Introducing SAP Enhancement Packages as Part of the SAP Business Suite Shipment Strategy Applicable for SAP ERP 6.0, SAP CRM 7.0, SAP SCM 7.0, SAP SRM 7.0 Version 6 (September 2017)
The SAP Way SAP Business Suite Innovation Road Map Evolution Breakthrough 2015 December 2025 More Innovation Less Disruption Long-Term Predictability Evolutionary Innovation: Gradual evolution of enterprise software that spans from functional enhancements to TCO and new user experiences. Breakthrough innovation: Breakthrough innovation to adopt new business practices and processes as quickly and smoothly as possible. Delivery without disruption: Customers want to avoid cost, time and skill hurdles to adopt innovation easier and faster. Long-term predictability: Customers want to make the most out of their investments and expect a clear perspective for their strategic software investments. 2
Long-Term Predictability Maintenance Extension for SAP Business Suite To manifest the long-term predictability of the Business Suite and in support of the Innovation Strategy and Roadmap the standard maintenance will be extended SAP extends mainstream maintenance for the Business Suite core applications 1 to December 2025 SAP Business Suite 7 Core Applications SAP ERP 6.0 3) SAP SRM7.0 SAP SCM7.0 SAP CRM7.0 EhP8 EhP5 EhP6 EhP7 (4) Longer Maintenance until 2025 EhP4 EhP1 EhP3 3) SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.x 2) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2025 1 SAP Business Suite includes the core applications (SAP ERP 6.0, SAP PLM 7.0, SAP CRM 7.0, SAP SCM 7.0, SAP SRM 7.0), supplementary applications, and industryapplications. 2 Mainstream Maintenance for SAP NetWeaver 7.0x ABAP will be extended through December 2025 and for NetWeaver 7.0x Java (also incl. Dual Stacks) until December2022. Please check details on SAP Note 1648480. 3 If JAVA based ERP Components are used an Update to at least SAP ERP EhP4 has to be performed until December2017. 4 With EhP7 the version interoperability range has been moved upwards for SAP Business Suite core applications (see SAP Note 1388258) 3
SAP Enhancement Packages Where do we Come From? Enhancement Packages (EhPs) are a proven concept EhPs have initially been introduced for ERP ERP 6.0 EhP3 EhP4 EhP5 EhP6 EhP7 EhP8 PLM 7.0 CRM 7.0 EhP1 EhP2 EhP3 EhP4 SCM 7.0 EhP1 EhP2 EhP3 EhP4 SRM 7.0 EhP1 EhP2 EhP3 EhP4 SAP Business Suite 7 (since 2008) Innovations 2010 (since 2010) Innovations 2011 (since 2011) Innovations 2013 (since 2013) Innovations 2016 (since 2016) 4
Less disruptive, Continuous, Easy Consistent Guiding Principles for all Shipment Types Less disruptive Continuous Sept. June March Consistent Easy 5
Less disruptive, Continuous, Easy Consistent How it is Implemented Less disruptive Selective Activation Business Functions and/or Customizing Add-on deployments Side by side deployments Continuous Sept. June March Customer Connection program Enhancement Packages consolidate functionality Easy Activation via Business Functions or Customizing Functional details via SAP improvements and innovations Installation using Software Update Manager (SUM) Implementations via Rapid Deployment Solutions 6
Five Shipment Types of SAP Business Suite NOTES AND SUPPORT PACKAGE STACKS SPS SPS SPS SIDE-BY-SIDE (RELEASES FOR SMALL APPS) V1.0 SP SP V1.5 ADD-ONS (CLASSICAL) V 1.0 SP V 2.0 SP V 3.0 ENHANCEMENT SAP ERP PACKAGES SP SP SP 6.0 SAP ERP EhP n SP ADD-ONS (IN-ADVANCE SHIPMENTS) IN-ADV SP SP SP SP time 7
Enhancement Packages Enhancement Packages as consolidation point Enhancement Packages are an important element of our shipment strategy Provide new, highly integrated core functionality encapsulated in Business Functions Accumulates functionality delivered in Support Packages and In-Advance Shipments Notes aggregated into Support Packages into Enhancement Packages In-Advance Shipments aggregate into Enhancement Packages NOTES SP SP SUPPORT PACKAGES ADD-ONS (IN-ADVANCE SHIPMENTS) IN-ADV IN-ADV CONSOLIDATION IN-ADV IN-ADV SP ENHANCEMENT PACKAGES NEW FUNCTIONALITY 8
Implementing SAP Enhancement Packages Things You Should Know EhP Facts Technical Delivery Project Perspective No EhP or SP pre-requisite (one-step update!) Only one EhP Level per system (besides components with no EhP) Business Function activation can be nonreversible EhPs are cumulative Delta shipment to the already installed version New SAP NetWeaver version (e.g. SAP NetWeaver 7.5 for SAP ERP 6.0 EhP8) Modification adjustment required Full regression test recommended Less effort than an upgrade (e.g. end-user training only for new activated functionality) 9
Implementing SAP Enhancement Packages Recommended Approach IT: Install EhP with regular maintenance activities of applying SP-Stacks Consolidate new functionality implemented via note/sp previously Get ready for business requirements SP-Stack SP-Stack SP-Stack SP-Stack maintenance EhP x Selective activation EhP x+1 Business: Request activation of new functionality (business functions) installation could be decoupled of maintenance schedule 10
SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2016 How to Get There SAP ERP 6.0 SAP CRM 7.0 Install SAP enhancement package 8 for SAPERP Install SAP enhancement package 4 for SAPCRM SAP ERP 6.0 incl. EhP8 ¹ Direct upgrade from these source releases to SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2016 are released with the following exceptions: ERP upgrade on OS/390 SCM 4.1 start release If BW is active on a system, a System Copy from HDB to AnyDB is currently not possible ² Most industry and supplementary applications are shipped with the SAP Business Suite applications and are included in the respective upgrade. For the versions of industry and supplementary applications that are part of SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2016, but not shipped as part of SAP ERP, SAP SCM, SAP SRM, or SAP CRM refer to "SAP Release Strategy for Large Enterprises on SAP Release and Maintenance Strategy. SAP SRM 7.0 SAP SCM 7.0 SAP R/3 4.6C andabove 1 SAP CRM 5.0 and above 1 SAP SRM 5.0 and above 1 SAP SCM 4.1 and above 1 Install SAP enhancement package 4 for SAPSRM Install SAP enhancement package 4 for SAPSCM Upgrade and include EhP8 for SAPERP Upgrade and include EhP4 for SAPCRM Upgrade and include EhP4 for SAPSRM Upgrade and include EhP4 for SAPSCM SAP CRM 7.0 incl. EhP4 SAP SRM 7.0 incl. EhP4 SAP SCM 7.0 incl. EhP4 SAP BS7i2016 11
Notes and Support Packages Continuous shipment of improvements SUPPORT PACKAGES CONTAIN Corrections Legal changes Continuous improvements Interfaces + REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNCTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS Selective implementation with low effort Explicit activation Decoupling from correction (process) Transparency about Support Package content Ensuring consistency with Support and Enhancement Packages CLEAR DEVELOPMENT RULES TO ENSURE MINIMAL IMPACT No side effects Upgrade protection Dependencies ENSURED CONSISTENCY Clear downport rules ensure that feature is not lost after update EhP6 EhP5 ERP 6.0 Release of Note Easy deployment Maintainability Availability in SPs complete Time 12
In-Advance Shipments Add-Ons to make innovation available upfront In-Advance Shipments will make innovation integrated into SAP enhancement packages available upfront on top of existing SAP enhancement packages delivered as Add-On and will be consolidated in a future enhancement package EhP5 EhP6 SAP ERP 6.0 SAP NetWeaver 7.0x IN-ADVANCE SHIPMENT RELIES ON SUITE 7 i20xx (e.g. ERP 6.0 EhP8) NW 7.0x FIVE CHARACTERISTICS: Provide EhP core functionality earlier Selective activation with Business Functions Add-ons or exchange ofsoftware components Min-Max-strategy for required SPs of lower software layers Consolidated in future Enhancement Package 13
SAP Enhancement Packages End-to-end Process for Technical Installation Design 1 2 Make sure that your system landscape is maintainedcorrectly in transactions LMDB and SMSY. Start new maintenance transaction using Maintenance Optimizer (MOPZ) and plan implementation scenario. FileSystem DEV SUM 4 3 Software Packages 2c SAP Service Marketplace MOPZ Backend 2b Stack Configuration File* 2a 2b 2c Select target product version and Technical Usages. Maintenance Optimizer calculates software packages and stack configuration file. Trigger download of files. QAS SUM 1 2 2a Landscape Management DB MOPZ Client SMSY SAP Solution Manager 7.1 or higher 3 4 Provide your systems with the downloaded packages and the stack configurationfile. Start the Software Update Manager on the targetsystem. PRD SUM *Recommendation: Create one stack configuration file for your completelandscape 16
Testing Business Process Change Analyzer (BPCA) Design Preparation Business Blueprint Trace to identify objects by process Manual execution Automated execution Result: TBOM (Technical Bill of Material) Change Impact Analysis Which critical Business Processes will be affected by planned changes? Use cases: 1. Customizing changes 2. Custom code development 3. Business Function activation 4. SP and EhP deployment Risk-based Test Scope Identification Can I get a recommendationfor regression tests? Test Scope Optimization and Test Plan Generation Identification risk-based test scope basedon affected processsteps Semi-automatic test plan generation(automated with test option 1*) 17
Technical Prerequisites: Technical Update / Upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0 EhP 8 Software Update Manager (SUM) is the tool for the path to SAP ERP 6.0 EhP 8 The actual available SUM version is listed on the landing page for the Software Logistics Toolset (SL Tools): http://support.sap.com/sltoolset in the are Software Maintenance The possible paths are shown on the following slide Unicode system is required as source system (This applies to any target system based on SAP NetWeaver 7.50) Path is a load-based procedure, customer objects are blended into new system repository Custom code check in advance for correct object catalogue important, see SAP Note 2318321: Differences in SUM for the rescue of Non-SAP objects between load and delta procedure 18
Conclusion SAP offers evolutionary and break-through innovation for the SAP Business Suite Innovations will be delivered continuously and non-disruptively and extend the EhP strategy The Long Term perspective with the SAP Business Suite is un-matched in the industry SAP Business Suite remains the future-proof choice for best-run businesses Evolution Breakthrough 2015 December 2025 More Innovation Less Disruption Long-Term Predictability Best run future with SAP Business Suite 20
Getting Started Further Information 01 02 03 Master Guide EhP8 Maintenance Information Innovation Discovery WIKI Page Installation SAP Solution Service & Upgrade Manager Offerings 07 Guides 06 05 04 21
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