Comprehensive Guide on SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA Migration

SAP is pulling the plug on ECC support by 2027, and if you’re still on it, it’s time to think about making the jump to S/4HANA.

Email template in S/4 HANA using OOPs concept

Email template feature explained in very simple way using OOPs concept.

Very often we get a business requirement to send email with table format. Before S/4 HANA we use to design the table using HTML <table> <th> <td> tags which is tedious and then use the conventional way of calling FM to send the mail but after S/4 HANA release SAP has ease by providing email template feature which can be send by calling methods.

Quality inspection process for customer return stock

As we all know quality management plays an important role in SAP PP, MM and SD modules. So, In this blog I have tried to share information related to quality inspection process for customer return stock which rejected by customer or denied by customer. Generally, this process more use in retails industries.

For this scenario we use inspection type 05 (other goods receipt).

Prerequisites: –

1. Inspection type 05 (Other Goods receipt) should be assigned to the material in quality management view of material master.

2. Maintain combination of Movement type 655 (Goods receipt to quality inspection) in DN (Return) scheduling line. As shown in picture 1.1.

How to setup the Required/Mandatory field in BP based on BP role in SAP S/4HANA

Generally, when you do changes to BP field settings as per the above note things will work fine. But, for some cases the results will not be positive! Example, you have made a field as mandatory in customization but when you check in the BP transaction still the field is optional. In this case, follow the below steps.

What to do when a vendor field is displaying as optional though the field has been set to mandatory?

Reproducing the Issue

There could be multiple ways of reproducing the error which might be based on different fields, but I am taking a specific example here:

Advanced Foreign Currency Valuation in S/4HANA Cloud (Cloud ERP)

Advanced Foreign Currency Valuation

Advanced Foreign Currency Valuation is part of Advanced Valuation in Financial Accounting. Advanced Valuations support you in following accounting standards, for example, IFRS9. The following processes are part of advanced valuation and are realized as job templates in the Schedule General Ledger Jobs app.

1. Post Discounting of Long-Term Assets and Liabilities

2. Advanced Foreign Currency Valuation

3. Post Credit-Risk Based Impairment

4. Post B/S Reclassification

“Selection of Production Version” at the time of converting planned order to Production order

Intro: – Hi folks, I am writing this blog on “Selection of Production Version” at the time of converting  Planned order to Production order.

Let’s assume for one Finish goods there are lot of productions versions, when we create planned order and convert it into Production order specific production version is selected automatically, based on how we set the master data in MRP 4 view (production version).

With the help of this Blog, we understand how to select production version manually, when we convert planned order into production order.

Analyzing High User Load Scenarios in SAP HANA

If you are a ERP/NetWeaver system administrator, you will face many scenarios where you experience high resource utilization in the HANA DB. In order to correct these situations, you need to analyze the root cause of this load. This blog post will help you in the analysis process to find the root cause of the load. It will help you find the exact application user which caused this load on your HANA DB.

When get reports from your monitoring tools or users about performance issues in the system, do the following:

◉ Login to HANA Cockpit

◉ Open the Database (usually tenant) which is affected by the issue.

◉ Go to CPU Usage -> Analyze Workloads

RISE with SAP to transform your business

Introduction

In recent years, business transformation has become a hot issue and a trending topic in the SAP community. Let us dive into this blog post to find more sense on the matter.

What is business transformation?

A business may undergo a transformation for a variety of reasons. They could be the result of new technology, market shifts, low profit and turnover, resulting in cost cutting, or a merger and acquisition. These factors are critical for a company’s success, necessitating a change in the business ecosystem.

HANA NSE (Native Storage Extension) Data Tiering Options for Utilities

Purpose – An attempt to explain HANA NSE (Native Storage Extension) concepts in simple words for anyone looking to understand this topic. I have also tried to simplify steps used in implementing HANA NSE.

Topics covered –

– Reasons or case to implement HANA NSE.

– Basic concepts of HANA NSE.

– How to find tables/objects which can be candidates for implementing NSE?

– How to use DVM, DBA cockpit, and NSE advisor.

– Examples and links to the documentation provided by SAP.

You used to use SE16/SE16N and SQVI, Try SE16H!

As you know, SAP HANA comes with many enhancements and features. The new transaction SE16H comes with new features which enables rapid tables check and small queries.

SAP Consultants used to use the transactions code SE16/SE16N/SQVI to check table’s value and/or extract data.

Detailed Debugging Techniques for Functional consultants

'Debugging’ is a term, which is directly associated with programming. It is a general term used by all Software Professionals, irrespective of the language and platform. ‘Debugging’, as the name suggests, is used to debug the program. IN other words it is slow motion, step by step execution of the program, so that one can closely find, how the program/ software is working.

‘Debugging is typically used to fix the Bugs in the program but in SAP debugging is invariably used for understanding the flow of program itself.

‘Debugging’ has been a vital discussion and development point across the software industry for Years. Still, there are some languages, where fixing a bug is a nightmare.

In SAP, debugging had been a quite easy task. In SAP there are various ways to debug the program, additionally one can know the values of the variable withing the execution, which is a big help to the programming professionals.

How to install & run the ABAP on HANA Sizing Report (SAP Note 1872170) – A Step-by-Step Guide

In this blog post you will get a clear, step-by-step process of how to install and run the ABAP Sizing Report (described in SAP Note 1872170), with screenshots accompanying each step.

Steps involved

1) Check System Version

The first thing to do is to verify the version of your system that you are going to install and run the report on. This report runs on SAP_BASIS 620 and higher.

How to sizing SAP S/4HANA Conversion

This Blog was made to help customers prepare the SAP S/4HANA landscape conversion considering the sizing relevant KPI’s for the key performance indicators.

There are many perspectives that we need to consider when doing this planning. The sizing procedure helps customers to determine the correct resources required by an application within customer’s business context.

From the customer perspective, sizing is the translation of business requirements into hardware requirements, but from the development point of view, sizing refers to the creation of a sizing model for the product functionality with a reasonable number of input parameters and assumptions.

Generation of QR code in SAP S/4 HANA

Significance of QR code in SAP industry

Nowadays QR codes are everywhere, from products to websites and their marketing. Many businesses and applications have increased the use of QR readers and scanners. Smartphones and tabs come with built-in QR readers these days. Unlike barcodes which are vertical stripes, QR codes are made up of square-shaped patterns. Barcodes are read in one direction from top to bottom hence only a small amount of information can be stored. QR codes are read in two directions which makes it two -dimensional from top to bottom and right to left. This means it can store more data. When compared to bar codes, QR codes are protected against duplication and less error-prone. Consumer-facing marketing campaigns have increased usage as smartphones and tabs with digital cameras can easily read and interpret using this technology. It is also because of the major advantage of QR code that it can be scanned from both papers and from a screen, unlike barcode which can be only scanned from paper.

HCL Workload Automation and SAP best performance together

When we need operational efficiency and orchestration in an IT and Business workflows, Workload Automation is the best approach for Enterprise Resource Planning.

We see day by day our customers, especially those using SAP to run their critical jobs with specific time constraints and committed deadline.

Business jobs must run and must take less time as possible using at the best all available resources on the target server.

By leveraging the power of HCL Workload Automation and making the most out of its integration with SAP, we have seen our customers move their businesses to the next level of innovation and maturity.

Understanding SAP Versions

SAP continues to update their offerings to further improve the user experience. While this is great to ensure our ERP systems have the greatest capabilities possible, it can be hard to keep track that our own systems are up to date. That’s why we put together a list of the SAP versions and how your business can learn more about which version you are operating.

How to find-out an IDOC number when we know a specific value(Purchase order) to search.

Issue statement: When we have a very high volume of IDOCs in the system, it is difficult to find a specific IDOC number for the key value. i.e purchase order, clearing document, sales order, or any key data for which IDOC is created. This can be an inbound or outbound IDOC number.

Please follow the below steps to identify an IDOC number without spending a lot of time in analysis. I am taking an example of IDOC for the purchase order creation scenario and in the SAP S4 HANA system.

Step 1: Find a key value for which you want to find an IDOC number. In my example, I am searching for an IDOC number for the purchase order created as I know my specific purchase order number, which means when a purchase order is created an IDOC will be generated. DOC requirement depends on the business case and I am not going into the business case for this POC.

Sendgrid SMTP Replay Configuration Using Postfix in SAP S/4HANA

Overview

In this blog post I have explained about how to use / configure Sendgrid as SMTP relay in SAP S/4HANA using postfix mail package in Redhat linux.

Environment Details :

Linux Version : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.6

Calculate the total number of Business days present in a Month as per Organization/Company calendar

Introduction

The purpose of creating this table function is to calculate the  key figures which are very important for Target Vs Sales Analytical reporting. This Key figures can be referenced in Predictive Sales reporting.

SAP Secure Network Communication (SNC) Encryption configuration from SAP Portal to ABAP systems and SAP Gui to ABAP systems

Background

As per the client request to encrypt the SAP Portal traffic to SAP ABAP systems and SAPGUI encryption to ABAP systems as part of their Infosec policy. Encryption is implemented using the  SAP Secure Network Communication (SNC). This document explains about step by step configuration of SNC Encryption on the existing SAP Gui to ABAP systems and SAP Portal Traffic to ABAP systems. SNC can be implemented in HANA On premise and Hana Cloud Landscapes as well.