SAP S/4HANA Architecture

Name: SAP S/4HANA Architecture
Brand: SAP PRESS
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Thomas Saueressig Tobias Stein Jochen Boeder Wolfram Kleis(Autor*in)

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520 Seiten

978-1-4932-2023-6 (ISBN)

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Beschreibung

Pop the hood on SAP S/4HANA with this guide to its technical and application architecture! Understand the new data and programming models that underpin SAP S/4HANA and see how they differ from SAP ERP. Learn about technology components, like embedded analytics and integration. Then walk through the architecture of individual application areas like finance and logistics to see how they work and interact. Considering SAP S/4HANA Cloud? Explore scoping, compliance, performance, and more. Get the complete blueprint to SAP S/4HANA!

a. Technical Architecture
Build your understanding of SAP S/4HANA's technical foundation. Explore capabilities like analytics, interfaces, enterprise search, and the SAP Fiori user experience. See how the virtual data model and the ABAP RESTful programming model work.
b. Application Architecture
Learn about SAP S/4HANA's master data types. Then step through each application area to explore its key architecture components: sales and service operations, procurement, project management, manufacturing, transportation management, extended warehouse management, and finance.
c. SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Discover the architecture of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, whether it's identity and access management, security and compliance, or side-by-side extensions. Learn how SAP S/4HANA Cloud manages tasks and explore the fundamentals of configuration.

1) SAP S/4HANA
2) SAP S/4HANA Cloud
3) Master data
4) Sales and service
5) Logistics and manufacturing
6) Transportation management
7) Extended warehouse management
8) Finance
9) Identity and access management
10) Security and compliance
11) Cloud operations
12) Side-by-side extensions

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Autor*in

Thomas Saueressig

Thomas Saueressig has global responsibility for all business software applications including all functional areas from prod-uct strategy and management to product development and innovation as well as product delivery and support. In addition, he is also in charge of all development cross-functions at SAP, comprising the overall quality of SAP software products, its user experience and the underlying global cloud infrastructure ensuring a consistent level of scalability, reliability, perfor-mance, security, and data protection across all solutions for SAP's customers. He has a degree in Business Information Technology from the Uni-versity of Cooperative Education in Mannheim (Germany) and a joint executive MBA from ESSEC (France) and Mannheim Business School (Germany).

Tobias Stein

Tobias Stein (Development Senior Executive - Head of SAP S/4HANA Architecture) is a software architecture expert with more than 22 years of experience with SAP's ERP, Business Suite and SAP S/4HANA application and solution architectures. As member of SAP's global leadership team, he is heading the cen-tral architecture unit in the SAP S/4HANA development organi-zation. He is a TOGAF-certified Enterprise Architect. He can be found at www.linkedin.com/in/tobiaswstein.

Jochen Boeder

Jochen Boeder (Vice President - SAP S/4HANA Architecture) has more than 15 years of experience in the architecture of SAP busi-ness applications. At SAP, he leads a team of senior architects in the SAP S/4HANA engineering organization. He has co-authored several IT books, most prominently, The Architecture of SAP ERP, Tredition, 2014. He can be found at www.linkedin.com/in/jochen-boeder.

Wolfram Kleis

Dr. Wolfram Kleis (Software Architect - SAP S/4HANA Architec-ture) joined SAP more than 20 years ago and held several posi-tions as developer and architect. Most recently he engineered cloud applications for Internet of Things before joining central SAP S/4HANA architecture unit. He has a strong passion for describing software architecture.

Inhalt

... Foreword ... 21

... SAP S/4HANA: A New ERP Platform ... 23

... About This Book ... 24

... Acknowledgments ... 25

Part I ... Foundation ... 27

1 ... Architecture Challenges of a Modern ERP Solution ... 29

1.1 ... Characteristics of a Modern ERP System ... 30

1.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Architecture Principles ... 37

1.3 ... Evolving a Cloud ERP System from the Best Possible Origins ... 42

1.4 ... Summary ... 42

2 ... Technical Architecture Foundation ... 43

2.1 ... The Virtual Data Model ... 43

2.2 ... ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model ... 49

2.3 ... Summary ... 66

3 ... Simplified Experience ... 67

3.1 ... User Experience ... 67

3.2 ... Search ... 77

3.3 ... Summary ... 82

4 ... Intelligence and Analytics ... 83

4.1 ... Analytics ... 83

4.2 ... Machine Learning ... 92

4.3 ... Intelligent Situation Handling ... 100

4.4 ... Summary ... 111

5 ... Extensibility ... 113

5.1 ... Key User Extensibility ... 113

5.2 ... Side-by-Side Extensions ... 123

5.3 ... Summary ... 134

6 ... Integration ... 137

6.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Integration Interface Technologies ... 137

6.2 ... SAP API Business Hub ... 139

6.3 ... Interface Monitoring and Error Handling with SAP Application Interface Framework ... 140

6.4 ... Communication Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 142

6.5 ... Cloud Connector ... 146

6.6 ... Integration Middleware ... 148

6.7 ... Event-Based Integration ... 150

6.8 ... Data Integration ... 154

6.9 ... Summary ... 159

7 ... Data Protection and Privacy ... 161

7.1 ... Compliance Base Line ... 162

7.2 ... Definitions and Principles ... 162

7.3 ... Summary ... 169

Part II ... Application Architecture ... 171

8 ... Master Data ... 175

8.1 ... Product Master ... 175

8.2 ... Bill of Materials, Characteristics, and Configurations ... 185

8.3 ... Business Partner ... 195

8.4 ... Summary ... 205

9 ... Sales ... 207

9.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 207

9.2 ... Sales Documents Structure ... 209

9.3 ... Authorizations ... 210

9.4 ... Sales Inquiries and Sales Quotations ... 211

9.5 ... Sales Order Processing ... 212

9.6 ... Sales Contracts ... 213

9.7 ... Sales Scheduling Agreements ... 214

9.8 ... Claims, Returns, and Refund Management ... 215

9.9 ... Billing ... 216

9.10 ... Sales Monitoring and Analytics ... 217

9.11 ... Pricing ... 220

9.12 ... Integration ... 221

9.13 ... Summary ... 222

10 ... Service Operations ... 225

10.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 225

10.2 ... Business Objects and Processes in Service Operations ... 226

10.3 ... Master Data and Organizational Model ... 229

10.4 ... Data Model and Business Transactions Framework ... 231

10.5 ... Integration ... 235

10.6 ... Summary ... 238

11 ... Sourcing and Procurement ... 239

11.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 240

11.2 ... Procurement Processes ... 242

11.3 ... Architecture of a Business Object in Procurement ... 244

11.4 ... Central Procurement ... 245

11.5 ... APIs and Integration ... 249

11.6 ... Analytics ... 253

11.7 ... Innovation and Intelligent Procurement ... 254

11.8 ... Summary ... 256

12 ... Logistics and Manufacturing ... 257

12.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 258

12.2 ... Organizational Units ... 260

12.3 ... Master Data Objects ... 261

12.4 ... Transactional Business Objects ... 262

12.5 ... Calculated Business Objects, Engines, and Process Control ... 265

12.6 ... Cross Functions in Logistics and Manufacturing ... 281

12.7 ... Logistics Integration Scenarios ... 287

12.8 ... Summary ... 288

13 ... Extended Warehouse Management ... 289

13.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 289

13.2 ... Organizational Structure ... 291

13.3 ... Master Data ... 292

13.4 ... Stock Management ... 292

13.5 ... Application Components ... 294

13.6 ... Monitoring and Reporting ... 297

13.7 ... Process Automation ... 297

13.8 ... User Interface ... 298

13.9 ... Technical Frameworks ... 299

13.10 ... Warehouse Automation ... 300

13.11 ... Summary ... 300

14 ... Finance, Governance, Risk, and Compliance ... 303

14.1 ... Finance Architecture Overview ... 305

14.2 ... Accounting ... 306

14.3 ... Tax and Legal Management ... 326

14.4 ... Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly ... 328

14.5 ... Financial Planning and Analysis ... 330

14.6 ... Payables Management ... 347

14.7 ... Receivables Management ... 349

14.8 ... Treasury Management ... 369

14.9 ... Central Finance ... 382

14.10 ... Finance Extensibility ... 394

14.11 ... SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance ... 395

14.12 ... Summary ... 402

15 ... Localization in SAP S/4HANA ... 403

15.1 ... Advanced Compliance Reporting ... 403

15.2 ... Document Compliance ... 406

15.3 ... Localization Toolkit for SAPS/4HANA Cloud ... 409

15.4 ... Summary ... 411

Part III ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud-Specific Architecture and Operations ... 413

16 ... Scoping and Configuration ... 415

16.1 ... Configure Your Solution: Scoping and Configuration Today ... 417

16.2 ... Outlook: SAP Central Business Configuration ... 419

16.3 ... Summary ... 424

17 ... Identity and Access Management ... 425

17.1 ... Architecture Concepts of Identity and Access Management ... 425

17.2 ... Managing Users, Roles, and Catalogs ... 432

17.3 ... Summary ... 440

18 ... Output Management ... 441

18.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 441

18.2 ... Printing ... 442

18.3 ... Email ... 444

18.4 ... Electronic Data Interchange ... 445

18.5 ... Form Templates ... 446

18.6 ... Output Control ... 447

18.7 ... Summary ... 449

19 ... Cloud Operations ... 451

19.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Landscape ... 451

19.2 ... Data Centers ... 453

19.3 ... Multitenancy ... 454

19.4 ... Software Maintenance ... 461

19.5 ... Built-in Support ... 463

19.6 ... Summary ... 468

20 ... Sizing and Performance in the Cloud ... 471

20.1 ... Performance-Optimized Programming ... 471

20.2 ... Sizing ... 475

20.3 ... Elasticity and Fair Resource Sharing ... 478

20.4 ... Sustainability ... 481

20.5 ... Summary ... 483

21 ... Cloud Security and Compliance ... 485

21.1 ... Network and Data Security Architecture ... 485

21.2 ... Security Processes ... 488

21.3 ... Certification and Compliance ... 490

21.4 ... Summary ... 491

22 ... Outlook ... 493

A ... The Authors ... 495

... Editors ... 495

... Authors ... 496

... Index ... 513

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