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BUSINESS FUNCTION PREDICTIONEasy Enhancement Package Discovery for SAP ERP

How-To GuideOctober 2011

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Tailored recommendation of relevantenhancement package functionality addingvalue to your existing system

Free of Charge

4.000+ satisfied customers

Easy access to all relevant information:

Documentation and business benefits

Test case catalog and technical usage

Multiple language support

Including all information up toenhancement package 5 for SAP ERP

New Version 1.2 available now!

Business Function Prediction for SAP ERPUnlock the Value of Your SAP ERP System

Order your free report at http://service.sap.com/bfp today!

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CustomerPopularity

Rating

ImprovementPotential

Must-HaveProject

Information

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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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STEP 1: Open Transaction „ST03N“ in Your Productive

System

Please performthe followingsteps: 

Logon to yourproductiveSAP systemand calltransaction„ST03N“ 

Please note:The steps described in thisdocument are based on aSAP R/3 4.6C system. Insystems with other releasesthe screens might varyslightly. In case of questionsplease contact us atehp-tech@sap.com 

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STEP 2: Call Transaction Profile

Please perform thefollowing steps:  Choose „Expert

mode“ from the drop-down in the top left

corner (1) Unfold the branch

“Total” (2) to include

statistics from allapplication servers

Unfold the branch“Month” (3) 

Choose the latest fullmonth (4)

Example: if today isApril 7th  chooseMarch

Open the item„Transaction profile“

and choose„Standard“ in the

navigation menu atthe bottom left (5)

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STEP 3: Export ALV-List to a Spreadsheet

Please perform thefollowing steps:  Please click on the

arrow next to the iconto export the ALV-list (1)

Afterwards pleasechoose “Spreadsheet”

(2)

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STEP 4: Confirm Popup

Please perform thefollowing steps:  Confirm the popup

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STEP 5: Choose „Table“ and Confirm 

Please perform thefollowing steps:  Please choose

„Table“ (1) and

confirm the popup(2)

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STEP 6: Choose „Microsoft Excel” 

Please perform thefollowing steps:  Choose „Microsoft

Excel“ and confirm

the popup In case you are

not using„Microsoft Excel“

please export thelist to a format wecan open withMicrosoft Excel2007 (e.g. comma separated

values CSV)

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STEP 7: Save Spreadsheet and Attach it to the Email

Please perform thefollowing steps:  Save the

document and

attach it to theemail

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Send us Your Request

Please perform the followingsteps: 

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

In case you don’t have a

default email editor installedcopy & paste the text below:

Dear EHP Backoffice,

please send me a Business Function Prediction for SAP ERP.

Customer Number:

Customer Name:

Contact Person:

Contact Person Email:

Contact Person Phone:

System ID:

Installation Number (optional):

Current release:

What is your preferred language for the results report? (English / German

 / French):

Do you use an industry solution? (Yes / No):

If yes, which one?

Do you have an Enhancement Packages installed? (Yes / No):

If yes, which one?

Are there any Business Functions activated? (Yes / No):

If yes, which ones?

Attached please find the Excel sheet with the list of used SAP

transactions (SMP).

Thank you and best regards,

<Your Name>

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Results Report And Order Information

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

Further information can be found here: http://service.sap.com/BFP

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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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