Business Function

SAP Enhancement Packages

Selecting and Activating Business Functions

October 2011 (Version 1.01)

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Agenda

1. Getting Started

Implementation Overview

2. Technical Background

Terminology ▪ Switch Framework ▪ Reversibility of Business Functions

3. Discover and Evaluate new Functionality

Information Sources ▪ Business Function Prediction ▪ Test Drive Functionality

4. Activating new Functionality

Preparation Activities ▪ Activation Procedure ▪ Post Activities

5. Landscape Aspects

Transporting Settings ▪ Global Template Landscapes

6. Summary and Further Information


Accelerated Innovation

Enablement

Evaluate innovations of the

latest SAP enhancement

package in detail

Setup sandbox system for

evaluation

Information on how to deploy

to meet business process

requirements

EHP EHP

Switch

Framework

Activate the relevant business

functions within your

productive landscape

sequentially

Use test case templates

delivered by SAP

Use SAP business process

change analyzer (BPCA)

Enhancement Package

Installation

Use EHP installer for

installation of EHP

Specific services for

configuration of SAP Solution

Manager, EHP installation,

downtime optimization, code

optimization, etc. available

Business Function

Prediction

Receive tailored

recommendations for

business functions based on

your current system usage

Solution Browser

Delta-Functionalities between

releases (generic)

Find what„s new...

Getting started with Enhancement Packages Quickly meet business requirements for growth and competitive advantage

Activation Installation Planning

... and what you get, ... ... install innovations, ... ... activate and use them!

EHP EHP


Agenda

1. Getting Started












Mapping Process – Example (ERP) Technical Usages - Business Functions - Software Components

Business Function Technical Usage Main Instances &

Software Components

SAP ECC Server

A “Technical Usage”

groups software

components which must

be installed together.

A “Business Function”

is the activatable unit

within the SAP ECC

Server

EA-HR 605

SAP_HR 604

ERECRUIT 600

EA_GLTRADE 600

…….

SAP_APPL 605

EA-APPL 605

SAP NetWeaver 702

Central

ApplicationsABAP Product

Instance: Central

Application

HCM Self Services ABAP Product Instance:

Human Capital Management

JAVA Product Instance:

SAP XSS (Self Services)

BF

BF

Central Applications

Media ABAP Product

Instance: Media

Financials ABAP Product Instance:

Leasing/Contract A/R & A/PBusiness Function 3

Lean Manufacturing

Technical Name:

LOG_PP_LMAN

Business Function 1

Real Estate Management

Technical Name:

RE_GEN_CI_1

Business Function 2

General Ledger

Accounting 3

Technical Name:

FIN_GL_CI_3

. . .

BF


Switch Framework Enables Optional Activation of Business Functions

With the Switch Framework it is possible to control the

activation of SAP ERP objects.

Activating a Business Function triggers switches.

The switch controls whether the switch-controlled code is

executed or not at runtime.

The Switch Framework is a proven concept (already used

to retrofit Industry Solutions in ERP 6.0).

Switch Framework

SAP ERP (ECC 6.0)

Fundament: Enhancement Framework is the solution of SAP NetWeaver 7.0 to

allow adaptations of development objects without touching them.

All enhancements offered by Enhancement Framework

can be switched by the Switch Framework.

All reports, includes, classes, function modules, and Web Dynpro ABAP UIs can

be changed and enhanced using the Enhancement Framework.

The new kernel-based BAdI is also integrated in the Enhancement Framework.


Switch Framework How Does It work?

Architectural

View:

“techn. Switch”

Repository View:

“Enhancement

Framework”

Switch 1

Business Function Set

Bus Fct F1

Bus Fct F2

Bus Fct F4

Business Function Set

Bus Fct F1

Bus Fct F2

Bus Fct F4

Industry Business Function Set “Media“

Advertising Mgmt.

Press Distribution

…

Enhancements

IMG-nodes

Enhancements

Switch BC Set

Screen

Element 1

Element 2

Enterprise Business Function

HCM, Administration

Real Estate

Switch 2

Switch 3

Switch 4

Switch 5

Switch n

Business View:

“Business Function”

…

A switch controls the visibility of other repository objects.


ABAP Source Code Plug-ins Enhancement Points & Enhancement Sections

PROGRAM p1

WRITE ‘Hello World’.

ENHANCEMENT-POINT […]

…

…

ENHANCEMENT-SECTION […]

WRITE ‘Original’.

END-ENHANCEMENT-SECTION.

ENHANCEMENT 1.

WRITE ‘Hello Paris’.

ENDENHANCEMENT.

ENHANCEMENT 2.

WRITE ‘Hello London’.

ENDENHANCEMENT.

ENHANCEMENT 3.

WRITE ‘Enhanced’.

ENDENHANCEMENT.

Enhancement

Point:

Insertion of

additional ABAP

source code

Enhancement

Section:

Replacement of

existing ABAP

source code

Enhancement

Options Enhancement

Implementation Elements


Switch Framework Runtime object generation after switch activation

ABAP Source Code Part 1

ENHANCEMENT-POINT



ENHANCEMENT-POINT


ENHANCEMENT E1.

…

…

…

ENDENHANCEMENT.

ENHANCEMENT E1.

…

…

…

ENDENHANCEMENT.

switched off

switched on

compilation

compilation

Enhancement Source Object Runtime Object

activation

Does not contain

enhancement

Contains

enhancement

Activation of switches does not change any sources

Only runtime objects are changed


Switch Framework Modifications within Enhancement Sections


ENHANCEMENT-SECTION ES1 SPOTS S1.




ENHANCEMENT-SECTION ES1 SPOTS S1.



ENHANCEMENT E1.

…

…

…

ENDENHANCEMENT.

ENHANCEMENT E1.

…

…

…

ENDENHANCEMENT.

switched off

switched on

compilation

compilation

Enhancement Source Object Runtime Object

activation

Contains customer

modification

Does not contain

customer

modification

anymore

Customer Modification

Customer Modification

Recommendation:

• Do not modify enhancement sections

• Do not modify enhancements


Reversible Business Functions Available as of Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010

A reversible Business Function can be tested / evaluated in DEV/QAS systems

Recommendation: for testing use a separate client (created with client copy)

Make sure that the activated functionality of the Business Function is not tested

in any other client of the test system.

Business Functions are active in all clients!

To completely „undo‟ a Business Function the whole client has to be deleted

37 reversible Business Functions

(in SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5) Further

information

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_tm80/helpdata/en/35/1b33b3e7764177a3218ae08f6637f0/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_tm80/helpdata/en/35/1b33b3e7764177a3218ae08f6637f0/frameset.htm


Process of Evaluating Reversible Business Functions

Perform client copy

Activate reversible business function in DEV system

Perform customizing in new client

Evaluate business function

Transport to QAS system

Decide on usage of business function

User acceptance test

Deactivate business function

Delete new client

YES NO


Transaction Purpose

SFW5 Switch on/off business functions

SFW_BROWSER Find out which enhancements are associated

with a business function

SFW1 Create switches (only relevant for custom

enhancements)

SFW2 Create business functions (only relevant for

custom enhancements)

SFW3 Create business functions sets for industry

solutions (only relevant for custom

enhancements)

Switch Framework Maintenance Transactions


Agenda

1. Getting Started












Familiarize yourself with Enhancement Packages

EHP InfoCenter at http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp

EHP strategy

Concepts and methodology of EHPs

Discover, evaluate and install new

functionality

Central access to EHP related

information:

http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp

http://service.sap.com/crm-ehp

http://service.sap.com/srm-ehp

http://service.sap.com/scm-ehp

Tool access

















Accelerate Innovation Adoption Selected SAP Offerings

Business Function Prediction

Get tailored recommendations

on new functionality in

SAP enhancement packages

relevant to your business.

Get your free report today.

Register and get more details

at: http://service.sap.com/BFP

Solution Browser Tool

Discover new functionality

across different SAP

application releases and

respective enhancement

packages.

Access the tool at

http://service.sap.com/

solutionbrowser

SAP Accelerated Innovation Enablement*

Benefit from free remote

assistance to evaluate the

innovation capabilities of the

latest SAP Enhancement

Packages.

Get more details at:


Benefit from free remote

assistance to evaluate the

innovation capabilities of the

latest SAP enhancement

packages.


http://service.sap.com/aie

SAP Roadmap Sessions

Access the tool at


upgrade-erp

Get an overview of today's

SAP solutions and gain

insight into to the planned

innovations and SAP's

perspective on future

innovations spaces.



roadmap

* This offering is dedicated to

customers with SAP

Enterprise Support

http://service.sap.com/BFP

http://service.sap.com/solutionbrowser






http://service.sap.com/roadmap






Unlock the Value of Your SAP ERP System:

Business Function Prediction for SAP® ERP

Individual and tailored recommendation of

relevant enhancement package functionality

adding value to your existing system usage

Easy and direct access to all project relevant

information:

Overview presentation and documentation

(including business benefits)

Release notes and test case catalogs

Mapping to technical usage

Multiple language support

Including information on enhancement package 5

for SAP ERP

4.000+ satisfied customers

Get more details and your free report at http://service.sap.com/bfp or email to [email protected].

http://service.sap.com/bfp

mailto:[email protected]




Process Overview

Business Function Prediction

1 2 3

Extract SAP

transaction usage

Initiate your

request

SAP will send you

the results report

Extract the list of used SAP

transactions from your

production system collected by

workload 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 in

the email template and attach

the list of used SAP transactions

SAP will send you the results

report usually within one week

via email

C u s t o m e r

Duration: approximately 2-5 days



http://service.sap.com/bfp


Solution Browser Tool

Discover new functionality across different SAP ERP

releases and SAP enhancement packages for ERP

Assess business benefits and the value of upgrading

by comparing functional enhancements

Available in English, German and Japanese

Description

Further Information / Tool Access

Benefits

Via SAP Service Marketplace at:


Direct access at:

http://sapsolutionbrowser.com

Tailored access to detailed and structured delta

information

Reduced effort to define a business case or value

proposition for an upgrade

Fast identification of capabilities that respond to user

requirements


http://sapsolutionbrowser.com/


SAP Accelerated Innovation Enablement

5 Days Access to SAP Solution Architects

Benefit from direct engagement with SAP„s experts:

SAP provides up to five remote person days per calendar year

assistance and enablement per customer helping to evaluate the

innovation capabilities of the latest SAP Enhancement Package.

Value Proposition

Accelerated Innovation Enablement provides access to SAP Solution Architects to evaluate the innovation capabilities of

the latest SAP Enhancement Package and how it may be deployed for your business process requirements.

In A Nutshell

Entitlement Customer is entitled to receive up to five

calendar days remote advice per year.

Outcome The results of the check will be

documented in English by SAP expert.

Duration 5 calendar days (= 5x8hrs)

Addressed Solution SAP Business Suite 7 core applications

(ERP 6.0, CRM 7.0, SCM 7.0, PLM 7.0)

Technical Prerequisites • SAP‟s Accelerated Innovation Enablement service is delivered remotely

by SAP Solution Architects and is only available to SAP Enterprise Support customers

• SAP Solution Manager Enterprise Edition

• Documentation of core business processes within SAP Solution Manager Enterprise

Edition and information about the special focus on your specific functional requirements

• SAP requires the commitment of the time and expertise of Customer‟s functional

and/or process lead

Further Information http://service.sap.com/enterprisesupport -> Scope description -> SAP Accelerated

Innovation Enablement

Business

Up to five calendar

days free remote advice

per year for Enterprise

Support customers

http://service.sap.com/enterprisesupport


Get transparency on possible license implications when

activating business functions

Majority of business functions covered

by the enterprise foundation package

license

Using the functionality of certain

business functions productively may

require an additional license package

either an enterprise extension

or an industry portfolio package

license

Access SAP Note 1524246 for details

The licensing guide and the price list

item catalog apply

https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1524246

http://www.sap.com/solutions/licensingmodel/index.epx

http://www.sap.com/solutions/licensingmodel/index.epx


Agenda

1. Getting Started












Activation Process Overview

SBX evaluate

DEV QAS PRD Transport

Step 2: Activate all or subset of evaluated functionality in your production line

Step 1: Evaluate new functionality in Sandbox system

(for non-reversible business functions)

Customizing

Switches

Transport

Customizing

Switches


Activation Procedure Preparation

Prerequisite: Technical Usage containing business function must be installed

otherwise business functions are not visible in transaction SFW5

General preparation steps

Access the documentation

– Business function description

– SAP test case templates (test preparation)

Define test strategy (user acceptance test)

System preparation (to be performed on every system)

Disable all batch jobs

e.g. report BTCTRNS1 (see SAP Note 37425)

Close system for end-users (lock end- users)

Transaction EWZ5

Plan “business downtime” for the activation process

no system restart required but system not available to end-users!

Post steps &

Error handling Preparation Activation


Identify affected processes before activation

Business Process Change Analyzer

• Identification of mission-critical business processes impacted by software changes

• Test scope optimization for SAP SPs and EhPs based on object coverage and test effort analysis (available with SAP Solution Manager 7.1)

• Analysis of planned business function activation

• Automatic test plan generation

Description

Further Information / Tool Access

Benefits

• SAP Service Marketplace at: http://service.sap.com/solutionmanager and http://service.sap.com/testing

• Precise insight of impacted business processes

• Improved handling of change events

• Risk-based test scope recommendation and automatic test plan generation

Planned software changes:

Customizing changes

Custom Code

changes

Simulation of

planned Business

Function activation

SAP SP and EHPs

Order to Cash

Sales Order code change

Delivery

Goods Issue UI change

Billing

Procure to Pay

Create PO customizing change

Prerequisites

• (Lean) documentation of business processes

• BPCA triggered trace (TBOM) of mission-critical business processes

• EHP deployment in DEV or TST system

Post steps &


http://service.sap.com/solutionmanager

http://service.sap.com/testing


Business Function Activation Background Information

Activation

Business functions are activated system-wide

SFW5 activities can generally be performed in any client

There might be some prerequisites which will be presented by the prerequisite check (e.g.

other business functions active and Enterprise Extensions active)

Customizing

Template customizing is always extracted into client 000

Customizing has to be transported to target client

Details about customizing can be found in SAP Note 337623

Details when using industry extensions can be found in SAP Note 868771

What happens during activation

Corresponding switches are activated

Generation of new runtime objects (adjustment of dictionary objects, etc.)

New customizing nodes are generated and template customizing is extracted

After-switch methods are executed

Post steps &



Activation Procedure

Procedure (for DEV system)

Start transaction SWF5

Select the checkbox in the Planned State column of the business function you want to

activate

Choose Activate Changes

– The batch job for DDIC and BC set activation starts immediately

job name: SFW_ACTIVATION_SF0X (which calls report SFW_ACTIVATION_IN_BACKGROUND)

– Switches belonging to the business function are activated even though the dependent objects (for

example, table appends) were not yet activated

Procedure for subsequent systems

Transport switch framework settings

Check logs to see if the job is ready

Goto Switch Framework Logs (in transaction SFW5)

Or via transaction SM37

SAP Note 908007 provides information about special functions in SFW5

Post steps &



Activation Procedure Runtime

Runtime of the activation procedure

Runtime varies depending on system performance and business function

Generally the runtime will be around 30-120 minutes

Recommendation

Evaluate activation runtimes on DEV/QAS (ideally in a system with comparable size)

Transaction SFW_BROWSER helps you to get an overview about what specific business

functions contain

Post steps &



Activation Error Handling

Error Handling (see also SAP Note 908007)

1. Activation terminates for any reason (dump, system shutdown...)

You need to choose “Activate Restart”

at this point, all settings of the Switch Frameworks are

already included in the active version

Through “Activate Restart” all active settings are copied to an

inactive version

This inactive version is then activated

2. Activation itself recognizes an error

System displays a selection dialog box

Continue: All steps after the dictionary activation are executed.

Useful only if you could eliminate the errors in the dictionary

Restart: Job starts again right from the beginning (prior to the dictionary activation)

Useful if you have corrected the problem by implementing a source code correction

Post steps &



Activation Procedure Post Steps

Customizing

Perform customizing for the chosen business function (typically in DEV system)

Transport customizing together with switch settings into subsequent systems

Perform user acceptance tests

General post steps

Perform user acceptance tests for business function affected area

SAP delivers test case templates with business functions

Business Process Change Analyzer in SAP Solution Manager provides you assistance

Post steps in system

Enable all batch jobs

e.g. report BTCTRNS2 (see SAP Note 37425)

Open system for end-users (unlock end-users)

Transaction EWZ5

Plan “business downtime” for the activation process

no system restart required but system not available to end-users!

Post steps &



Agenda

1. Getting Started












DEV QAS PRD

Transport of Activations & Customizing General Recommendation

Prerequisites

Same ERP release with same EHP and SP-Stack installed

Same technical usages installed

number and release of all software components installed in one system are the same

Benefits

Switch settings and respective customizing can be transported across the landscape

(Adjustments after) SAP corrections can be transported

Customer enhancements can be transported

Drawbacks

Projects for activation of new business functions have to be synchronized / aligned

Transport

Customizing

Switches

Transport

Customizing

Switches


Transport of Activations & Customizing Reasonable Alternative

Landscape Setup

Same ERP release with same EHP and SP-Stack installed


number and release of all software components installed in one system are the same

Benefits

Projects for setting activating new business functions can run with separate schedules

(Adjustments after) SAP corrections can be transported

Drawbacks

Switch settings cannot be transported from DEV system, they need to be switched in QAS

Special care required for transporting customer enhancements/developments (separation

of developments)

DEV QAS PRD

Activate

manually

Activate

manually

System needs to be

set to „changeable“

Transport

Customizing

Transport

Customizing

Switches


Global Template Approach Overview

Purpose

Business process standardization

Use synergy effects by centralizing testing and maintenance

Avoid redundant efforts

General Recommendation

Each region has its own DEV and QAS system

Each business process is owned either by the central group or by the regions

DEV

MASTER ERP 6.0

EHP5

TEST

MASTER ERP 6.0

EHP5

DEV 1

ERP 6.0

EHP5

QAS 1

ERP 6.0

EHP5

PRD 1

ERP 6.0

EHP5

DEV 2

ERP 6.0

EHP5

QAS 2

ERP 6.0

EHP5

PRD 2

ERP 6.0

EHP5

DEV 3

ERP 6.0

EHP5

QAS 3

ERP 6.0

EHP5

PRD 3

ERP 6.0

EHP5

EMEA

Americas

Asia


Global Template Approach Installation Requirement

Transportation between systems has some prerequisites that each system

has to fulfill:

Same SAP ERP release

Same enhancement package installed


Same Support Package Stack level

Active industry solutions within this landscape are compatible with one another

Decentralized systems may contain non-modifying add-ons even if these are not installed

in the master


General Recommendation

Same business functions activated in

each system – this leads to …

Same Coding

Same DDIC objects

Same BC Sets

Synergy Effects:

Centralized maintenance

Centralized testing Even in case of regionally owned business processes,

many issues can be anticipated in a centralized test

which can be regarded as a „rudimentary pre-test‟.

Regional testing

Benefits:

Lowest maintenance effort

Lowest testing effort due to

maximized use of synergy effects

DEV

QAS MASTER

EHP5 EHP5 EHP5 EHP5

AMERICAS

EHP5

EHP5 EHP5

EMEA

EHP5

EHP5 EHP5

AP/J

EHP5

BF 1

BF 2

Add-On

BF 1

BF 2

BF 1

BF 2

BF 1

BF 2

BF 1

BF 2


Reasonable Alternative

DEV MASTER contains superset of

activated business functions

Maintenance can be centralized.

Everything can be transported from the

DEV Master to the regional systems

No problems to be expected even if a

switch is not activated in a region

Optimum maintenance

QAS MASTER contains most used

business function combinations

Maximize the test scope that can be

covered centrally, to maximize synergy

effects

Where activations differ in the regional

system, tests have to be executed

decentrally.

Optimum Testing

DEV

QAS MASTER

EHP5 EHP5 EHP5 EHP5

AMERICAS

EHP5

EHP5 EHP5

EMEA

EHP5

EHP5 EHP5

AP/J

EHP5

BF 1

BF 2

Add-On

BF 2

BF 2

BF 2

1

1

2

1

2

BF 1


Possible Exception

Activate in the QAS MASTER as well as

in the DEV Master those business

functions that are used by most

regions

If a regions activates another business

function

All automatic corrections („/snote‟) (all coding

corrections) can be centralized and be

transported to the regions.

No problems to be expected even if a switch

is not activated in a region.

For manual corrections (e.g. DDIC object or

BC Sets):

– Check if a switchable object is affected

– Implement the correction only where this object

has been activated

Dev

QAS MASTER

EHP5 EHP5 EHP5 EHP5

AMERICAS

EHP5

EHP5 EHP5

EMEA

EHP5

EHP5 EHP5

AP/J

EHP5

BF 2

Add-On

BF 2 BF 2

BF 1

BF 2 1

1


Agenda

1. Getting Started












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Important Links

Website Name URL

SAP Roadmaps (central entry page for innovation related contents)


Enhancement Package Info Center ERP: http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp

CRM: http://service.sap.com/crm-ehp

SCM: http://service.sap.com/scm-ehp

SRM: http://service.sap.com/srm-ehp

PLM: http://service.sap.com/plm-ehp

Business Function Prediction http://service.sap.com/BFP

Online Knowledge Products http://service.sap.com/OKP

Upgrade Info Center http://service.sap.com/upgrade

Best practises for Application Life-Cycle

Management

http://service.sap.com/alm

ERP Solution Browser http://sapsolutionbrowser.com

Enterprise Support

Services Offerings


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Content

SAP Note 1324838 Mapping of Business Functions to Technical Usages

SAP Note 1524246 Relationship of licenses and business functions

SAP Note 337623 Customizing after installation or upgrade

SAP Note 868771 Copy Special Customizing

SAP Note 908007 Special functions in Switch Framework / SFW5

Important SAP Notes

Thank You!

Contact information:

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