SAP S/4HANA Architecture

by Thomas Saueressig, Tobias Stein, Jochen Boeder, Wolfram Kleis

Overview

"If you're working with SAP S/4HANA, you need to know the ins and outs of the system. Master SAP S/4HANA's technical and application architecture with this book! See how the foundation is built: the backend data models, the frontend user experience, the analytics and extension capabilities, integration options, and more. Then learn about SAP S/4HANA's core application areas, from finance to logistics. Finally, see what SAP S/4HANA architecture looks like in the cloud. Get ready to master SAP S/4HANA from the ground up!"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493224036
Publisher:	Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	07/26/2023
Edition description:	Enlarged
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas Saueressig is a member of the SAP board and leads SAP Product Engineering with global responsibility for all business software applications. This includes all functional areas from product strategy and management to product development and innovation, as well as product delivery and support. He is responsible for a portfolio that includes the SAP S/4HANA suite, SAP Digital Supply Chain, SME, SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, and industry solutions. Thomas is in charge of all development cross-functions at SAP, comprising the global SAP Labs Network, SAP Enterprise Adoption, Globalization Services, and SAP User Experience, as well as the overall quality of SAP software products ensuring a consistent level of scalability, reliability, performance, security, and data protection across all solutions for SAP’s customers.

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 (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.

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.

Table of Contents

... 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