SAP Tips: Using the SAP Product Availability Matrix (PAM) SAP has many products in their portfolio, and to the untrained eye, this can seem utterly bewildering. For example, where do you start when trying to find out technical release information about a certain product, or what is the latest release, or when is the end of the maintenance support window? All this information can be found with the Product Availability Matrix (PAM). The link to this site (SAP Universal ID required) is below: https://userapps.support.sap.com/sap/support/pam This is a veritable goldmine of information for all your ..read more

Grow with SAP Public Cloud – Implementing SAP S/4HANA with a Cloud Mindset We start implementing SAP S/4HANA public cloud projects by fostering a cloud mindset. We start with Preconfigured Best Practices Business Processes. It is ideal to foster the same degree of cloud mindset even if we are implementing private cloud or on-premise solutions so the systems are stable for upgrades. A cloud mindset is building the solution in a way it is stable for upcoming release upgrades, making it easy to evolve over a period of time. We generally start implementing public cloud projects with pre-configured ..read more

SAP Tips: A how-to guide for making the most of your Fiori user experience The Fiori user experience is eight years old now – incredible given that many SAP users still use the SAP GUI and the transaction codes and menu paths which come with it. If you are one of those SAP users or consultants who are stuck in the SAP GUI world, you may be wondering how to get to grips with Fiori. This selection of tips is designed to help get you started on you Fiori journey. Tip 1 Logging in to Fiori from your SAP GUI screen Use transaction n/ui2/flp to open your Fiori page in your web browser. Note that the ..read more

Ask-the-SAP-Expert: Oliver Graeff Eursap’s Ask-the-SAP-Expert article is a feature designed to give you up-to-date information on the latest SAP news, featuring key thought leaders in the SAP space, as well as regular interviews with the best SAP consultants in the business. This month, we feature Oliver Graeff, director of product management at SAP. Oliver has worked for SAP for 28 years and as such has an embedded understanding of how the company works, but also what the roadmap holds in store for us. He has deep knowledge of cutting-edge SAP technologies such as UI5 and Fiori and can be see ..read more

SAP Tips: Managing material batches in Fiori in SAP S/4HANA Batches, or “lots” as they are sometimes referred to, are managed in ECC6 through a series of transactions such MSC1N, MSC2n, MBSC etc. But how do you manage these in SAP S/4HANA in Fiori? The process is relatively easy and can be executed using a single-entry point – the Fiori app “Manage Batches”, as below. Tip 1: Displaying or changing a batch from Fiori To display a batch, there are a couple of options. Firstly, from within the Manage Batches app, simply click on the line item. This will take you to the “Batch” factsheet app, whe ..read more

Ask-the-SAP-Expert – Neshet Lluka Eursap’s Ask-the-SAP-Expert article is a feature designed to give you up-to-date information on the latest SAP news, featuring key thought leaders in the SAP space, as well as regular interviews with the best SAP consultants in the business. This month, we feature Neshet Lluka, an expert in the rapidly expanding business area of subscription and usage billing. Having worked in eastern and western Europe, Neshet is now based in Austria and is a guru in many of the newer SAP technologies such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP BRIM, SAP Subscription Billing and SAP CPQ. Welco ..read more

Eursap’s SAP Tips: Understanding the SAP response options in the SAP GUI When you click next to the down arrow at the bottom right of the SAP screen, you get a selection of data, as below. But what is this actually showing you? The first thing to note is that whatever you select here will display as the data on the home screen. For example, my screen shows “A4H (3) 100”, which is the system ID and client. This is displayed on the home screen because that is the option in the menu which has been selected (it has the small round circle next to it, denoting that it has been selected to display ..read more

Eursap’s Ask-the-SAP-Expert – Alexander Greb Eursap’s Ask-the-SAP-Expert article is a feature designed to give you up-to-date information on the latest SAP news, featuring key thought leaders in the SAP space, as well as regular interviews with the best SAP consultants in the business. This month, we have a real treat for you. We feature Alexander Greb, recently from the heart of the SAP mothership. Alexander was the Customer Advisory Lead for the SAP S/4HANA Middle East and Europe regions. As such, he has often been seen in attendance delivering keynote speeches at conferences, as well as bei ..read more

Accelerate Cloud Implementations with SAP Cloud ALM Abstract: SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation enables customers to better understand the best practices for implementing cloud solutions with a preconfigured, content-driven guided workspace based on SAP Activate methodology. Customers can accelerate team member onboarding, define business process scope according to project milestones, manage requirements, and track project progress with complete transparency. SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation also provides functionality to support Fit-to-Standard workshops, test management, and deployment activi ..read more

SAP Tips: SAP Personas – some tips to get you started as a functional consultant What are SAP Screen Personas? SAP defines Screen Personas as “a tool that allows customers to simplify classic applications in their SAP ERP system.” You can use Screen Personas to create “flavours” of standard transactions and screens to simplify them for your business. This makes the tool extremely powerful from a user experience perspective and can buy you much needed brownie points with your users. Imagine hiding all the unnecessary fields for your users in complex screens such as ME21 or VA01. Welcome to SAP ..read more