SAP EHP7 how to avoid the pitfalls

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Upgrading to SAP Enhancement Package 7:

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Your ModeratorAyelet GlaubermanPanayaAbe Lang

Senior Applications Analyst

Oren EzraVP Product MarketingPanaya

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Take Aways

● The key benefits of upgrading to EHP 7

● Business functions commonly activated

● The impact it will have on your Satellite Systems

● Tips to help you estimate the time and resources required

● FIVE common pitfalls to avoid

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Successfully Upgrading to SAP EHP7

Oren EzraVP, Product Marketing


EHP Upgrade is the #1 Project in 2014


Why do Customers Upgrade to a new EHP?

EHP is (still) largely a

maintenance activity


Activating New Business Functions

No, 76%

Yes, 24%

Business function activation not yet mainstream for

SAP shops


EHP Impact on Your Satellite Systems


EHP 7 – What’s in Store?

●750+ Business functions

•~650 business functions accumulated from prior EHPs•~100 new business functions covering financial accounting, logistics, HR, QM, and more

●First EHP to be optimized for both SAP HANA and traditional DBs

• Reduce adjustment efforts required to migrate SAP Business Suite to SAP HANA in-memory platform

●Top-3 functional highlights

• SAP Fiori productivity apps• Speedy MRP• Real-time access to ERP data


Commonly Activated Business Functions

Download fact sheet at www.panaya.com/XXXX for full list of commonly

used BFs by module


POLL: Why are you upgrading to EHP 7?

(1) To be current with SAP (maintenance activity)

(2) To support new business functionality via business function activation

(3) To be HANA-ready


Effort Estimation – Rules of Thumb

Based on Entire SAP ERP System

Based on Used SAP ERP Transactions Only

Code Corrections for 750 Programs

Code Corrections for 400 Programs

280 Cloned Programs to Fix 130 Cloned Programs to Fix

1,500 Functional Tests 1,100 Functional TestsEurope vs. US-based systems:1. 25% more code corrections in

Europe2. 15% more cloned programs in

Europe3. 40% more functional tests in Europe


Top-5 Pitfalls to Avoid

1. Lack of business user involvement and

commitment

2. Lack of consideration for impacted satellite

systems

3. Inadequate monitoring of test progress &

coverage

4. Lots of redundant (unused) custom code

5. TBD


The Risks of Business Application Change

● What functionality will break?● What must we test? How?● Will the business users help us

this time?


Panaya Quality Management Cloud Scope & Accelerate the delivery of any business application

change. Reduce Risk and Minimize Cost

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Thank You

City of Nanaimo Finds EhP5Easy Sailing with Panaya

Abe Lang Senior Applications Analyst

City of Nanaimo


About City of Nanaimo

● Located on the east coast of Vancouver Island

● Population of 83,810

● Regional service hub for mid and north Vancouver Island


SAP Environment

● Running operations on SAP since 2002● Running SAP ERP 6.0 since 2006● Modules implemented

- Asset Accounting (AA)

- Business Objects Planning and Consolidation (BPC)

- Plant Maintenance (PM)

- NetWeaver

- Portals

- General Accounting (FI)

- Managerial Accounting (CO)

- Materials Management (MM)

- Business Information Warehouse (BW)

- Human Resources (HR)

- Project System (PS)


The Challenge

● In 2010, still running on 6.0 base (since 2006)● SAP latest (at the time) was Enhancement Pack

5● ESS/MSS implementation required EhP 5● Two-and-a-half-time IT person team● Outside consultants limited to some ABAP /

Basis chores● Test scripts were 8-10 years old● Testing expert had recently retired

The Solution

Test Builder generates regressiontest suite

Automated CodeRemediation cuts R&D time

Integration Testing focused on identified interface failures

InitialTesting

Collaborative Testing accelerates UAT and provides full progress visibility

●From 6-months to 3-months●Smooth go-live

Fix UnitTesting

Write Functional

Test Scenarios

InitialTesting Go-Live

User Acceptance

Testing Integrati

on Testing

Before Panaya

With Panaya Test

Scoping pinpoints Unit Testing, performed in parallel to development

Go-LiveChange Impact Simulation identifies what will break


ImplementationThe entire project was managed by the Panaya solution, including code corrections, testing, and user-defined tasks●Step 1: code corrections (no pre-testing)

•1534 code corrections


Implementation●Step 2: Unit Testing

•492 tasks covering 572 transactions


Implementation●Step 3: User Acceptance Testing

•2,887 tasks, 5400 test runs


Implementation●Step 4: Reporting


The Results●100% time saved on initial testing phase

●50% time saved on code corrections

●100% cost saved on outsourcing


The Results

● Went live on August 29th● Ran unit testing for the first time● End users got involved in testing cycle● Risk minimized via focused testing● Now up-to-date on EhP● On-time and on-budget


Current and Future Plans

Rollout to New Sites

Functional Enhancements

Mergers & Acquisitions

New Business Processes

Regulations

Upgrades

Support Packs

System Consolidatio

n

Enhancement Packages

Migrations

Business-Driven

IT-Driven


Advice

●Use a testing tool that will tell you what will break and what to test

●Use a testing tool that is so easy to use that it allows everyone to get involved and to take some ownership of your upgrade

●Use a testing tool that will allow you to track testing results and report status

●Work with a company that will partner with you!


Questions?


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