Solution Manager Training

By Dilip Sadh

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 Agenda By Dilip Sadh

– Solution Manager – Overview & Capabilities

– Solution Manager Roles & Responsibilities
– Realization Management
Realization – Configuration
Realization – BPP

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 SAP Solution Manager By Dilip Sadh
From ASAP to SAP Solution Manager

SAP Solution Manager

Pre-2000: ASAP

2000: Kick-off SAP Solution Manager

2002: Releases 2.1 & 2.2

2003: Release 3.1

2004: Release 3.2

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 SAP Solution Manager By Dilip Sadh
SAP Solution Manager is the central platform for efficient implementation and operation of SAP
solutions:

― Can service all SAP Technologies.

― Integrates with SAP/Non-SAP
Products.
Provide Centralized….
1. Documentation
2. Configuration and Customization
3. Landscape Definition
4. Testing
5. Monitoring
6. Service Delivery & Execution
7. Note Handling
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SAP Solution Manager Use In Implementation By Dilip Sadh

SAP Solution Manager in Implementation

Project Project Business Realization Final Go Live
phase Preparation Blueprint preparation & Support

Project Define Business Customizing

definition Blueprint synchronization End user
Training and
Define documentation
Configuration
Project system landscape
activities
Data
Developments
transfer

Authorization
Focus of tool support
Testing

Project Administration
Cross
Issue Tracking / Status Monitoring / Reporting
functions
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SAP Solution Manager – Use in Operations By Dilip Sadh

SAP Solution Manager in Operations

Recom- Define/Import SAP Service Level Business

mended System EarlyWatch Reporting Process
Landscape Alert Monitoring
functions
System
sequence Define/Import Service Monitoring Upgrade
Business Delivery
Processes Enabling Central System
Administration
Best Practices
Documents

Support desk/ SAP Note Assistant

Cross Issue Tracking

functions
Microsoft NetMeeting

SAP Service Marketplace

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 System Landscape By Dilip Sadh

Sandbox Development Quality Assurance Production

BW BW BW BW
SRM SRM SRM SRM

XI SCM XI SCM XI SCM XI SCM

Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy

ECC ECC ECC ECC

GTS GTS GTS GTS

Select your Do your Do your Testing Final Transport to

Processes customizing Production

SAP Solution
Manager

• The Fundament of all functions of the Solution Manager is the Definition of the System Landscape.
• Define the System Landscape, Products, Systems and related RFC destinations in System Landscape
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Solution Manager System Landscape By Dilip Sadh

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 Solman till now.. By Dilip Sadh

Scenario Purchase to Pay – Direct Procurement (End-to-End-Process)

Purchase Order
Process Processing

Create
Process Step Purchase
Order

Transaction ME21N

• Process steps are selected from the Business process repository

• Process steps can also be selected manually.
• Transactions are populated automatically based on the process step selected
from the business process repository.
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Roles & Responsibilities (contd..) By Dilip Sadh

Task - Adding/Changing blueprint documents to blueprint structure – SOLAR01

Go to General
documentation tab at the
Process level

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Roles & Responsibilities (contd..) By Dilip Sadh

Task - Adding/Deleting BPML transactions to the Blueprint Structure – SOLAR01

Add/delete transactions
BPML transactions at
the Process step level

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Roles & Responsibilities (contd..) By Dilip Sadh
Task – Changing the scope of the blueprint structure at the Process level – SOLAR01

Go to Structure tab
at the Process level

Change Structure at
the Process level

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Roles & Responsibilities (contd..) By Dilip Sadh
Task – Executing detailed configuration of the CI Templates documents– SOLAR02
(contd..)

Critical requirements are captured in the BPML at each process step level in Solution Manager. (e.g.) Process step level –
Create/process Purchase orders.

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Roles & Responsibilities (contd..) By Dilip Sadh
When all the requirements are captured in the BPML, all configuration objects associated with this process step are captured
at the same process step level in SOLAR02 -Configuration.
(e.g.) All config objects associated with this Process step – “Create/process Purchase orders” are pulled from the business
process repository and are listed in the Configuration tab

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 Customizing Synchronization & Distribution By Dilip Sadh

ECC Transport ECC Transport ECC

Customizing data DEV QAS
Central system PRD

Predefined list
of SRM Transport SRM Transport SRM
synchronizing objects Customizing DEV QAS PRD
Distribution

SCM Transport SCM Transport SCM

• Ensures that customizing in In-Sync DEV QAS PRD
across systems

• Reuses customizing in other systems

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 SAP Solution Manager By Dilip Sadh
Configuration SOLAR02

• In Configuration transaction, you have to assign the configuration structure that is needed for your
implementation scenario.
• The entry screen of the Realization phase looks similar to the Business Blueprint transaction. The
Business Scenario structure you selected in the scope is taken over from the previous transaction
• From here you can select individual parts of the maintained configuration structure content that are
required to configure your scenarios.
• In the business process repository, select the configuration structure for SAP component and
confirm it.
• The Configuration content is divided into different sections. You should at least select the basic
settings for mySAP component to configure the overall solution.
• In the second step choose basic settings for your key capability.

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Steps for Building Configuration Structure (SOLAR02) By Dilip Sadh

– Create Configuration Structure

Manually create configuration structure
Created automatically when you select specific processes from the
business process repository
– Assign objects to the configuration elements (e.g. IMG objects and
documents)

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Steps for Building Configuration Structure By Dilip Sadh

Click the drop down selection and

select “IMG Object” selections

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Steps for Building Configuration Structure (contd..) By Dilip Sadh

The Logical Component will default in

based on the component selected for
the Business Process Step

Select the drop down selection in the “Object” field to

navigate to the IMG of the applicable system.

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Steps for Building Configuration Structure (contd..) By Dilip Sadh

IMG for the ECC Development system

Select the IMG Objects to be

configured for the process step.

Click the “Copy Selected Nodes

(Enter)” button
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Steps for Building Configuration Structure (contd..) By Dilip Sadh

Selected IMG Objects nodes are

copied into the Configuration Structure

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Creating Configuration Guide Document By Dilip Sadh

Steps for Creating Configuration Guide

 Execute transaction SOLAR02

 Follow the menu path Configuration > Generate Configuration Guide
 Select the structure items to be included in the Configuration Guide
 Execute the “macro” within the generated word document.

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Configuring IMG Objects By Dilip Sadh

Go to
Configuration
tab at the
Process step
level

Select the
configuration
object and
click on the
configure icon.
This will
directly go to
the
configuration
node of the
desired target
system box.

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Configuring IMG objects (contd..) By Dilip Sadh

You are now right at the config node of the

config object. This is where the necessary
configuration settings are done.

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Documenting the Configuration By Dilip Sadh

Documentation should be inserted Document name should mirror that

directly below the configured node. of the IMG node configured.
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Administration Activities By Dilip Sadh

Processing Status for the Document

and IMG Object should be added as
well as the person responsible for
completing the configuration should
be added

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Adding BPPs to Solution Manager By Dilip Sadh

One BPP will be added under the

“Training Materials” tab per t-code listed
under the “Transactions” tab

All completed BPP’s will be added under the

“Training Materials” tab at the process step level

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Questions By Dilip Sadh

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