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SAP S/4HANA Cookbook The SAP S/4HANA Cookbook covers the most important aspects of implementing SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA). It consists of a small set of HTML landing pages that provide abstracts for specific topics, along with links to further deepdive information. The content on these pages follows an iterative approach and will be updated regularly. Comments are disabled on this page to keep it lean. Please use the SAP S/4HANA forum to raise questions, comments, or ideas.
Table of Contents What is SAP S/4HANA Read this page to get an overview of SAP S/4HANA, current releases and capabilities, transition paths, ... SAP Simple Finance, OnPremise Edition 1503 (this page) Overview Technical implementation Functional implementation Accounting Cash management Integrated business planning SAP Fiori and Analytics Central finance Learning resources for SAP Simple Finance
3. Transition to SAP S/4HANA: Know your options in detail Planned for Q4/2015 (see 'What is SAP S/4HANA > Transition Options' for currently available overview)
Note: For access to SAP Notes and roadmap information, an 'Suser' is required (see here).
SAP Simple Finance, OnPremise Edition 1503: Overview
Context & Summary
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SAP Simple Finance, onpremise edition is a new SAP HANAbased finance solution, which is available with SAP Business Suite 4 HANA, or SAP S/4HANA. Simple Finance allows you to run trial balance sheets, P&L's and cash flow analysis any time of the day.
SAP Simple Finance overview on sap.com SAP Help Portal: Simple Finance Addon
Product name and versions are covered in this SAP Note.
What's New in SAP Simple Finance, OnPremise
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Check out the SAP Finance roadmap for upcoming innovations.
SAP Finance Roadmap
SAP Simple Finance, OnPremise Edition 1503: Technical implementation
Context & Summary
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SAP Simple Finance, onpremise edition comprises SAP Accounting powered by
SAP Simple Finance
SAP HANA and SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA. In addition, it brings necessary technical components for SAP Integrated Business Planning for
release scope central note.
Finance and SAP Central Finance. Get yourself familiar with the Simple Finance
release scope central note. The slide collection gives an overview of the necessary considerations and steps during installation or upgrade of SAP Simple Finance,onpremise edition. The administrator guide is the detailed information source for those topics. The prerequisites check is an ABAP report that does a preliminary check whether your current system meets the conditions for implementing SAP Simple Finance.
Sizing information for SAP Simple Finance, onpremise edition 1503: For the migration of existing systems, you can analyse the existing data footprint and the estimated sizing proposal for an SAP HANA based installation with the mentioned SAP note. For greenfield implementations, the SAP HANA quick sizer will give you a first estimate on your sizing.
Installation and upgrade: The slide collection Administrator Guide on help.sap.com Automated prerequisites check for SAP Simple Finance migration
Estimated SAP HANA sizing when migrating an existing ERP system to Simple Finance (SAP Note)
Rough sizing estimation for greenfield installations (HANA Quick Sizer) Note: Only MS Internet Explorer is supported
The following sections describe the functional areas of SAP Simple Finance, OnPremise edition 1503 in detail.
SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA Context & Summary
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SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA contains General Ledger Accounting, Controlling, and Asset Accounting.
Universal Journal Entry New Assets Accounting (FIAA) Profitability Analysis
Existing customers, who want to implement and use SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA, must migrate the existing user data from the G/L Accounting (FIGL), Asset Accounting (FIAA), Controlling (CO) and Material Ledger areas. Refer to the Migration Guide on help.sap.com for all necessary steps, which should be executed by application experts, including:
Migration of an existing SAP FI/CO system to SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA, including new FIAA
PRIOR to installation of SAP Simple Finance Migration preparation Migration Postmigration Migration to FIAA (new)
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An implementation of SAP Simple Finance in a new system is also possible (i.e. this is in contrast to upgrading an existing system). In the readon SAP note, the different options for implementation, configuration, and loading of existing data in such a new system are explained.
Implementation of a SAP Simple Finance in new system (SAP Note)
SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA Context & Summary
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SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA is SAP's new generation of cash and liquidity management product. It contains Bank Account Management, Cash Concentration, Daily Cash Operations and Liquidity Management. The necessary BI content for enabling Liquidity Planning and Liquidity Forecast is also available. SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA does require a separate license.
SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA Technical prerequisites for implementation SAP Note for release scope, licensing, comparison to classical cash management, and more
After the installation of SAP Simple Finance, onpremise edition, the Business Function for SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA should be switched on in order to leverage the full functions and features. Refer to the "Configuration Guide for SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA" to setup the necessary configuration.
Customers who have been using the classic SAP Cash and Liquidity Management and would like to migrate relevant master data and transactional data to the new SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA, will have to perform "Data Setup Guide for SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA".
Switch on Business Function for SAP Cash Management Configuration Guide for SAP Cash Management
Data Setup Guide for SAP Cash Management
SAP Integrated Business Planning for Finance Context & Summary
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SAP Integrated Business Planning for Finance provides a consistent view of the planning process. The application leverages the embedded model technology from SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver, and a separate license is required. Customers who want to perform consolidation can install SAP Business Planning and Consolidation in addition.
SAP Integrated Business Planning for Finance Central Release Note SAP Note for setting up Integrated Business Planning for Finance
Refer to "Integrated Business Planning for SAP Simple Finance" to start working with this application.
SAP Help Portal: Integrated Business Planning for SAP Simple Finance
SAP Fiori and Analytics for Simple Finance Context & Summary
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SAP Fiori delivers a personalized, rolebased user experience (UX) for SAP software. Using modern design principles, it simplifies the UX across all lines of business, tasks, and devices – to reflect the way you actually work
SAP Fiori & UX for Simple Finance:
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throughout your day. SAP S/4HANA and SAP Simple Finance are natively designed with the UX and include a number of finance rolebased Apps. For release information on SAP Fiori for SAP Simple Finance, onpremise edition 1503, refer to SAP Note.
implementation
Smart Business Cockpits are based on SAP Fiori and tailored to help business users decide and act in realtime. A user can analyze strategic or operational KPIs, evaluate the situation, and trigger needed followup actions immediately. For release information on SAP Smart Business for Simple Finance, refer to the accompanying SAP Note.
SAP Smart Business for Simple Finance:
SAP HANA Live provides enhanced quality for analytics across SAP Business Suite applications (including SAP Simple Finance) by enabling industrystandard access to SAP data through easily understandable data models. The administrator guide and the SAP release note contain more information about technical setup, configuration and operation.
Analytics & SAP HANA Live for Simple Finance
App implementation Fact sheet for Simple Finance Setup Fiori app with Web Dypro UI technology
Administrator Guide Smart Business app implementation
Administrator Guide Accompanying SAP Note 2144096 Backend configuration for analytical Fiori apps Configuration of BI content (BI CONT) for SAP Simple Finance
SAP Central Finance Context & Summary
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With Central Finance, you can transition to SAP Simple Finance without disruption to your current system landscape which may consist of multiple SAP and nonSAP systems. One central finance system serves as hub for a consolidated financial and management reporting items that are being re posted from from other connected. A separate license is required to use SAP Central Finance. Please refer to the Administrator Guide for Central Finance as the single entry point to start implementation. The guide includes: Introduction with references to related documents and relevant SAP notes System Landscape Configuration
Central Finance Overview
Administrator Guide for Central Finance SAP Note for SAP Central Finance Implementation and Configuration
Refer to Application Help for Central Finance for operational information.
Application Help for Central Finance
A central finance scenario can also use SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) to manage, harmonize and consolidate master data in your central finance reporting system.
SAP Master Data Governance: Integration with SAP Simple Finance
The readon presentation explain the integration concept and capabilities of this approach.
Learning Resources for SAP Simple Finance Context & Summary
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SAP Early Knowledge Transfer (EKT) material for SAP Simple Finance on SAP Learning Hub provides you with deep knowledge about the product, covering technical installation as well as functional features and implementation information. Refer to "How to use SAP Learning Hub for Simple Finance learning material" and "Introduction of Simple Finance EKT
SAP Learning Hub How to use SAP Learning Hub for Simple Finance learning material
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material" for details. Learning Map for Accounting Learning Map for Integrated Business Planning for Finance Learning Map for Cash Management
Introduction of Simple Finance EKT material Book: SAP Simple Finance An Introduction
Learning Map for Technical Concepts
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