancement packagefunctionality use the solution browser tool* or theenhancement package infocenter*

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Target Customers:SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP ECC Server)

+

Current release:

You are planningor executing anenhancement

packageimplementation 

SAP ERP 6.0(SAP ECC Server)With or without

enhancementpackage 

Project type:

SAP R/3 4.6CSAP R/3 EnterpriseSAP ERP 2004(SAP ECC Server) 

Upgrade &integratethe latestenhancementpackages 

+

Business functionprediction

Get tailored recommendations

for functionality 

Generic information for functionaldelta below SAP ERP 6.0 solution browser tool* 

Get tailored recommendation forenhancement package

functionality with businessfunction prediction 

Target customers

* Access the solution browser tool via SAP Service Marketplace: www.service.sap.com/erp-upgrade 

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Delivery Process Overview

1 2 3

Extract SAPtransaction usage

Initiate yourrequest

SAP will send youthe results report

Extract the list of used SAPtransactions from yourproduction system collected byworkload monitor (step-by-step description

can be downloaded here:http://service.sap.com/BFP)

Go to http://service.sap.com/BFP to initiate your request

Please answer the questions inthe email template and attachthe list of used SAP transactions

SAP will send you the resultsreport usually within one weekvia email

C u s t o m e r 

Duration: approximately 5 days

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Results Report And Order Information

In case of questions pleasecontact us at ehp-tech@sap.com 

The Step-By-Step instruction can be found here:

http://service.sap.com/BFP

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Business Function PredictionWhat Our Customers Say… 

“Business function prediction is a great tool. It iseasy to use, free of charge and saves a lot of time.” 

Dr. Marco Lenck, CIO,Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH

“We used the business function prediction offering

from SAP to identify the specific and relevantfunctionalities we needed from the SAPenhancement package. It pulled all thedocumentation we needed together in one place.”

Mike Ayars, SAP Project Manager,

Powell Electronics Inc.

“We are very satisfied with the business function 

prediction that helped us a lot to identify innovationin SAP enhancement packages. We definitelyrecommend this offering to our customers.” 

Sylke Clemens, Servicemanagerin,GISA GmbH

CustomerPopularity

Rating

Improvement

Potential

Must-HaveProject

Information

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Summary

Easy and Free of Charge

Intuitively discover SAP enhancement packages

Efficient

You only spend minutes to request a BFP

Transparent

You’ll get a ranked list of relevant functionality

and the customer popularity rating

Proven

More than 4000 customers already benefitedfrom the new offering. Based on their feedbackmore than 90% of the customers were able toidentify the relevant new functionality with thehelp of the business function prediction! Order now:

http://service.sap.com/BFP

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Thank You!Christian OehlerBusiness Support PrincipalMaintenance Go-To-Market

SAP Hong Kong Co. Limited

Suite 1111-1114, 11/F.Cityplaza 4, 12 Taikoo Wan RoadTaikoo ShingHong Kong

E-Mail christian.oehler@sap.com 

Robert Pinzke Program Manager – EHP AdoptionGlobal Upgrade Office

SAP AGDietmar-Hopp-Allee 1669190 WalldorfGermany

E-Mail ehp-tech@sap.com 

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