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SAP Runs SAPJoachim MetteApril 2016
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SAP Runs SAPInternal HANA adoption roadmapSAP HANA asside-by-side scenarioSAP BWpowered bySAP HANA20112013SAP ERPAny DBSAP HANASimpleFinance 1.02014S/4HANAFinance2015sFin Add-On 1.0sFin Add-On 2.0SAP BWSAP CRMSAP ERPSAP ERPSAP ERPSAP HANASAP HANASAP HANASAP HANASAP HANA Real time Sales pipelinereporting BPC integrated to SAPNetWeaver BW Profitability analysis andProfit center accountingreporting real time Change of currencyevaluation for constantcurrency calculation todocument currency Receivables ManagerSAP Business Suite poweredby SAP HANA SAP Fraud Management 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ERP & CRM on HANA Invoice and Goods ReceiptReconciliation Receivables Manager &Financial Fact Sheet Type Ahead / Fuzzy Search Integration of legal & internal viewson line item level / Universal Journal No more aggregates / indices in FI &CO Fiori Applications SAP enterprise searchPublic3
SAP Business Suite poweredby SAP HANA
SAP Runs SAPInternal HANA adoption roadmapSAP HANA asside-by-side scenarioSAP BWpowered bySAP HANASAP Business Suite poweredby SAP HANASimpleFinance 1.0SimpleFinance 2.0S/4 HANA2011SAP ERPAny DB20142013SAP HANAsFin Add-On 1.0sFin Add-On 2.0SAP BWSAP CRMSAP ERPSAP ERPSAP ERPSAP HANASAP HANASAP HANASAP HANASAP HANA Real time Sales pipelinereporting BPC integrated to SAPNetWeaver BW Profitability analysis andProfit center accountingreporting real time Change of currencyevaluation for constantcurrency calculation todocument currency Receivables Manager2015 SAP Fraud Management 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ERP & CRM on HANA Invoice and Goods ReceiptReconciliation Receivables Manager &Financial Fact Sheet Integration of legal & internal viewson line item level No more aggregates / indices in FI &CO Fiori enabled Type Ahead / Fuzzy SearchPublic5
SAP’s Internal ERP on HANA: Key Implementation HighlightsSAP ERP on HANA in less than 5 months – Go Live August 21st, 2013Business HighlightsTechnical Highlights First global Go Live of SAP ERPon HANA Significantly faster database requesttime of single processes 67.000 ERP user worldwide Implementation in 5 monthsData volume reduced from 7.1 TB to3.7TB, down to 1.8 TB in HANA More than 3.000 unused customcode objects retired HANA import runtime reduced by 40 hours Enables effective and closecollaboration between all businessareas 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Public6
Focus Topic 1: TestingTest typeDescriptionBenefitUser Acceptance Test Functional tests Confidence for business operationsSingle Performance Test Dedicated single processes, selected bybusiness relevance and criticality Comparison of relational and HANA DBperformance Process performance improvementsDatabase response time improvements Mass Load Performance Test Stress test for the HANA DB, executingreports, Load Runner and other tools at thesame timeSimulation of „close-to-real“ conditionsConfirmation that hardware can handleload also during peak timesCutover Dry-run / Rehearsal Test of technical and handover proceduresduring cutoverRegression Test Technical test to uncover bugs after systemchanges such as enhancements, fixesIntegration Test Test of ERP in interaction with otherdependent systems and over 150 interfaces 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Routine for real cutoverOptimized procedures, clearresponsibilities Technical system readiness of ERP Technical readiness of ERP as part ofthe overall system landscapePublic7
Focus Topic 2: Custom Code Get transparencyIdentify the hotspotsIdentify the Custom codefootprintUsage analysisCode analysis based onnew developing guidelines Prioritization based onusage analysisGet the most out of it Efficient & effectivecustom code performanceAvoidance of adoption & testefforts for unused customcode objectsSustainable and finalremediation of performance &security findingsCustom Code Management - Technical Components Clone-Finder and Modification / Interface Overview Code inspector / ABAP Test Cockpit and Custom Code Lifecycle Management In Use now: ABAP Procedure Monitoring and ABAP SQL Monitoring 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Public8
Focus Topic 3: Data Volume ManagementPreparationProduction Net size of the ERP before migration: 7.1 TB(deep compression) Reduction to 3.7 TB via archiving/deletion and databasereorganization Static memory consumption is increased by normal monthlygrowth incl. month end closing activities and release deliveries Normal growth of ERP system on HANA of 30-60 GB / month Utilization of hardware memory relatively stable since golive with 1.8 to 2.3 TB memory consumptionVolumedatabaseDB6 [TB]6,2Maximum staticmemory consumptionon HANA [TB]4,03,8 – 3,93,71,71,8ISP StartISP Target ISP extendedISP nowTarget(15.08.2013) 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.ISP after migration(please see that dynamicload comes on top)Public9
Focus Topic 4: Cutover sistency TransportsChecksWednesdayTuesday3am9pmControlled Ramp-upSpotChecksFull Ramp-upSafeguardingDown Time for End Users3pm CESTPoint of no afeguardinghandoverFull Ramp-upSafeguardingConsistency SpotChecksChecksDown Time for End UsersPoint of noreturn 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.SafeguardinghandoverPublic10
Focus Topic 5: Disaster Recovery1st data center2nd data centerERPERPactiveWarm standbyHANA systemreplicationWarm standby serverFast failover: HANA database alreadypartially startedHardware vendor independentHANAdatabaseHANAdatabaseHANA DataManagementHANA SystemRecovery 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Replication of data and logs onlyPublic11
Focus Topic 6 : Ongoing OperationsControlled Run andQuarter-End Safeguarding Support24*7 System Monitoring,via SAP Early Watch &Solution Manager ToolsetsSAP IT OperationsControl Center(established across all involveddevelopment and support organizations)Continuous PerformanceandDatabase Improvements 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Technical SafeguardingandIT Incident ManagementPublic12
SAP‘s ERP journey @ a glance – Simple Finance as driver forexcellence2013Move to HANA in 5 monthMain Technical ValueMain Business Value Data footprint reduction from 7,1TB to 3,7 through rigid datamanagement Fast close enablement - 28% ofprocessing time removed. New qualitythrough real time analysis &continuous intercompanyreconciliation. HANA database compressionfrom 3.7 TB to 1.8 (factor 2,5) Significant less storage space ondisk needed in comparison toprevious database system New monitoring and analysisfeatures with HANA studio Simplified Receivablesmanagement - removal of offlinebackend processes & finance & Salesworking on unified record level. DSOreduction of 10% Risk & compliance - fraud detectionmonitoring. Real time screening foranomalies.April 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.AugustFebruaryAprilPublic13
Simple Finance 1.0& S/4HANA Finance
System ConversionSystem Conversion & SAP Simple FinanceSAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511SAP S/4HANA Core(S/4HANA Enterprise Mgmt. [FIN LOG])SAP HANASAP Simple Finance, on-premiseedition 1503SAP ERP 6.0NetWeaver 7.40 / Enhancement Package 7SAP HANAStart ReleaseERP 6.0, EhP 0-7SAP NetWeaver 7.0xAnyDB or SAP HANA 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.The Road to SAP S/4HANA SAP Simple Finance was the first offering under the S/4HANA product family The decision to go for SAP Simple Finance should be based on the businessbenefits but is not a mandatory prerequisite for any system conversionPublic15
What is SAP Simple Finance?SIMPLE FINANCE IN A NUTSHELLSAP Simple Finance is a non-disruptive evolution of SAP’s unrivaled portfolio of global financial solutions basedon SAP HANA. It delivers instant insight anywhere for CFOs and Finance departments around the world to helpthem transform their business in a rapidly changing world.Transformative business valuefrom real-time analyticsenabled by HANA Flexible on-the-fly reporting enablinginteractive analysis and simulation of complexbusiness situations. 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.New consumer-grade userexperience for all devicesprovided by BI and FioriPersonalized, responsive and simpleconsumption of analytics, dashboards andreports across devices. Easily consumable as amanaged service from the HANAEnterprise Cloud(or continued on-premise)Easy and flexible adoption of innovation basedon simple solution architecture with completechoice of deployment.Public16
SAP Runs SAPInternal HANA adoption roadmapSAP HANA asside-by-side scenarioSAP BWpowered bySAP HANASAP Business Suite poweredby SAP HANASimpleFinance 1.0SimpleFinance 2.0S/4 HANA2011SAP ERPAny DB20142013SAP HANAsFin Add-On 1.0sFin Add-On 2.0SAP BWSAP CRMSAP ERPSAP ERPSAP ERPSAP HANASAP HANASAP HANASAP HANASAP HANA Real time Sales pipelinereporting BPC integrated to SAPNetWeaver BW Profitability analysis andProfit center accountingreporting real time Change of currencyevaluation for constantcurrency calculation todocument currency Receivables Manager2015 SAP Fraud Management 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ERP & CRM on HANA Invoice and Goods ReceiptReconciliation Receivables Manager &Financial Fact Sheet Integration of legal & internal viewson line item level No more aggregates / indices in FI &CO Fiori enabled Type Ahead / Fuzzy SearchPublic17
S/4HANA FinanceBenefits – roadmap 2014 & 2015Q4/2014Q2/2014Simple Finance Foundation Leverage Simple Finance to improve performance(no more aggregates) Significant reduction of Data memory footprintFIORI Smart Business & New functionality Enjoyable Finance transactions with FIORI transactional Apps First scenario on improved transparency based on integrated FI/CO View First Dashboard available for easy to access Insights2015Q3/2014System Optimization Data Archiving Data AgingApplication Log / IDoc and FI Document Aging Housekeeping(Data Purging, Elimination of Concats) HANA Enterprise Search Concepts and prepare adoption to new Unified JournalEntry (real one logical document) 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.S/4HANA Finance Migration of FI, CO and CO-PA data structures intoUnified Journal Entry Enjoyable Finance transactions with FIORItransactional Apps High value business insights with FIORI smartbusiness Selected Reporting Scenarios for Simple Financeleveraging the new Unified Journal Entry Data Footprint optimization Process AutomationPublic18
S/4HANA FinanceBenefits – roadmap 2016Q2/2016Q4/2015 Fiori delivery: Close functional / processgaps, coverage of Process Receivables Roll Out of Optimized HANA Transactions First simulation scenario– New business insights with forward looking close Flexible Steering Universal Journal – Reporting across relevant attributes for PCA, COPA,Consulting Ledger Single Source of truth (FI/CO)– complete SAP specifics into Universal Journal forCOPA and Consulting Ledger Fiori delivery 1602: Controlling –Apps for Master Data Maintenance, Reportingand Allocations, Asset Management, Treasury Apps for AnalyticsQ3/2016Q1/2016 Single Source of truth (FI/CO)– complete SAPspecifics into Universal Journal for Profit CenterAccounting (PCA) Flexible Steering Universal Journal – Reporting across relevant attributesfor PCA related Data SAP RealSpend, cloud edition: first users 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Cash Reporting on all dimensions; AR and AP Data enhancedwith all attributes (“Online Split”) P&L on the Fly with Boardroom for everybody Softclose – Full Transparency on Projects (Daily insides)Sfin Profitability 2.0 PoC for Projects Seamless Reporting –New Archiving Concepts allow seamless accessibility of data Flexible Steering Universal Journal – Reporting across all attributesPublic19
Project ScopeWhat will change with S/4HANA Finance OP 1503?OptionalMandatory.Aggregate tables and applicationindex tables have been removedand replaced by equally namedHANA viewsMandatoryNew General Ledger ismandatory, comes with differentIMG, new transactions/ reportsand authorization objectsOptionalMandatory.RE-FX is mandatory, onlyapplications built on top of REclassic may have problemsNew Asset Accounting as perEHP7 is mandatory, some codeof old AA was deleted (morefunctionality).Data Aging introduced for thearchiving object FI DOCUMENT,replacing classical archiving 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.For a number of t-codes / reportsnewer versions are to be used(see SAP note #1946054 )Mandatory.Optional.SAP Cash Management poweredby SAP HANA replaces theclassic Cash ManagementPublic20
Technical starting point and go-live configuration of Simple FinanceStarting PointERPFinal Go Live Configuration ECC 6.0 EHP6 ECC 6.0 EHP7 NW 7.40 SPS 04,kernel 7.40 PL25 NW 7.40 SPS 06, kernel 7.41 PL26, sFIN 1.0 Add-ons: IW GIL: Generic Interaction Layer SAP FIN: Financials add-on for SAP Business Suite powered by SAPHANAABAP /NetWeaverKernel EA-FIN: Financial Extension needed for Add-On Simple Finance FSCM CDD: Financial Supply Chain Mgmt business function neededfor Add-On Simple Finance SRM Server: Supplier Relationship Management Server part installation CEE patched to SP22: ECC core country versionHANA Version Rev. 73 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Rev. 74Public21
SAP Accounting Flight PlanMarchIS* System11April1213ISX(Project DEV)1415Prepare upgradeMay1617EhP7 SAP AccountingSPAU SRMImportCheckpoint tocontinue with ISXISV(Project QAS)18Delta SPAUSRM Impl. & Config.DataMigrationSpot Checks &RevRec ImportSRM impl. & Config. RevRec ChecksPrepare Upgrade EhP7 SAP Accounting SRMEhP7 SAP Accounting(online) SRM (Offline)RevRec ChecksSPAU Importfrom ISD/ISXISY(Rehearsal)Back-copy ISPor IST ISYPrepareUpgradeHANA Rev.Candidate 74.aISD(Maintenance DEV)Cutover Kick Off(Ramp-down)DataMigrationSRM TestingData Reference(Consistency Checks)EhP7 SAP Accounting SRMUpgrade Downtime(Online) Clean-up(offline) SPAUDataMigrationData Validation(Consistency ChecksSpot ChecksIT&BusinessEhP7 SAP AccountingSPAU & custom code adj.Data Migration SRM SP0*& note impl. (30 notes);NewGL&SAP Accounting Migr. custom.SPAU & Special NoteFunctionality Checkscorrect. for data migr.IST(Maintenance QAS) Back-copy ISP to ISTRET & Tech.Upgrade Prep.EhP7 SAP Accounting SRMUpgrade(Online Phase)(Offline)DataMigrationScale-out?INT & FAT & Load/Performance TestsInconsistency clean-up IMSISEISWISP(Production)Migr. Prep/closing reports/Data ReferenceSPAUimportData Validation(Consist. Checks)RET & Load TestingHana Rev. Candidate 74.aSafeguarding landscapeRegression & Load TestingHANA Rev. 74.bHANA Revision Final CandidateSafeguarding landscapePrepare UpgradeFreeze for HANA RevisionPrep.Upgrade.company.SPAUData Migration. 2016UpgradeSAP SEor an SAP affiliateAll rights reserved.Go/No GoConsistencyChecks/RegressionTesting (RET).INT, UAT,Funct. Checks.SafeguardingSAP Accounting Data MigrationPoint of no returnSRM relatedActivitiesHANAPublicRevision22
Implementation and SolutionCut-Over Plan @ a glanceAprilFriday, 25CET04:0008:00Saturday, 2612:0016:0020:0000:0004:0008:0012:00Sunday, 2716:0020:0000:0004:0008:0012:0016:0020:00 21,5 hrs(including preparation, post steps, 4 hrs buffer)9:00BizVerifyDataValidation 3hrs 11,5 hrsBackup 20:30DeltaSpau 19:00 5 hrs6:30Data Migration9:30 hrsData Validation5 hrs (optimized. execution)6 hrs3:3022:30Post Steps5:45 hrsBiz Verify22:00HANARev. 74(including preparation, post steps,4 hrs buffer released)5:00NGL Prep 2:15hrs6:00New GL and Fin. Add-on Data Migration17,5 hrsBiz “Spot” 6 hrsLong TermUpgradeBackup,SRM, EhP7, sFIN , CEE SP22,Restore ISB SPAU5hrs12hrs17:00IT „Spot”ACTUALRampdown,Biz “Spot”New GL and Fin. Add-on Data MigrationIT „Spot”SRM, EhP7, sFIN , CEE SP22,SPAU 16hrs17:00.6:00Upgrade2 hrsBuffer 6 hrsLong TermBackup,Restore ISB 5hrs4 hrsBufferRampdown,3 hrsBufferPLAN9:3012:00Backup, Restore, Spau10:00(bug w/ profile imports)11,5 hrs15:00NEAR ZERO DOWNTIME APPROACHUptimeSystemCopyData created during productive system operations is recorded 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Rampdown, 6 hrsSystemswitchNew GL and Fin. Add-on Data Migration Delta Replay of Backuprecorded17,5 hrsproductive data(including preparation, post steps,5hrs1 day4 hrs buffer released)TechnicalvalidationSRM, EhP7, sFIN , CEE SP22,New SystemSPAU12hrsDeltamigrationUpgradeFinal deltareplayDowntime (technical 4 hours)1h1h1h1hDataValidationBiz Verify5 hrs6 hrsAnalyzeoriginaldataPublic23
Project ScopeMigration from SAP ERP to Simple FinanceBenefits You Can Achieve from MigrationStartingPointClassic G/Lin ERP2TargetMigration at year end1Migrationat period endNew G/L inSimple FinanceNew G/Lin ERPMigrationat period endMigration at year endPlanned functionality Logical Document Ledger merge (for P&L) Line-item detail Real-time integration CO-FI Faster processes Full extensibility *3New G/L inSimple Finance Parallel ledgersDocument splitLedger merge (for B/S)Ledger merge (for P&L)Real-time integration CO-FILimited extensibilityPlannedfunctionality Logical Document Parallel ledgers Ledger merge (for P&L) Line-item detail Document split Real-time integration CO-FI Faster processes Ledger merge (for B/S) Full extensibility ** planned 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Public24
BenefitsValue realized and value anticipated @ a glance2014Move to New GL & Simple Finance in 55 daysMain Technical ValueMain Business Value Business agility – adopt to new Business realities : Huge simplification of code. materialized aggregates allreplaced by SQL statements for aggregation on the fly,reflection of organizational changes on the fly (from 1 week to 1database indices droppedday)Dramatic data footprint reduction. Final HANA databasesize targeted 500 GB. Reduction in FI/CO from 234 to 106GB (factor 2,2) Performance gains through Scale out: equal distribution oftables, memory on master: 1,194 TB, on slave: 0,654TBFebruary 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Financial Insights - integration of legal & internal managementviews on line item level Inherent reconciliation - reconciliation efforts eliminated byoperating against a single set of granular data User ExperienceAprilPublic25
Summary: SAP‘s ERP journey @ a glance – Simple Finance asdriver for excellence2013Move to HANA in 5 month2014Move to New GL & Simple Finance in 2 ½ monthMain Technical ValueMain Business ValueMain Technical ValueMain Business Value Data footprint reduction from 7,1TB to 3,7 through rigid datamanagement Fast close enablement - 28% ofprocessing time removed. New qualitythrough real time analysis &continuous intercompanyreconciliation. Huge simplification of code.materialized aggregates all replacedby SQL statements for aggregation onthe fly, database indices dropped Business agility – adopt to newBusiness realities : reflection oforganizational changes on the fly (from1 week to 1 day) Dramatic data footprint reduction.Final HANA database size targeted 500 GB. Reduction in FI/CO from234 to 106 GB (factor 2,2) Financial Insights - integration oflegal & internal management views online item level HANA database compressionfrom 3.7 TB to 1.8 (factor 2,5) Significant less storage space ondisk needed in comparison toprevious database system New monitoring and analysisfeatures with HANA studio Simplified Receivablesmanagement - removal of offlinebackend processes & finance & Salesworking on unified record level. DSOreduction of 10% Risk & compliance - fraud detectionmonitoring. Real time screening foranomalies.April 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.August Performance gains through Scaleout: equal distribution of tables,memory on master: 1,194 TB, onslave: 0,654TBFebruary Inherent reconciliation reconciliation efforts eliminated byoperating against a single set ofgranular data User ExperienceAprilPublic26
Implementation and SolutionKey Take-AwaysPreparationsRecommendations Integrate all performance testing activities in onework stream Ensure on-site availability of key subjectmatter experts and project managers Conduct technical preparation phase incl.archiving and code management Run cutover dry-run in an integrated system Identify business transactions that will be replacedby Simple Finance/New GL transactionsInvolve business stakeholders closely inproject Upgrade system to latest version of application,NetWeaver and HANA database revisionsSet up change management stream to trainBusiness users on new transactions Ensure strong expertise in Business and ITfor FI/CO Run inconsistency checks and prepare consistentsystem environment 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Public27
S/4HANA
How does SAP’s internal ERP system look today?From a system landscape that carries legacy from more than 20 years .400 Company codes78000Logon Users(5300 concurrent users)800 millionACDOCA lines 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.198Add-Ons75000Custom Code objects( 7 million custom codestatement lines)550System connections4K -17 kmodifications(depending on how tocount)Public29
Simplified High Level View 2016 (Ariba & Concur)BillerDirectDMZ – PI – InternalFirewallBiller DirectFICA Dispute ISP DisputeJSPNW 7Shared Service CRMFin. Customer CareSFPMDG-HubMasterDataUsageDataHybris Billing:ConvergentCharging (pricing)C4PBusiness PartnerGIP/MDP HANABillingDataInvoicesJavaDigital CoreHybris Billing:Pricing SimulationProviderContractCPSSDFI-CAAIF Correction FrameProviderContractsFin (GL & CO )PI* NW 7ConcurBillingDataUsageDataMetraNet Convergent InvoicingPINW7.4Corporate ERPRevenueAccountingCentralFinanceAribaNetworkCRM 7sFIN(G/L A/R) A/P CO)Line ItemsFSCMConcur CloseRevenueAccountingFSCMAriba CloseSAP Template development in parallel to AribaImplementation 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Mini TemplateI4PS/4HANA 1511ConsolidationISPSFIN 2.0Public30
Further Information The simplification list for SAP 1 000/en-US/SIMPL OP1511.pdf 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Public31
Invitation to connectJoachim MetteDirectorjoachim.mette@sap.com 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.
Appendix
The Road to SAP S/4HANA SAP Simple Finance was the first offering under the S/4HANA product family The decision to go for SAP Simple Finance should be based on the business benefits but is not a mandatory prerequisite for any system conversion Start Release ERP 6.0, EhP 0-7 SAP NetWeaver 7.0x AnyDB or SAP HANA SAP ERP 6.0 NetWeaver 7.40 .
