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With their latest product, SAP S/4HANA, SAP is revolutionizing how we approach finance by re-architecting data persistency and merging accounts and cost elements. This book offers a fundamental introduction to SAP S/4HANA Finance. Dive into the three pillars of innovation including SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA, SAP Cash Management, and SAP BI Integrated Planning. Find out about the new configuration options, updated data model, and what this means for reporting in the future. Geta first-hand look at the new user interfaces in SAP Fiori. Review new universal journal, asset accounting, material ledger, and account-based profitability analysis functionality. Examine the steps required to migrate to SAP S/4HANA Finance and walk through the deployment options. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, this book helps readers to:- Understand the basics of SAP S/4HANA Finance - Explore the new architecture, configuration options, and SAP Fiori - Examine SAP S/4HANA Finance migration steps - Assess the impact on business processes

SAP BI Edge is a powerful business intelligence (BI) solution for midsize companies. This book offers a comprehensive overview of what to expect and where you should start building your reporting framework. You'll get detailed information on reporting tools, like Information Designer, Universe Designer, BI Launchpad, Crystal Reports, and Dashboards (formerly XCelsius). Get tips for creating an InfoSet strategy and leverage it to run reports. Learn how to use the Information Design Tool (IDT) to design data models and layer your data to create universes. Identify the common queries you will need to get started and walk through how to publish SAP reporting data in a web format and create practical management dashboards. By using practical examples, tips, screenshots, and a case study the author brings readers new to SAP BI Edge up to speed on the fundamentals.- Installation and setup tips for SAP BI Edge with SAP ERP - Query and reporting tools best practices - How to build a dynamic SAP ERP data model based on your configuration - Step-by-step instructions on how to create a SAP BI universe

Are you taking full advantage of cost center accounting functionality in SAP (CO-CCA)? This book explains the core (and often underused) functionality in cost center accounting including basic planning, allocation, and reporting functions and delves into more advanced functions such as automatic planning functions, template allocations, accrual calculations, target costing, variance analysis, and marginal costs. Compare and contrast cost center planning in SAP ECC 6.0 and SAP S/4HANA and get up to speed on recent changes. Explore the period end allocation processes that should be performed in cost center accounting and identify the differences between the different types of cost allocations and the benefits of each. Walk through methods for analyzing cost center costs and identify your options for variance analysis and posting cost center variances. Dive into a typical manufacturing scenario including master data requirements, integrated planning, month-end processes, and reporting. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers quickly up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP Cost Center Accounting. - Overview of cost center accounting in SAP - Flow of actual values into cost center accounting - Cost center planning in SAP ECC 6.0 and SAP S/4HANA - Most important standard reporting options in SAP CCA

This book is geared towards ABAP developers and offers detailed information on how to use SAP List Viewer (ALV) to display business data with an interface that lets users rearrange, sort, total, and download data. Obtain comprehensive information on how to write a basic ALV program. Walk through a detailed training scenario and get tips on how to adapt the scenario for your company. Readers will master two ALV types: control framework and function modules. Identify when to use object-oriented techniques and when it may make more sense to quickly adjust existing ALV programs. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings ABAP developers up to speed on SAP ALV. - Learn how to write a basic SAP ALV program - Walk through the object-oriented control framework and function modules - Get tips on adding sorting and grouping features - Dive into how to add editable fields, events, and layout variants

Interface programming in SAP ABAP offers a straightforward path into the world of ABAP interfaces. This book introduces readers to all relevant classic technologies for system-to-system communication using ABAP, including synchronous and asynchronous techniques. Learn how to leverage the RFC protocol to create applications and gain an understanding of how it serves as a foundation for modern interfaces, such as Web Services in ABAP. Learn how to create an RFC in three minutes and walk through a detailed example. Dive into creating and using BAPIs, IDocs, and ALE. Explore important aspects of using function modules in SAP S/4HANA. Get an overview of SAP Connectors. - Overview of classic SAP ABAP interface techniques - Remote Function Call (RFC) and BAPIs - IDoc and ALE - Using Remote Function Module (RFM) und BAPIs in SAP S/4HANA

SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) helps companies maximize supply chain performance and reduces the overall cost and risk of global trade by ensuring regulatory compliance, accelerating trade activity, and enabling trade compliance automation. The Practical Guide to SAP GTS Part III explores how companies can increase their competitive advantage with automation, effective supply chain management, and trade preference programs, agreements, and zones to increase their profit margin. Delve in detail into foreign trade zones, bonded warehouse, and duty drawback. Walk through GTS bonded warehouse processes, including transit processes and procedures. Explore how duty costs can be reduced or eliminated using a duty drawback program. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers quickly up to speed on getting the most out of SAP GTS.- Leveraging and configuring bonded warehouse - Fundamentals of foreign trade zones - How business users can get the most out of GTS functionality - Detailed configuration and user guides for bonded warehouse and foreign trade zones

SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) helps companies maximize supply chain performance and reduces the overall cost and risk of global trade by ensuring regulatory compliance, accelerating trade activity, and enabling trade compliance automation. The Practical Guide to SAP GTS helps the user navigate the system, while offering compliance insight to maximize their return on investment. Dive into difficult-to-navigate menus and review available functionality. Using screenshots and detailed instructions, readers will obtain best practices for meeting and exceeding compliance standards. Includes suggested audit plans to sustain long term compliance. The book is current to version 10.1 and explores version 11.0 and its new features. This book offers:- Tips and tricks for leveraging SAP GTS to automate trade compliance - Walk step by step through business processes - Overview of regulatory requirements and compliance suggestions - Review of Version 11.0 with screenshots

Unlock the power of templates in SAP Controlling! This book expertly guides readers through the setup and use of CO templates for plan and actual allocations. Walk through cost allocation methods and learn how to leverage templates in Activity Based Costing (CO-ABC) to create complex calculations to generate accurate allocations. Explore how to use product cost estimate templates for detailed cost allocations from cost centers and business processes. Learn how to extend template structures and identify functions that can be added to enhance template capabilities beyond what SAP delivers. Get template configuration guidance. Receive an introduction to applications and environments and identify which transactions enable processing of template allocations.- Implement and properly use templates - Scenarios for using templates in SAP Product Costing and Cost Object Controlling - Template configuration tasks - Easy cost planning applications

Dive into agent determination in SAP Business Workflow in this comprehensive guide. Explore the types of workflow agents and how each agent type isdefined. Discover how agent types can be defined within the task and workflow definition. Explore workflow rules and clarify the various options for definingrules. Obtain expert advice on the functionality available to agents for processing work items and how to support them as a workflow administrator.Walk through the available reports that focus on the agents of workflow instances and learn how to identify errors, pinpoint areas for improvement,and reveal bottlenecks in workflow processes. Learn about best practices for agent administration and troubleshoot common errors. Examine detailedworkshops exploring rule definition, modeled deadlines, ad hoc agents, and release procedures.- Fundamentals of SAP Business Workflow agent types and agent determination - Example rules defined using responsibilities, ABAP, evaluation paths, organizational data, and BRF+ - Agent administration and reporting - Deep dive workshops exploring rule definition, modeled deadlines, ad hoc agents, and release procedures

Dive into SAP Product Cost Planning (CO-PC-PCP) and explore in depth how costs are assigned to materials. Walk through SAP S/4HANA configuration tasks and how these decisions impact unit costing and cost estimates with quantity structure. Determine how to manually specify unit cost estimates during the early stages of product development. Find out how to use SAP Easy Cost Panning to estimate costs for a new product, before the material is created. Review cost component views and configuration to understand how thiscan be used to enrich the information displayed in cost estimates. Understand how material and manufacturing overhead costs are assigned to materials. Learn more about single and multilevel cost estimates, both with and without quantity structure. Evaluate your SAP CO options for defining product costs using cost estimates with quantity structure. Based on an example company, learn more about methods for generating raw material cost estimates. Obtain tips for updating the material master. - Delve into configuration of costing variants and valuation variants - Examples of how configuration choices affect costs - Master data required for generating the cost estimates - Types of costing supported in SAP Product Cost Planning

The increased adoption of HTML5 has created the opportunity for developers to build applications that work seamlessly across multiple devices and browsers. This expert guide covers the foundations of CSS, HTML5 and jQuery, as well as a broad range of topics from design thinking, testing, optimization, security, graphs, maps and databases. All of these help you to build a seamless mobile business intelligence (SAP BI) app using HTML5, leveraging the cohesiveness of SAP OpenUI5. Explore why design thinking should sit at the core of your mobile application. Compare and contrast using native versus web-based applications. Explore the tools available to develop mobile apps, as well as easily write HTML5 code from scratch. Learn how to create a reusable skeleton code framework that you can leverage on future projects, as well as how to build web apps using SAP OpenUI5. Explore considerations for an effective security and privacy strategy. Acquire best practices on how to test and enhance your HTML5 site by enabling compression, caching, and optimizing your images. In addition to practice exercises, this book includes free sample layout options for different mobile devices and an OpenUI5 Starter Kit. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings the building of mobile BI apps to life. - Delve into the foundations of CSS, HTML5, and jQuery - Learn how to build a seamless mobile BI app using SAP OpenUI5 - Use open source library d3.js to create custom data visualizations for bar, line, and pie charts - Build web apps using real world scenarios and test layout options for different mobile devices

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of SAP ERP Financials (FI) configuration. Dive into configuration details for general ledger (FI-GL), accounts receivable (FI-AR), and accounts payable (FI-AP) transactions. Youll learn about the primary features and functions of SAP FI configuration including how to create company codes and chart of accounts, assign a controlling area, and define number ranges. Get tips for automatic posting rules and posting periods. Gain proficiency navigating in SAP FI, including how to access configuration transactions. Walk through step-by-step instructions for executing transport request configuration. Get exposure to advanced SAP FI configuration topics including SAP tables, SE11, SE16N, and SQVI. This introductory guide to SAP FI configuration covers: - Get an overview of SAP Financials configuration - Explore fundamental aspects of FI-GL, FI-AR, and FI-AP configuration - Learn how to create, define, and assign company codes and chart of accounts - Obtain hands-on instruction based on examples and screenshots

Solidifique o seu conhecimento sobre os aspectos fundamentais do SAP Financials (SAP FI). Neste livro, o leitor iniciante em SAP FI e no ambiente de contabilidade conhecera os processos e funcoes mais importantes ao navegar pelo SAP FI. Saiba como registrar transacoes financeiras basicas, executar codigos de transacao SAP comuns e executar relatorios financeiros padrao do SAP (Record to Report). Veja um passo a passo das funcionalidades do Livro razao (FI-GL), Contas a receber (FI-AR) e Contas a pagar (FI-AP). Teste o seu conhecimento sobre os conceitos principais concluindo os exercicios praticos inclusos. Este guia de introducao ao SAP FI abrange:- Visao geral da funcionalidade principal do SAP Financials e integracao do SAP ERP - Guia passo a passo para a entrada de transacoes - Recursos para geracao de relatorio do SAP Financials - Introducao pratica baseada em exemplos e capturas de tela

Dive into Cash Management and Liquidity Planning in SAP. Explore each area of S/4HANA Cash Management, including business functionality and configuration. Understand the many changes users need to be aware of in moving from SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) to S/4 HANA Cash Management. Find out what has changed, and what has stayed the same. Explore Bank Communication Management and Multi-Bank Connectivity. Identify the initial steps required for basic management of banks, house banks, and house bank accounts in S/4 HANA. Take a detailed look at cash operations. Learn more about One Exposure, the data storage structure for the data that feeds cash management reports. Get an overview of release 1809 and identify some of the new functionality delivered with SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA in release 1809. - Principle areas of Cash Management powered by S/4HANA - Comparison between ECC and SAP S/4HANA functionality, including an overview of release 1809 - Deployment options and implementation steps - SAP Cash Management implementation tips and tricks

This book covers the fundamentals of the SAP SuccessFactors module Performance and Talent Management. You will be expertly guided through the talent management process of an entire employee cycle. Learn how to record employee profile data and track goals and performance. Explore employee development tools and learn about the options for succession planning. Walk through practical applications and detailed examples for a goals template and compensation worksheet example.Ensure that you understand role-based permissions and dive into reporting.- Fundamentals of SAP SuccessFactors Talent Management functionality - Key functionality including tiles, menus, company information, admin center & upgrade center - Talent search and success planning tools - Reporting tools including list view, spotlight view, and classic view

Demystify the SAP ABAP certification process and get the knowledge you need to pass the SAP Certified Development Associate exam. This book offers a comprehensive guide to passing the certification exam-dive into question formats, review the core material you need to know, and find out what to expect on the exam. What are ABAP certification questions really like? How many different formats are there? Dive into the 11 certification topic areas including ABAP Dictionary, ABAP programming, ABAP Objects, Web Dynpro for ABAP, and enhancements and modifications. Learn proven strategies for passing the exam including practical tips for maximizing your score. This book includes realistic abbreviated and full-length sample exams and a comprehensive checklist of topics that you will be expected to know. Find out what to expect on the day of the exam. If you have the ABAP skills, this book gives you the best possible chance of passing the SAP Certified Development Associate exam. - Essential guide on how to pass the ABAP Associate Certification exam - Overview of certification exam topics - Proven strategies for passing the exam - Abbreviated and full-length practice exams with answer guides DOWNLOAD SAP ABAP ANSWER SHEET

For manufacturing companies, effective and efficient production planning processes are crucial to success. In this book, you will learn the basics of production planning in SAP ERP. Review the details surrounding Material Requirements Planning (MRP II) and the principles of Engineer-to-Order, Make-to-Order, Assemble-to-Order, and Make-to-Stock scenarios. The book is illustrated with numerous SAP screenshots and provides a detailed example of an effective make-to-stock strategy. Identify which master data is involved in the planning processes and how it is structured. Trace material requirements planning and its process flow using detailed examples from the field. Gain an understanding of the importance of production orders for lot-related production and which functions they perform. Explore sales and operation planning including planned sales, plan with multiple hierarchy levels, determine the resources required, and compare planning to the resources available. Finally, learn how to implement capacity sequencing using capacity leveling in SAP ERP.- Compact handbook for discrete production in SAP - Processes in SAP PP explained clearly and understandably - Comprehensive case study example with numerous screenshots - Master data, resource planning and production orders in context

This book provides you with the essential knowledge you need to work with SAP IDoc interfaces successfully. Walk through the IDoc anatomy and different kinds of segments. Dive into inbound and outbound IDoc interfaces and learn how to create a port and logical system. Walk step by step through how to configure IDoc interfaces for various business scenarios including sending an invoice to an EDI partner, receiving a sales order from an EDI partner, and receiving material master data from an external system. Learn how to use output and change pointer techniques. Examine how to monitor and troubleshoot post-IDoc interface implementation activities and get a handle on archiving best practices. Navigate IDoc interface enhancement options including adding segments and user exits. By using detailed examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP IDocs.- Fundamentals of inbound and outbound IDoc interfaces and configuration - Learn how to implement interfaces with ALE and EDI - Troubleshoot common post-implementation challenges - Quick reference guide to common IDoc transaction codes and reports

This book offers a comprehensive practical guide to SAP ABAP development for ABAP professionals. Part 2 explores program performance, authorizations, error analysis, corrections, and SAP Transport Management along with how to tailor SAP applications. Dive into performance analysis and get tips on using the performance trace and ABAP runtime analysis. Walk through the tools available to enhance standard SAP applications such as the Modification Assistant, user exits, business add-ins (BAdIs), and the Enhancement Framework. Identify techniques for authorization management and find out how SAP ABAP developers can impact data protection. Obtain best practices for identifying the cause of application errors. Get step-by-step instructions for transports and learn how to correct errors. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP ABAP development.- Developer influence on performance - SAP access and account management techniques - Modifications and enhancements to SAP standard - SAP Transport Management System

Dive into SAP Business One! This guide explores the fundamentals of SAPBusiness One. Walk through the Business One application from top to bottom-including master data such as Business Partners and items for sale, totransactions with business partners, reporting and analysis, and integrationwith extensions and other systems. Get instructions on how to access and usethe chart of accounts, business partner master data, item master data, anduser data. Obtain practical guidance on how to navigate including the menubar, the icon bar, and the main menu. Learn more about key processes for procurement,inventory, production and sales. Find out what the most importantreports are including the General Ledger report and the aging report. By usingpractical examples, video tutorials, tips, and screenshots, the author bringsreaders quickly up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP Business One.- Foundations of SAP Business One A Tips for navigating the system A Key processes for procurement, inventory, production and sales A Reporting guidance and best practices

Este livro fornece um entendimento profissional e pratico sobre o modulo de planejamento da producao no SAP, para o usuario que queira aprender sobre a estrutura basica do PP, incluindo submodulos, dados mestres, configuracao inicial, conceitos basicos de producao e integracao a outros modulos. O conteudo deste guia tambem pode ser utilizado por profissionais de negocio, gerentes de TI ou de projeto que interajam com a area de producao e tenham entendimento de navegacao SAP, estrutura do ambiente e algum conhecimento sobre configuracao e customizacao. Saiba como buscar a visao adequada a capacidade produtiva da sua empresa, respondendo as demandas dinamicas do cenario atual e globalizado. Adapte-se as mudancas constantes da producao integrada ao uso de nuvem, Inteligencia Artificial e Internet das Coisas. Descubra como construir uma base forte e confiavel para apoiar modelos de previsao com a simulacao de cenarios. Entenda como revisar configuracoes para que sua capacidade de entrega siga novas realidades de producao. Este guia tambem inclui capturas de tela e dicas sobre customizacao do sistema a fim de ampliar cenarios e transacoes disponiveis no SAP. - Introducao ao modulo PP e integracao a outros modulos - Estrategias de planejamento, area de MRP e ordem de producao - Configuracoes em conformidade com a atual realidade globalizada - Dicas de customizacao do sistema e uso de Enhancement

Do you know how to execute procurement processes in standard SAP without any errors? Find out how in this practical guide to the SAP Materials Management (MM) module and the purchasing process in SAP ERP. The author expertly introduces readers to the most frequently used functions in the procurement process, from setting up a purchase requisition to posting the vendor invoice. Walk through a step-by-step example with detailed SAP screenshots of the vendor master data on the purchase requisition to the purchase order. Then builds on this example to explore information on the goods receipt and invoice verification process. Identify opportunities for process optimization. Obtain a list of best practices for consistently maintaining data in SAP. Learn how to use master data, functions, and evaluations to work more productively with SAP MM. The updated second edition includes information on the approval process and credit approval procedures. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP MM.- Step-by-step instructions for creating a vendor master record and a purchase requisition - How to convert a purchase requisition to a purchase order - Approval process and credit approval procedure fundamentals - Tips on how to create favorites

This SAP user guide will help you to work with SAP ERP more efficiently and effectively. You will learn about the various options and shortcuts available for navigating in SAP ERP. Walk through how to configure and optimize your user interface. Dive into SAP ERP productivity accelerators such as screen layouts, keyboard shortcuts, menus, and transaction codes. Learn how to leverage variants to personalize a version of a report. Find out what your options are for downloading and exporting reports for offline analysis and distribution. Explore tips for SAP ERP integration and obtain expert advice for finding and navigating between related documents and master data. Get tips for setting default values for frequently used transactions. Obtain an introduction to how to view and process jobs, schedule and monitor background jobs, and access and view your print spools. By using practical examples and screen-shots, the author brings readers quickly up to speed to get the most out of their SAP system.- Navigate in SAP ERP efficiently and effectively - Configure your user interface - Streamline frequently used transactions - Quick reference guides to menu bars, commands, and shortcuts

is the world's leading enterprise applications provider with software solutions for companies of all sizes and industries. Nearly 80% of Fortune 500 companies rely on SAP to run their inventory management, financials, human resources, purchasing, and sales business processes. There are numerous job opportunities for all experience levels and the right approach can fast-track your career. This book is written for students and professionals aspiring to start a career with SAP as a consultant or users. This second edition includes interviews with leading SAP professionals with diverse career paths. This book covers key SAP career topics including:- Fundamentals of an SAP job search - Interviews with leading SAP professionals in diverse career paths - Tips for choosing the right SAP module for you - Important SAP skills & tools

This book introduces business users, SAP support, and SAP consultants to the SAP In-House Cash (IHC) and In-House Bank (IHB) modules. Learn how to efficiently and effectively optimize payments in SAP. Walk through In-House Cash processes, key configuration, and transaction codes for corporate and shared service centers. Get a list of considerations you need to know before starting an IHC implementation and review required master data. Obtain tips and tricks on how to resolve specific errors and get a list of relevant transaction codes. By using a detailed example scenario, the author expertly brings readers up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP IHC and IHB. - SAP payment management fundamentals and tools - In-House Cash and In-House Bank functionality scenarios - Useful transaction codes and reports - Tips and tricks for resolving common errors