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1 Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.1 New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.2 Accounting and Financial Close. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13General Ledger Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Asset Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Consolidation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Revenue and Cost Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
1.3 Treasury and Financial Risk Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Cash and Liquidity Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Treasury and Risk Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
1.4 Receivables Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Configuration for Credit Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Customer Accounting Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48My Dunning Proposals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Days Sales Outstanding - Detailed Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Display Customer List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Display Process Flow - Accounts Receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Display Item Change Log - Customer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Manage Payment Advices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Assign Open Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Reset Cleared Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Schedule Accounts Receivable Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
1.5 Invoice Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Business Catalogs for Accounts Payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Manage Payment Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Monitor Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Days Payable Outstanding - Detailed Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Display Item Change Log - Supplier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Display Process Flow - Accounts Payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Process Free Form Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Supplier Accounting Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Create Positive Pay Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Reset Cleared Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Schedule Accounts Payable Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
1.6 Settlement Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Settlement Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Extensibility - Custom Fields for Condition Contract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
1.7 Governance, Risk and Compliance for Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63International Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
1.8 Financial Planning and Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Business Catalogs for Financial Planning and Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Derivation Of Organizational Units And Segments When Importing Financial Plan Data. . . . . . . . . . . 72Project Profitability Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
1.9 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Market Data for Treasury and Risk Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Debt and Investment Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Market Data Feed from SAP Cloud Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Fieldglass - Invoice Integration with Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Inventory Valuation for Year-End Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77Event-Based Revenue Recognition - Project-Based Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78Direct Debit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Advanced Cash Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80Basic Cash Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Interest Rate Derivatives Management - Parallel Ledger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Intercompany Stock Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Accounts Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Invoice Processing by OpenText . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85Advanced Credit Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Event-Based Revenue Recognition - Project-Based Services - PL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Plan Consolidation for SAP S/4HANA Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Accounting and Financial Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Interest Rate Derivatives Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90Managing Material Price Changes and Inventory Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Treasury and Risk Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92Foreign Currency Risk Management - Parallel Ledger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93Integration with SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Cash Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Financial Consolidation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Digital Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Foreign Currency Risk Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Customer Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Asset Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Accounts Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Debt and Investment Management - Parallel Ledger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Machine Learning - SAP Cash Application Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Basic Bank Account Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Subsidiary Integration of SAP S/4HANA Cloud to Central Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105Bill of Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
1.10 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
2 Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082.1 App Extensibility: Monitor Material Coverage – Net Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082.2 Demand-Driven Replenishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Manage Buffer Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Monitor Demand-Driven Replenishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Schedule Product Classification (DD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Mass Maintenance of Products (DD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Schedule Lead Time Classification of Products (DD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Schedule Buffer Proposal Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
2.3 Quality Management and Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Definition of Authorization Restrictions for QM Master Data Business Catalogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Results History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113APIs for Defect Processing Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113APIs for Quality Inspection Process Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Manage Usage Decisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Manage Defects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116Quality Engineer Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116App Extensibility in Quality Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Deletion of Personal Data in Quality Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
2.4 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Predictive Analytics for Stock in Transit in Warehouse Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Make-to-Order Production - Semifinished Goods Planning and Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Integration of Manufacturing Execution System to Production Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
2.5 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
3 Professional Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1293.1 Manage Your Test Processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1293.2 Customer Project Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Plan Customer Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Set Forecast Month. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Plan Internal Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
3.3 Resource Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Business Catalogs for Resource Management Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Transfer of Staffing Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Assignment Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136Manage Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136Manage Resource Utilization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137Manage Project Staffing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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Status Management for Resource Requests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1403.4 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Internal Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Customer Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Service and Material Procurement - Project-Based Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Resource Management - Project-Based Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Sales Order Processing - Project-Based Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
3.5 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
4 Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1484.1 Order and Contract Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Sales Master Data Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Sales Order Management and Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Billing and Invoicing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Sales Monitoring and Analytics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Process Extensibility for Sales and Billing Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Extensibility in Pricing for Sales and Billing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
4.2 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Extended Intercompany Processes for Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166External Billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Accelerated Customer Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Sales Rebate Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Convergent Billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Planning Apps for Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170Integration with SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer - Opportunity-to-Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171Electronic Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Sell from Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
4.3 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
5 Sourcing and Procurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1765.1 Sourcing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Compare Supplier Quotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176Manage RFQs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Manage Supplier Quotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177Workflow for Supplier Quotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178OData Service for RFQ API. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179OData Service for Supplier Quotations API. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179Mass Changes to Purchasing Info Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180Mass Changes to Scheduling Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Manage Scheduling Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181App Extensibility: Manage Purchasing Info Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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5.2 Contract Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Mass Changes to Purchase Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Manage Purchase Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
5.3 Operational Procurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Pricing Configuration for Purchasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Create Purchase Requisition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186My Purchase Requisitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Monitor Supplier Confirmations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Monitor Purchase Order Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Redistribute Workload. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Manage Purchase Requisitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Manage Purchase Requisitions - Professional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190Default Settings for User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Schedule Import of Catalog Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
5.4 Invoice Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Supplier Invoice Items by Account Assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Supplier Invoices List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193Manage Supplier Invoices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Upload Supplier Invoices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
5.5 Supplier and Category Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195OData Service for Procurement-Related Activities API. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196OData Service for Procurement-Related Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196OData Service for Evaluation Responses API. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197OData Service for Purchasing Category API. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Blocking Suppliers in Supplier and Category Management Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
5.6 Spend Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995.7 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Scheduling Agreements in Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Procurement of Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Procurement of Direct Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Consumable Purchasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Purchase Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Third-Party Warehouse Management System Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205SAP S/4HANA for Legal Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Real-Time Reporting and Monitoring for Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Request for Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Requisitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Central Processing of Purchase Requisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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5.8 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2115.9 App Extensibility for Classic Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Extensibility for Purchase Order Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2115.10 Process Extensibility for Purchasing Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2125.11 Extensibility for the Adobe Output Forms of Purchasing Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
6 Supply Chain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2146.1 Logistics and Order Fulfillment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
OData API for Physical Inventory (Read, Create, Enter Count, and Post) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214OData Service for Material Stock API. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215Post Goods Receipt for Purchase Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Manage Stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Slow or Non-Moving Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Stock Overdues - Stock in Transit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Overview Inventory Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Post Goods Receipt for Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Overview Inventory Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Create Outbound Deliveries – From Sales Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Analyze Delivery Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Manage Outbound Deliveries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Pick Outbound Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222OData Service for Reading, Creating, Updating, and Deleting Outbound Deliveries. . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
6.2 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Quality Management in Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Make-to-Order Production with Variant Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225Make-to-Stock Production - Repetitive Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226Demand-Driven Buffer Level Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Stock Transfer with Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Quality Management in Discrete Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Make-to-Stock Production - Discrete Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Inventory and Warehouse Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Quality Management in Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
6.3 Response and Supply Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Basic Order Promising/ATP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
6.4 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2356.5 Extensibility in Supply Chain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
7 R&D/Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2367.1 Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Project Financial Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Project Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
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7.2 Integrated Product Development for Discrete Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Handover to Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Characteristic Filtering for Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Maintain Configurable Bills of Material (BOMs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242API for BOM Comparison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242Simulate Configuration Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
7.3 Integrated Product Development for Process Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Ingredient Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Recipe Formulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Recipe Finder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Handover to Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Configurations in Recipe Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247APIs for Recipe Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
7.4 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Handover of Engineering Bill of Material to Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Project Financial Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250Project Review in Steering Committee Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Advanced Ingredient Replacement for Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252Set up Configurable Bill of Material using Variant Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Formulation - Recipe Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Recipe Handover to Production - Bill of Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Specification Management for Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
7.5 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
8 Human Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2588.1 Core HR and Payroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2588.2 Time and Attendance Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Team Utilization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Timesheet on Behalf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Manage My Timesheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
8.3 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Business Event Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Manage Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Time Recording - Project-Based Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
8.4 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
9 Asset Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2649.1 Maintenance Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Report and Repair Malfunction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264Mass Schedule Maintenance Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Schedule Material Availability Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266Technical Object Breakdowns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
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Finding Technical Objects and Maintenance Execution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Simplified Management of EAM Functions 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
9.2 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271Service Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271Preventive Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Corrective Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Lease-In Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Lease-Out Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275Lease-In Accounting - Parallel Ledger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
10 Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27810.1 Master Data Replication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27810.2 Business Network Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27810.3 SAP Ariba Invoice Management: Posting of Non-PO Invoices to Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27810.4 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Mass Maintenance for Business Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Mass Maintenance for Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
11 Cross Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28111.1 Product Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Create Alternate UoM for Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281CoPilot: Product Quick View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
11.2 Business Partner, Customer, and Supplier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Payment Hub Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283Compressed Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283OData for Business Partner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Search Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
11.3 Mass Maintenance of Master Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28511.4 Analytics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Create Tile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Configure Drill-Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Publish Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Configure Report Drill-Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288View Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Date Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290Create Tile for SAP Analytics Cloud Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
11.5 SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Output Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Engineering Change Management with Change Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Key User Extensibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294SAP Global Trade Services Integration - Contact Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295Integration to SAP Global Trade Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
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Integration with SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296SAP Global Trade Services Integration - Document Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297SAP Global Trade Services Integration - Bill of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298Side-by-Side Extensibility for SAP S/4HANA Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299Integration between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299Responsibility Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA from File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
11.6 Custom CDS Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30211.7 Custom Analytical Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30311.8 Custom Fields and Logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30411.9 Extensibility Inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30511.10 Business Role Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30611.11 Extensibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Extensibility Cockpit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30611.12 Responsibility Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Manage Teams and Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30711.13 Business Event Handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
APIs for Business Event Handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30811.14 SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Run Advanced Compliance Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Define Advanced Compliance Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
11.15 Legal Content Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31211.16 Personalized Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31311.17 Application Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31411.18 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
12 Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31512.1 China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31512.2 France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31712.3 Hungary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31812.4 Ireland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32012.5 Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32212.6 Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32612.7 Netherlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33012.8 New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
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Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
12.9 Philippines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
12.10 Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
12.11 Sweden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
12.12 Taiwan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
12.13 United Kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
12.14 United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
13 Previous Cloud Editions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
13.1 SAP S/4HANA Finance Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
SAP Best Practices Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Sourcing and Procurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Supply Chain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Human Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Cross Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
13.2 SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Human Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558
Professional Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Sourcing and Procurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Cross Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Country Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
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1 Finance
1.1 New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps
Finance analytical apps with the Web Dynpro application type are also available as Design Studio apps. These Design Studio apps have a new look and feel.
Technical Details
Table 1:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI (Finance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
If the tile for an affected analytical app was available on a user's SAP Fiori Launchpad in a previous release and the user opens the app as of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708, the app opens with the new Design Studio look and feel. The Web Dynpro version of the app is still available and can be added to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
Please note the following differences in Design Studio apps:
● When you open a Design Studio app, you are prompted to enter criteria for filtering the data. These filter criteria are not automatically displayed in the Filter Bar.
To see the filter criteria, open the Settings dialog by clicking . Then click Information.● In the new Design Studio version of the apps, you have to re-create your filter variants. Use the Web Dynpro
version of the apps to find your variants for reference.● If you need a screen reader, please use it with the Web Dynpro version of the app for the best results. The
accessible tile has the same name as the Design Studio tile, but, on the SAP Fiori Launchpad, the word "Accessible" is included in the lower right corner.
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Effects on System Administration
The change in application type does not affect the set up of your business catalogs or business roles. Users who had access to the analytical apps before this release will also have the same access with the new Design Studio versions.
See Also
● To see which application type an app has, go to the SAP Fiori apps reference library.
● For more information about how Design Studio apps works, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics Using Analytical Reports .
1.2 Accounting and Financial Close
1.2.1 Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Accounting and Financial Close require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
Technical Details
Table 2:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types:
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NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
General Ledger Accounting
Table 3: G/L Accounting Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
General Ledger - Tax Declaration (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_TX_DCL_PC)
A new authorization object has been created for controlling the use of the Create Advance Return on Sales/Purchase Tax app. You must make settings for these additional restriction types.
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Customer Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BED)
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Supplier Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BEK)
● General Ledger Accounting - Planning (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PLN_PC)
● General Ledger - Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_PC)
To ensure that users with the General Ledger Accountant (SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
Check all of the new restriction types.
General Ledger - Cash Journal Entries (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_CASHJE_PC)
New business catalog. ● Authorization Groups for Changes to Customer Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BED)
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Supplier Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BEK)
● Authorization Groups for Cash Journal (BEGRU_FBCJ)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Segment for Segmental Reporting/Record Type (SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● General Ledger - Park Journal Entries (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_PARKDCPRE_PC
● General Ledger - Post Parked Journal Entries (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_PARKDCPST_PC)
A new transaction for displaying invoices has been added to the business catalog. You must make a setting for the new restriction type introduced by the authorization object related to the new transaction.
Plant (WERKS)
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Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
General Ledger Accounting – Planning ( SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PLN_PC
New business catalog. Check all of the new restriction types.
General Ledger - Posting Period Management (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PER_MGMT_PC)
You must make settings for new restriction types that replace the Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR ) restriction type.
● Authorization Group Maintenance by Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_BRG )
● Posting Period Variant Configuration (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_MPV )
● Posting Period Maintenance by Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_OPV )
Financials - Accounting Document Display ( SAP_FIN_BC_DSPL_ACDOC_PC )
New business catalog. Check all of the new restriction types.
Asset Accounting
Table 4: Asset Accounting Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Asset Accounting - Operational Processing (SAP_FIN_BC_AA_DOC_PROC_PC)
The Post Miscellaneous Transactions app was added. With this app you can post acquistions and retirements not affecting P&L as required for example by German law (Bilanzrichtlinienumsetzungsgesetz).
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Consoldiation
Table 5: Consolidation Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Consolidation - Maintain Product Fixed Configuration (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_CNFGFXD_PC)
New restriction types have been added. Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Rules Configuration (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_CNFGRLS_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Company Code (BUKRS)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
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Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Consolidation - Process (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_PROCESS_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Company Code (BUKRS)● Authorization Object for Consolida
tion Logs (CACTT_CONGR )● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Master Data Financial Statement Items Management (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_MDFSITM_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Master Data Organizational Unit Management (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_MDORG_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Data Preparation (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_PRDTPRE_PC)
New restriction types have been added. Ledger (GLRLDNR)
See Also
For more information about the business catalogs and their restriction types, read the business catalog description, which can be displayed for each catalog in the Maintain Business Roles app.
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
1.2.2 General Ledger Accounting
1.2.2.1 Account Determination
With this feature, you can select BI3 (Changed Reconciliation Accounts) as a transaction group. In this way, you define accounts for the automatic transfer postings when the reconciliation accounts are changed. Postings are made to these accounts to sort the open items.
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Technical Details
Table 6:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197360
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.2.2.2 Configuration for General Ledger Accounting
With this release, new self-service configuration apps for making settings related to General Ledger Accounting have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 7:
Feature is New
Application Component FI-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration apps for Accounting and Financial Close are available:
Cash Journals
● Define Amount Limits. You can set amount limits for new cash journals.● Maintain Business Transactions. You can specify the business transactions for new cash journals.● Set Up Cash Journals. You make other settings for new cash journals.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and
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adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
1.2.2.3 Manage Chart of Accounts
The Display Chart of Accounts app has been renamed to Manage Chart of Accounts. With this app, you can perform various tasks such as viewing G/L accounts in different views, creating accounts, and copying financial statement version assignment to accounts according to reference accounts.
Technical Details
Table 8:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.2.2.4 Manage Posting Periods
With this feature, you can set posting periods for business transactions in the controlling (CO) area, and view the open status of CO posting periods. The color bars in the posting period variant view differentiate the open status for each period type, green for the normal periods, orange for the adjustment periods, blue for the CO-related periods, and gray for closed periods.
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Technical Details
Table 9:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197524
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.2.2.5 Manage Posting Period Variants
This feature enables you to massively edit, copy, and delete existing items of a posting period variant, and hence quickly manage to open and close posting periods. You can also split an item or merge multiple items of a posting period variant.
Technical Details
Table 10:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197523
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Pay attention to the following notes when you edit items of posting period variants.
● A posting period variant must have only one item with account type "+".
● The account range of the item with account type "+" is from 0 to ZZZZZZZZZZ, and the range cannot be changed.
● Don't massively copy or edit items with account type "+" or "V".
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1.2.2.6 Verify General Journal Entries - For Requester
With this new feature, you can view journal entires with various status, and you can choose to copy or delete journal entries. You can even go to the journal entry detail page by clicking the journal entry number in the worklist.
Technical Details
Table 11:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2547_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new apps have been available as of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1705:
● Verify General Journal Entries - For Requester● Verify General Journal Entries - For Processor (Inbox)● Verify General Journal Entries - For Processor (Outbox)● Manage Workflows for General Journal Entry Verification
They are intended to replace the following HTML GUI apps:
● Park General Journal Entries (transaction code: FV50)● Change Parked Journal Entries (transaction code: FBV2)● Change Parked Journal Entries - Header (transaction code: FBV4)● Park General Journal Entries - For Ledger Group (transaction code:FV50L)● Post Parked Journal Entry (transaction code: FBV0)
These legacy apps are to be eventually discontinued.
1.2.2.7 Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View
In the results list of the Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View app, where the G/L account line items are listed, you can now display additional details for a specific line item in two different ways. You show the details such as chart of accounts, amounts in different currencies, details for cost accounting or fixed asset accounting and more by selecting a specific line item and clicking on the Status icon. Alternatively, you can select the row with the respective line item and click on the Line Item Details button.
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Technical Details
Table 12:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app together with the Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View app replaces the Display G/L Account Line Items app which is no longer available in the launchpad.
See Also
Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View [page 21]
1.2.2.8 Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View
With this app, you can display general ledger (G/L) account line items in the entry view: open and cleared line items for open-item managed accounts, or all line items of a G/L account. Additionally, you can display noted items (items that remind you of outstanding payments) parked journal entries, that is journal entries that you have created and saved, but that are not posted yet, or all items.
Technical Details
Table 13:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
Key features of the app include:
● Selecting line items according to specified time ranges, such as fiscal period, fiscal quarter, fiscal year and many more
● Creating an app variant and saving it● Creating a layout variant of the app, grouping the results list and saving these settings● Display amounts in different currencies● Export the results list to Microsoft Excel● Change the assignment (for sorting documents) and the items texts for line items
Effects on Existing Data
This app together with the Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View app replaces the Display G/L Account Line Items app which is no longer available in the launchpad.
1.2.2.9 Cash Journals
You can use cash journals to get a comprehensive picture of your daily cash transactions. Individual transactions can be checked at any time in real-time processing by displaying the original journal entries, line items, and transaction figures at various levels.
Technical Details
Table 14:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Two new apps are available for General Ledger accountants:
● Post Cash Journal Entries
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● Display Cash Journal Entries
Effects on System Administration
Ensure that the restriction types for the new SAP_FIN_BC_GL_CASHJE_PC business catalog have been set up properly and that the catalog is assigned to the role for your General Ledger accountant. For more information about business catalog changes in this release, see Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close [page 13].
Effects on Customizing
Preconfigured content is delivered to get you started with the functions and features for using cash journals. For more information about additional settings needed, see Configuration for General Ledger Accounting [page 17].
See Also
For more information about the new apps, search for Cash Journals in the product assistance on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708.
1.2.2.10 Reset Cleared Items
With this app, you can reset the clearing of line items as well as reverse the clearing entry if required. You can use this feature for line items of customer accounts or supplier accounts as well as for line items of G/L accounts that are managed on an open item basis.
Technical Details
Table 15:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Reset Cleared Items FBRA app. The Reset Cleared Items FBRA app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
See Also
For more information about the Reset Cleared Items app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance English Finance Receivables Management Accounts Receivable Accounting
Clearing of Open Item Reset Cleared Items .
1.2.2.11 Manage Flexible Hierarchies
With this app, you can create and change master data hierarchies for cost center and profit center reporting. You can customize these hierarchies to your personal reporting needs and adapt them to your business requirements. Furthermore, you can extend this app and add fields to include company specific reporting fields in the hierarchy.
Technical Details
Table 16:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.2.3 Asset Accounting
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1.2.3.1 Additional Fields for Asset Accounting in the Universal Journal Entry
Additional subledgerspecific characteristics for Asset Accounting were included in the universal journal entry. This involves the following characteristics:
● Account Group (KTOGR),● Asset Class (ANLKL) and● Partner asset (PANL1, PANL2)
This opens up new options in reporting and facilitates a better integration and navigation within the new analytical apps.
Technical Details
Table 17:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
Available As Of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
Inventory data is not changed. The new characteristics are only filled with new asset-relevant journal entries.
1.2.3.2 Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs
The job template Fill Master Data for Segment Reporting is now available in the Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs app. By running a schedule job using this template, you can fill the Profit Center and Segment fields in existing asset master data. This is a mandatory activity to post further transactions to existing asset master records and to report on fixed assets consistently by profit center and segment.
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Technical Details
Table 18:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1914_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.2.3.3 Asset Transactions
In the filter panel of the app, the following changes have been made:
● The Transaction Variant field was replaced by the Key Figure Group field.The Key Figure Group search criterion enables you to select specific types of asset transactions, such as acquisitions, retirements, or transfers. The result set of your report is restricted based on the key figure group you’ve selected.
● The Currency Type field was renamed Display Currency.The Display Currency search criterion enables you to display amounts in currency types other than the local currency. Depending on your configuration settings, additional currency types, such as group currency, can be chosen so that amounts for different company codes can be reported using a common currency.
● If you’ve set a default company code in your user settings, the other mandatory parameters are defaulted automatically. The default values are based on the following rule:
Table 19:
Parameter Default
Key Figure Group TRANS_ALL (All Transactions)
Ledger Leading ledger
Depreciation Area Realtime posting area assigned to the leading ledger
Fiscal Year Last open fiscal year for the chosen company code
Display Currency Currency configured as local currency in company code
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Technical Details
Table 20:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1614_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.2.3.4 Depreciation Lists
In the filter panel of the app, the following changes have been made:
● The Currency Type field was renamed Display Currency.The Display Currency search criterion enables you to display amounts in currency types other than the local currency. Depending on your configuration settings, additional currency types, such as group currency, can be chosen so that amounts for different company codes can be reported using a common currency.
● If you’ve set a default company code in your user settings, the other mandatory parameters are defaulted automatically. The default values are based on the following rule:
Table 21:
Parameter Default
Depreciation Variant Ordinary Depreciation
Fiscal Year Last open fiscal year for the chosen company code
To-Period Last operative period in fiscal year
Ledger Leading ledger
Depreciation Area Realtime posting area assigned to the leading ledger
Display Currency Currency configured as local currency in company code
Technical Details
Table 22:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1616_S4CE
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Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.2.3.5 Asset Balances
This app now include an extended set of characteristics, such as master data attributes and depreciation parameters.
Technical Details
Table 23:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1617_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
● More changes have been delivered for this app with this release. Please also see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
1.2.3.6 Asset History Sheet
This app now include an extended set of characteristics, such as master data attributes and depreciation parameters.
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Technical Details
Table 24:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1615_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
● More changes have been delivered for this app with this release. Please also see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
1.2.3.7 Asset History Sheet with Data in Accordance with the German Accounting Directive Implementation Act ((Bilanzrichtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz, BilRUG)
In Asset Accounting, you can now post in accordance with the German Accounting Directive Implementation Act and report in the asset history sheet: You can display changes in depreciation in their full amount in the context of acquisitions and retirements; the same applies to transfer postings during the fiscal year.
The new analytical app Asset History Sheet and the corresponding key figure groups provided have been enhanced in such a way that the acquisition costs (APC) and depreciation value adjustments are displayed separately automatically.
Technical Details
Table 25:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for Germany;
However, new product feature can be used internationally
Application Component Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
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Available As Of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can use the app Other Transactions to enter acquisitions and retirements not affecting profit/loss; this is necessary for mergers and takeovers.
Effects on Existing Data
None.
Effects on Data Transfer
For a legacy data transfer, you may have to use different transaction types if the transfer occurs during the year. This is not necessary if the transfer takes place at the end of the fiscal year.
Effects on Customizing
New transaction types support you with making the correct entry for acquisitions and retirements not affecting profit/loss in the context of mergers and takeovers.
1.2.3.8 Segment Reporting for Fixed Assets
In the asset master record, you can enter the profit center and segment. In addition, the profit center and the corresponding segment are derived automatically if a cost center or internal order is entered in the asset master record. This enables you to consistently create asset reports at the profit center or segment level.
Technical Details
Table 26:
Product Feature is New
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
For the profit center and the segment to be derived consistently and for postings to be made correctly on this basis, the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:
● If there is only a cost center in the asset master record, the profit center is derived from it.● If there is a simultaneous assignment, both of a cost center and an internal order and any other CO object in
the asset master record, it must be possible to uniquely derive one profit center.
Any segment stored is derived from the profit center.
If a reorganization of a capitalized asset master record causes a change in the profit center and segment information, the corresponding asset balances, such as acquisition and production costs and cumulative depreciation, are automatically transferred to the new profit center and segment.
Required Activities
To derive the profit center or segment for previously existing fixed assets, schedule a productive run in the Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs application using the Fill Master Data for Segment Reporting template.
NoteYou only need to resolve conflicts manually in case of missing or conflicting time-dependent assignments, for example if no cost center is assigned or if an internal order or cost center with different profit center information is assigned to the same asset master record.
1.2.4 Consolidation
1.2.4.1 Rule-Based Reporting
With Consolidation, you can now define your own reporting rules by grouping financial statement items in your custom consolidation chart of accounts hierarchy. In this way, the consolidation reporting package becomes more comprehensive.
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Technical Details
Table 27:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
With the reporting rules defined based on your business requirements, more flexible consolidation reports can be derived, for example, cash flow statement, income statements by cost of sales, and interunit reconciliation.
The following table lists the consolidation reports that are introduced with this release.
Table 28:
Rule-Based Reports Report Name
Rule-based Reports Transaction Type as Subitem Category
● Statement of Comprehensive Income● Cash Flow Statement● Statement of Changes in Equity
Function Area as Subitem Category
● Consolidated Income Statement Year Comparison - Cost of Sales● Income Statement Consolidated by Subgroups - Cost of Sales● Income Statements by Consolidation Units - Cost of Sales
Using Additional Reporting Items
● Interunit Reconciliation - Group View● Interunit Reconciliation - Subsidiary View
Income Statements ● Income Statements by Consolidation Units● Income Statement Consolidated by Functional Areas● Income Statement Consolidated by Subgroups● Consolidated Income Statement Year Comparison
Balance Sheets ● Balance Sheet by Consolidation Units● Balance Sheet Consolidated by Movements● Balance Sheet Consolidated by Subgroups● Consolidated Balance Sheet Year Comparison
Analysis Reports ● Currency Translation Reserve Analysis● Currency Translation Difference Analysis
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In addition, the following analytical apps are delivered as Web Dynpro apps with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1705, and are now available as both Web Dynpro apps and Design Studio apps. These Design Studio apps have a new look and feel. See also New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
● Database List● Database List - Reporting Logic● Consolidated Balance Sheet● Consolidated Income Statement● Consolidated Income Statement - Cost of Sales
See Also
For more information, see Consolidation Reports at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance English [your edition] Finance Accounting and Financial Close Consolidation .
1.2.4.2 New Monitor Tasks
A new task Release Universal Journals is now included in the Data Monitor app, replacing the former data submission/lock process and related Fiori apps. With this task, you can release reported financial data that resides in the S/4HANA system for post-processing and consolidation.
A new task Integration of Transaction Data into Consolidation Group is added to the Consolidation Monitor app, so that transaction data read from a database can have the reporting logic applied before transferring to group-close reporting.
Technical Details
Table 29:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, see Consolidation Process under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 -> Product Assistance English [your edition] Finance Accounting and Financial Close Consolidation .
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1.2.4.3 Configuration for Consolidation
With this release, new self-service configuration apps for making settings related to Consolidation have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 30:
Feature is New
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration apps for Consolidation are available:
● Define Reclassification Methods. You can define methods that are used to reclassify the values on certain trigger data in automatic postings, from source to target accounts.
● Define Consolidation Ledgers. You define currencies and valuation options for ledgers.● Specify Selected FS Items. You can specify certain financial statement (FS) items for automatic posting to
clear imbalances and deferred taxes.● Define Consolidation Chart of Accounts Hierarchy. You maintain FS items, item hierarchies, and their master
data within consolidation chart of accounts.● Define Subitem Categories and Subitems. You can define subassignments for FS items for categorization
purposes.● Define Consolidation Cycle. You can define a consolidation cycle and specify its frequency for multi-period
consolidation.● Assign Consolidation Cycle to Version. You assign defined consolidation cycles to versions and specify the
effective year/period.
These self-service configuration apps are grouped in the Manage Your Solution app under the Finance application area.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
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See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
1.2.5 Revenue and Cost Accounting
1.2.5.1 Target Revenue
This feature enables detailed margin reporting for fixedprice projects. For example, you can see margin by individual employee. The reported revenues are calculated by simulating T&E billing. The simulated revenues are posted to a target revenue account.
Technical Details
Table 31:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CO-PC-OBJ-EBR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Target revenue can only be calculated for SAP CPM (Commercial Project Management) projects.
Calculation of target revenue for fixedprice projects is activated through the recognition key. A recognition key can only be assigned to a project before any actual postings have been made. Hence it is not possible to calculate target revenue for postings that existed before the recognition key was assigned.
Postings
Both line items for the target revenue are posted to the same G/L account, so the balance posted to the account is zero.
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The line items are assigned to different profit centers:
● The target revenue is assigned to the employee’s profit center.● The offsetting posting is assigned to the project profit center.
The fixedprice revenue is assigned to the project profit center.
NoteFor performance reasons, target revenue is only calculated in event-based processing, not in period-end closing. Therefore, error messages from event-based processing have to be resolved and cannot be deleted, otherwise target revenue postings would be missing.
However, if you aren't using target revenue, you can decide whether to process period-end closing separately by journal entry or whether it is sufficient to post the revenue as a total. If the revenue is posted as a total, the error messages from event-based processing can be deleted.
1.3 Treasury and Financial Risk Management
1.3.1 Cash and Liquidity Management
1.3.1.1 Cash Flow Analyzer
With the Working Day Shift function, you can now shift the amounts in non-working days to the next or previous working days.
With the Period Ending function, you can get an end-of-period report.
● If you choose By Calendar, the period end falls to the calendar end of the period, such as month end, and year end.
● If you choose By Interval, the period end falls to the end of the interval in a time period.
Technical Details
Table 32:
Product Feature is Changed
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Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.3.1.2 Payment Order Integration
With the Payment Order integration, you can now get an updated forecasted cash flows whenever payment data is updated using the house banks specified in the payment order details. This new feature is now available in cash management apps, for example:
● Cash Flow Analyzer● Check Cash Flow Items
Technical Details
Table 33:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.3.1.3 Promise to Pay Integration
With the Promise to Pay (Collections Management) integration, you can now get an updated forecasted cash flows whenever there's the creation of promise to pay document on customer invoice and the updates of its follow-up activity.
This new feature is now available in cash management apps, for example:
● Cash Flow Analyzer● Check Cash Flow Items
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Technical Details
Table 34:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.3.1.4 Bank Account in Memo Record
With this function, you can use bank accounts to create and display memo records manually. You can also use the offsetting bank accounts for deposits when cash is invested and cash transfers when cash is concentrated.
This new feature is now available in the following apps:
● Create Memo Record● Display Memo Records
Technical Details
Table 35:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Account Name field has been replaced by the Bank Account field.
The Offsetting Account field has been replaced by the Offsetting Bank Account field.
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1.3.1.5 Making Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statements
Technical Details
Table 36:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-BL (Bank Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration app for Cash and Liquidity Management is available:
● Making Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statements . You can make settings for electronic bank statements.
This self-service configuration app is in the Manage Your Solution app under the Finance application area.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
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1.3.1.6 Manage Bank Accounts (SAP S/4HANA Cloud Edition)
With this release, the following features have changed for this app:
● Settings for bank statements have been added to bank account master data.● A new field for financial object numbers has been added and allows for integration with Treasury and Risk
Management.The system automatically generates a financial object number for each bank account.
● A new field for transaction type is available for processing this account's electronic bank statements.● You can delete inactive bank accounts and bank account drafts from the account list using the new Delete
button.Note that bank accounts that are in workflow processes cannot be deleted.
● You can use the Show Changes button to see what has been changed in the dual control mode or in the workflow mode to decide whether to approve the change request.
● This app no longer supports defining cash pools or performing cash concentration.
Technical Details
Table 37:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
● Settings for Bank Statement MonitorYou can now make settings directly in this app for the bank accounts that you want to view using the Bank Statement Monitor app. You can define whether a bank account is to be monitored, how often the bank statements are to be imported to your system, and other settings for monitoring your bank statements.You can find the relevant fields on the Bank Relationship tab, in the Bank Statement Data section.
● Financial objectYou can find this field on the General Data tab, in the Account Details section.Financial objects are created automatically when creating financial data, but you must first enable this by activating automatic financial object integration.
● Transaction typeYou can find the relevant fields on the Bank Relationship tab, in the Bank Statement Data section.
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Effects on Existing Data
With this release, the following existing data is impacted:
● Cash pools that were defined before this release can no longer be used.● The configuration app Bank Statement Monitor has been deleted.
To continue using the analytical app Bank Statement Monitor, maintain the settings for relevant bank accounts in the Manage Bank Accounts app.
1.3.1.7 Manage Workflows for Bank Account Management (S4CE)
With this feature you can do the following:
● View the predefined workflow for maintaining bank accounts● Check workflow details, such as status, validity period, and preconditions for starting the workflow● Create new workflows by copying existing ones
You can define workflow processes for bank account management according to your own business requirements by defining preconditions, step sequence, and recipients.
● Activate and deactivate workflows● Define an order for activated workflows
The system evaluates the order and the preconditions of each activated workflow to determine which workflow to trigger for different bank accounts and scenarios.
● Delete an existing workflow that is deactivated
Technical Details
Table 38:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
Consider the following if you use workflows for bank account management before upgrading to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708:
● The workflow for creating a new bank account has changed with this release. If necessary, you can use this app to extend the predefined workflow to suit your business requirements.
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NoteEditing bank accounts already in workflows is not supported as of this release.
Table 39:
Steps Old Workflow Template New Workflow Template
Step 1 A cash specialist submits a request. A cash specialist submits a request.
Step 2 A cash manager approves or rejects the request.
A cash manager approves or rejects the request.
The workflow ends.
Step 3 The cash specialist enters data received from the bank, for example bank account number and IBAN.
Not applicable
Step 4 A key user maintains necessary settings for the bank account, for example the connectivity path.
The workflow ends.
Not applicable
● Workflow for reviewing bank accounts:If you need a workflow for reviewing bank accounts, you can create one by following the steps in the Test Script document at https://rapid.sap.com/bp/scopeitems/J77 .
1.3.1.8 My Inbox for Bank Account Management (S4CE)
With this feature you can do the following:
● Check your workflow tasks for the following scenarios:○ Opening a bank account○ Modifying a bank account○ Maintaining a signatory in multiple bank accounts○ Reviewing bank accounts○ Closing a bank account○ Reopening a bank account
● Approve, reject, claim, release, suspend, or forward a request● Add attachments and comments● Get notifications of workflow requests:
○ Launchpad notifications: You receive a notification on the top right corner of your SAP Fiori launchpad when you receive a workflow request that is waiting for your action, such as approving bank account changes or reviewing bank accounts.
○ Email notifications: You receive an email notification when a workflow request that you initiated is completed. For example, you are notified when requests are approved or rejected.
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Technical Details
Table 40:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the My Bank Account Worklist app, which will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
If you have workflow requests that are not yet completed before the upgrade to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708, you can still check and complete the requests using the My Bank Account Worklist app.
1.3.1.9 My Sent Requests (SAP S/4HANA Cloud UI5 Edition)
You can now use the app to do the following:
● Track the workflow requests that you have created for the following scenarios:○ Opening a bank account○ Modifying a bank account○ Maintaining a signatory in multiple bank accounts○ Reviewing bank accounts○ Closing a bank account○ Reopening a bank account
● Check your requests in terms of request status, next processor, bank account details, and so on.
Technical Details
Table 41:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Existing Data
There are two tiles available:
● My Sent Requests – To Be Discontinued○ This tile was originally named My Sent Request – For Bank Accounts.○ The app offers Web Dynpro user interfaces.○ Starting from this release, this app can only be used to track bank account change requests that were
initiated before the upgrade to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708. The app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
○ Change request statuses include: To Be Approved, To Be Completed, Rejected, and Completed.● My Sent Requests – For Bank Accounts:
○ This is the new tile on SAP Fiori UI5 user interfaces.○ You can use this tile to access all of your bank account change requests created after the upgrade to SAP
S/4HANA 1708.○ Change request statuses include: In Process, Approved, Rejected.
1.3.2 Treasury and Risk Management
1.3.2.1 TRM, Debt and Investment Management (E2E)
With this feature, you can portray the process for managing your liabilities and capital investments using the following financial instruments:
● Deposits at notice● Commercial papers● Cash flow transactions● Interest rate instruments (for example, fixedterm deposits)● Bilateral facilities● Interest rate swaps● Cross-currency interest rate swaps
The following functional areas are covered: Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, and Accounting. In addition, integrated posting and payment processes and integrated position reporting are available.
Technical Details
Table 42:
Product Feature is New
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Application Component FIN-FSCM-TRM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
In Finance, a new application type for analytical apps has been introduced: Design Studio.
For more information, see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
NoteFor the Treasury Position Analysis, Credit Line Analysis, and Financial Status apps, the Web Dynpro application type is set as a default on the SAP Fiori Launchpad. However, you can add the Design Studio version to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
See Also
For more information about Debt and Investment Management, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the Feature Scope Description and Product Assistance under Finance Treasury and Financial Risk ManagementTreasury and Risk Management .
Under SAP Best Practices, you find the following scope items for the Debt and Investment Management process:
● 1WV Debt and Investment Management (E2E)○ 1S4 Currency Service○ 1XN Market Data Management○ 1X3 Interest Rate Derivatives
1.3.2.2 TRM, Financial Risk Management (E2E)
With this feature, you can deploy robust analytical functions that perform thorough checks for foreign exchange risks and counterparty risks.
You can model a range of scenarios to gain insights into the extent of risks at the time of the analysis.
The system provides support throughout the hedging process, from identifying risks and quantifying and analyzing them through to hedging risks with the following financial instruments:
● FX spot/forward transactions● FX non-deliverable forward transactions● FX swap● FX options
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For financial transactions used for hedging, the complete process is covered, from front office, middle office, and back office through to accounting.
Technical Details
Table 43:
Product Feature is New
Application Component FIN-FSCM-TRM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
In Finance, a new application type for analytical apps has been introduced: Design Studio.
For more information, see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
NoteFor the Treasury Position Analysis and Financial Status apps, the Web Dynpro application type is set as a default on the SAP Fiori Launchpad. However, you can add the Design Studio version to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
See Also
For more information about the Financial Risk Management, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the Feature Scope Description and Product Assistance under Finance Treasury and Financial Risk ManagementTreasury and Risk Management .
Under SAP Best Practices, you will find the following scope items for the Debt and Investment Management process:
● 1X1 Foreign Currency Risk Management (E2E)○ 1S4 Currency Service○ 1XN Market Data Management
1.4 Receivables Management
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1.4.1 Configuration for Credit Management
With this release, new self-service configuration apps for making settings related to Receivables Management have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 44:
Product Feature is New
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration apps for Credit Management are available:
● Deactivate SAP Credit Management● Define Blocking Reasons
These self-service configuration apps are grouped in the Manage Your Solution app under the Finance application area.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
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1.4.2 Customer Accounting Document
This fact sheet is no longer available. Its functionality has been replaced by the Manage Journal Entries app.
Technical Details
Table 45:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1725_S4CE
Product Feature is Deleted
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Manage Journal Entries app, see: http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Cloud Editions Enterprise Management Finance Receivables Management Manage Journal Entries
1.4.3 My Dunning Proposals
With this feature you can now send dunning notices by email directly within the app.
Technical Details
Table 46:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2435_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
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Effects on System Administration
To Email Dunning Notices
The user has to have their own email address maintained to be able to send email.
For the customer's email address, the system checks the following in sequence:
● The Internet Address of Partner Company Clerk field (KNB1-INTAD) in the role FI Customer>Company Code Data>Correspondence
● The standard email address of the Business Partner● The email address listed under Address-Independent Communication.
If those three fields are empty, the mail is sent to the user to be forwarded manually.
1.4.4 Days Sales Outstanding - Detailed Analysis
With this feature you can conduct a detailed analysis of your days sales outstanding (DSO). You can use the predefined analysis steps to view your DSO by company code, due period, and country of customer. You can look at your revenue and overdue receivables over time and focus your analysis by using the filters to drill down.
Technical Details
Table 47:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.4.5 Display Customer List
This feature enables you to see master data for all your customers in one place, and gives you a simple and efficient way to check that no key data is missing.
For example, if you want to check that all your customers have data entered for dunning procedure, dunning clerk, and dunning level, select those filters in the 'Check Empty Fields' function, and the app will show you any customers for whom that information is missing.
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You can also see who in your company to contact regarding a particular customer, and of course SAP CoPilot gives you an efficient channel for this communication.
● All your customer master data displayed in one table, with a wide range of filtering options● Check data is present in multiple fields across all of your customers in one step● Quick access to contact information
Technical Details
Table 48:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2640_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Note: the field In-House Contact gives you the name of the person in your company to contact regarding a particular customer, and a pop-up will show that person's Partner Function. As the app is relevant to Accounts Receivable, only data for two default values is displayed:
● Employee Responsible (ER)● Sales Employee (SE)
1.4.6 Display Process Flow - Accounts Receivable
With this feature you can display the relationships between Accounts Receivable (AR) documents, including quotations, sales documents, delivery documents, billing documents, journal entries, and clearing entries.
Technical Details
Table 49:
Product Feature is New
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Country Dependency Valid for all countrie
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.4.7 Display Item Change Log - Customer
With this feature you can see details of changes made to all journal entries relevant to your role. The app displays changes to all log-enabled fields in the relevant documents, and you can easily see what was changed, by whom, and when.
This gives you demonstrable oversight of all changes made to journal entries within your area, which can be useful in relation to auditing.
● Customer / Supplier items automatically filtered based on your role assignment● See changes to general documents, parked documents, previously parked documents, recurring entry
documents, and sample documents● Use with SAP CoPilot for a quick way to contact colleagues to clarify the reasons for changes to documents
Technical Details
Table 50:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2681_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR / FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.4.8 Manage Payment Advices
With this app you can create payment advices manually. You can also view, edit, and delete existing payment advices.
This app enables you to:
● Create new payment advices manually.● View payment advices.● Edit payment advices that were created manually.
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● Delete payment advices that are no longer needed.
Technical Details
Table 51:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Create Payment Advices, Change Payment Advices, Display Payment Advices, and Delete Payment Advices apps. The apps Create Payment Advices, Change Payment Advices, Display Payment Advices, and Delete Payment Advices will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
1.4.9 Assign Open Items
With this app you can view open items related to a customer, assign credit items to matching debit items, and clear open items based on this assignment.
This app enables you to:
● View open items related to a customer.● Find matching credit and debit items and assign them to one another.● Clear assigned items.
Technical Details
Table 52:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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1.4.10 Reset Cleared Items
With this app, you can reset the clearing of line items as well as reverse the clearing entry if required. You can use this feature for line items of customer accounts or supplier accounts as well as for line items of G/L accounts that are managed on an open item basis.
Technical Details
Table 53:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Reset Cleared Items FBRA app. The Reset Cleared Items FBRA app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
See Also
For more information about the Reset Cleared Items app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance English Finance Receivables Management Accounts Receivable Accounting
Clearing of Open Item Reset Cleared Items .
1.4.11 Schedule Accounts Receivable Jobs
The Schedule Accounts Receivable Jobs app now includes job templates that allow you to schedule and run jobs that send or print recurring correspondence documents, such as open items lists and account statements.
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Technical Details
Table 54:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.5 Invoice Management
1.5.1 Business Catalogs for Accounts Payable
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Accounts Payable require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
Technical Details
Table 55:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types:
NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
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Accounts Payable Accountant
Table 56: Business Catalogs for Accounts Payable Accountant
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Accounts Payable - Operational Processing (SAP_FIN_BC_AP_DOC_PROC_PC)
A new authorization object has been created for the Manage Payment Blocks app. You must make settings for these additional restriction types.
Account group (Supplier Accounts) (KTOKK)
See Also
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
1.5.2 Manage Payment Formats
With this release, the configuration app Manage Payment Formats has been added to the Manage Your Solution app. With this feature you can manage and modify the base SAP payment file formats to meet the requirements of your financial institution.
Technical Details
Table 57:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
This configuration app is available in the Manage Your Solution app under the Finance application area.
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Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
1.5.3 Monitor Payments
With this feature you can now see any incoming status messages which are sent by the bank regarding individual payments.
Technical Details
Table 58:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2388_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries.
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.5.4 Days Payable Outstanding - Detailed Analysis
With this feature you can conduct a detailed analysis of your days payable outstanding (DPO). You can use the predefined analysis steps to view your DPO by company code, supplier, and country of supplier. You can look at those trends over time and focus your analysis by using the filters to drill down.
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Technical Details
Table 59:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.5.5 Display Item Change Log - Supplier
With this feature you can see details of changes made to all journal entries relevant to your role. The app displays changes to all log-enabled fields in the relevant documents, and you can easily see what was changed, by whom, and when.
This gives you demonstrable oversight of all changes made to journal entries within your area, which can be useful in relation to auditing.
● Customer / Supplier items automatically filtered based on your role assignment● See changes to general documents, parked documents, previously parked documents, recurring entry
documents, and sample documents● Use with SAP CoPilot for a quick way to contact colleagues to clarify the reasons for changes to documents
Technical Details
Table 60:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2681_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR / FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.5.6 Display Process Flow - Accounts Payable
With this feature you can display the relationships between Accounts Payable (AP) documents, including purchase orders, goods movements, incoming invoices, journal entries, and clearing entries.
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Technical Details
Table 61:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.5.7 Process Free Form Payments
With this feature you can display a list of payment requests and view the details of individual requests. Depending on your role, you can also release or reverse payment requests. When you release a request, the payment run is initiated and the payment batch is created.
Technical Details
Table 62:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.5.8 Supplier Accounting Document
This fact sheet is no longer available. Its functionality has been replaced by the Manage Journal Entries app.
Technical Details
Table 63:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1732_S4CE
Product Feature is Deleted
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Manage Journal Entries app, see: http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Cloud Editions Enterprise Management Finance Receivables Management Manage Journal Entries
1.5.9 Create Positive Pay Files
With this app, you can create a file that includes information about all the checks that belong to a paying company code. The data in the file is sorted according to account number and check number.
Technical Details
Table 64:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You must have the authorization to display check information in the specified company code.
About the selection of checks, you have the following options:
● Checks not extractedIf you specify no further selection criteria, all the checks with the specified currency and house bank that are not yet extracted are outputted. Further selections include payment methods, amounts, and void reason codes.
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NoteA check is categorized as not yet extracted in the following cases:
○ The check is new in the system.○ The check was extracted in a previous run, but has since been changed, for example voided. The bank
must be informed about the new status of the check.
● Checks from payment runBy specifying a payment run date and an identification, you can limit the number of checks to be selected.
● Checks from an extractIf you want to make a further copy of an extract, enter the extract date and time. If an extract is copied, the database is not updated.
● All checks according to further selection criteriaThe output covers all the checks unless you specify further selection criteria.
If you enter the initial value 00 in the Void reason code field, only valid checks are outputted. A positive payment file is then created. To select all the checks, remove 00 from the field.
Effects on System Administration
Ensure that the restriction types for the new Accounts Payable - Checks (SAP_FIN_BC_AP_CHECK_PC) business catalog have been set up properly and that the catalog is assigned to the role for your accounts payable accountant. For more information about business catalog changes in this release, see Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close [page 13].
1.5.10 Reset Cleared Items
With this app, you can reset the clearing of line items as well as reverse the clearing entry if required. You can use this feature for line items of customer accounts or supplier accounts as well as for line items of G/L accounts that are managed on an open item basis.
Technical Details
Table 65:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Reset Cleared Items FBRA app. The Reset Cleared Items FBRA app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
See Also
For more information about the Reset Cleared Items app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance English Finance Receivables Management Accounts Receivable Accounting
Clearing of Open Item Reset Cleared Items .
1.5.11 Schedule Accounts Payable Jobs
The Schedule Accounts Payable Jobs app now includes job templates that allow you to schedule and run jobs that send or print recurring correspondence documents, such as open items lists and account statements.
Technical Details
Table 66:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.6 Settlement Management
1.6.1 Settlement Management
With this feature, you can choose how the system determines the taxations for the settlement items. You can either derive the taxation independently from the related business process or you can use the taxation directly from the business volume table.
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You can now create condition contracts with contract type Sales Rebate Goods Related or Sales Rebate Goods Related – Mult. Customers in case the taxation should be the same like in the related billing items.
Technical Details
Table 67:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-AB
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
Sales Rebate Processing [page 168]
For more information about Settlement Management, see https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD under Product Assistance Finance Settlement Management .
1.6.2 Extensibility - Custom Fields for Condition Contract
With this feature you can enhance the condition contract header by custom fields.
You can use the app Custom Fields and Logic to enhance the condition contract using the business context WCB_CONDITIONCONTRACT (Condition Contract).
To enhance the condition contract header UI, you can enable the new fields in the SAP GUI Context CONDITIONCONTRACT_HEADER_GUI (Condition Contract GUI Application) and a new tab becomes visible in the condition contract.
Technical Details
Table 68:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries.
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Application Component LO-GT-CHB
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about Extensibility, see https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD under Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Extensibility Custom Fields
and Logic .
1.7 Governance, Risk and Compliance for Finance
1.7.1 International Trade
1.7.1.1 Integration with SAP Global Trade Services
Integration with SAP Global Trade Services enables you to transfer master data from the S/4HANA Cloud to your SAP Global Trade Service.
Technical Details
Table 69:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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1.7.1.1.1 Transferring Sales Documents and Deliveries
With S/4HANA 1708, you can transfer sales documents (SD0A)) and deliveries ((SD0B)) from the S/4HANA Cloud to your SAP Global Trade Service System to execute legal controls.
Technical Details
Table 70:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.7.1.1.2 Scheduling the Transfer of Vendors - Global Trade Services
You can use this app to schedule the transfer of vendors to SAP Global Trade Services.
Technical Details
Table 71:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197005
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.7.1.1.3 Scheduling the Transfer of Customers - Global Trade Services
You can use this app to schedule the transfer of your customers to SAP Global Trade Services.
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Technical Details
Table 72:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197003
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.7.1.1.4 Scheduling the Transfer of Products - Global Trade Services
You can use this app to schedule the transfer of your products to SAP Global Trade Services.
Technical Details
Table 73:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197004
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.7.1.1.5 Scheduling the Transfer of Contact Persons - Global Trade Services
You can use this app to schedule the transfer of your contact persons to SAP Global Trade Services.
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Technical Details
Table 74:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197002
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.7.1.1.6 Scheduling the Transfer of Bills of Material - Global Trade Services
You can use this app to schedule the transfer of bills of material to SAP Global Trade Services.
Technical Details
Table 75:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197085
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.7.1.2 Intrastat Declarations
You use Intrastat declarations to record statistics on goods traffic between member states of the European Union.
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Technical Details
Table 76:
Product Feature Is Changed
Country Dependency Valid For
● Belgium● Germany● France● Ireland (new for S/4HANA 1708)● Italy● Luxembourg● The Netherlands● Sweden (new for S/4HANA 1708)● Spain● Hungary● United Kingdom
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.7.1.2.1 Managing Providers of Information
You can no longer enter contact person data for the provider of information in the "Managing Providers of Information" app.
To enter data on a contact person, such as name, address, and e-mail address, you must create a business partner of the Person category and Employee Responsible role (technical name of role SLLSTL).
Afterwards, you must assign the business partner to the provider of information in the Managing Providers of Information app.
NoteDepending on the country of declaration, specific contact person data such as name, address, and e-mail address must be included in countryspecific declaration files and be registered with the authorities.
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Technical Details
Table 77:
Product Feature Is Changed
Country Dependency Valid For
● Belgium● Germany● France● Ireland (new for S/4HANA 1708)● Italy● Luxembourg● The Netherlands● Sweden (new for S/4HANA 1708)● Spain● Hungary● United Kingdom
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.7.1.2.2 Managing Intrastat Declarations
You can create Intrastat declarations in Ireland and Sweden.
Technical Details
Table 78:
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Country Dependency Valid For
● Belgium● Germany● France● Ireland (new for S/4HANA 1708)● Italy● Luxembourg● The Netherlands● Sweden (new for S/4HANA 1708)● Spain● Hungary● United Kingdom
Application Component SLL (Global Trade Services / Logistics Services)
Available From SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.8 Financial Planning and Analysis
1.8.1 Business Catalogs for Financial Planning and Analysis
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Financial Planning and Analysis require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
Technical Details
Table 79:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types.
NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
Overhead Cost Accounting
Table 80: Business Catalogs in Overhead Cost Accounting
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Overhead Cost Accounting - General Posting Activities (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_PER_GPA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Cost Center Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_CCA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Internal Order Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_OPA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Profit Center Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PCA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - P and L Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PLR_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Project Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PSE_PC)
To ensure that users with the Cost Accountant - Overhead (SAP_BR_OVERHEAD_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Order Type (AUFART)
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Sales Accounting
Table 81: Business Catalogs in Sales Accounting
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Sales Accounting -Planning (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_PLN_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_BSC_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Product Profitability Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_PRD_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Professional Services Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_PRO_PC)
To ensure that users with the Cost Accountant - Sales (SAP_BR_SALES_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Business Area (GSBER)
● Segment/Record Type (GL_SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● Company Organizational Area (COMPANY_ORG_AREA)
● Profit Center (PRCTR)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Sales Document Type (AUART)
Projects
Table 82: Business Catalogs in Projects
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Project Systems - Project Financial Controlling (SAP_PS_BC_PROJ_CONTRL_MC)
● Project Systems - Project Financial Analytics ( SAP_PS_BC_PROJ_FIN_ANLYTC_MC)
To ensure that users with the Project Financial Controller (SAP_BR_PROJ_FIN_CONTROLLER) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Business Area (GSBER)
● Segment/Record Type (GL_SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● Company Organizational Area (COMPANY_ORG_AREA)
● Profit Center (PRCTR)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Sales Document Type (AUART)
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See Also
For more information about the business catalogs and their restriction types, read the business catalog description, which can be displayed for each business catalog in the Maintain Business Roles app.
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
1.8.2 Derivation Of Organizational Units And Segments When Importing Financial Plan Data
With this feature, the Import Financial Plan Data app automatically derives the following values when you import a CSV file with plan data:
● Business area (RBUSA), profit center (PRCTR), and company code (RBUKRS)These organizational units are derived from order (AUFNR), sales order (KDAUF), WBS element (PS_POSID), and cost center (RCNTR).
● SegmentThe segment (SEGMENT) is derived from the profit center (PRCTR).
Technical Details
Table 83:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CO-OM-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about derivations during plan data import, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana. Select your cloud release to display its product page. Open the product assistance in your language. Click Enterprise Business Applications Finance Financial Planning and Analysis SAP Business Planning & Consolidation for S/4HANA Working with SAP BPC for S/4HANA Working with Planning Workbooks Import Financial Plan DataHow to Import Plan Data .
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1.8.3 Project Profitability Overview
This overview page offers information from a number of different sources enabling you to comprehensively monitor your project-based services. The information is presented in an easy-to-use form with charts, lists, and tables on a single page. It allows you to focus on important KPIs for revenue, costs, and profitability for your commercial projects:
● Revenue KPIs such as Recognized Revenue● Profitability KPIs such as Top Projects by Margin, Recognized Margin● WIP Reporting based on Contract Assets and Liabilities
You can see your commercial projects by margin at a glance, and easily filter and drill down on various reporting dimensions such as Sales Organization, Profit Center, Product Group, Resource, and many others. For further analysis you can navigate to related reports.
Technical Details
Table 84:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CO-PA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
1.9 SAP Best Practices Content
1.9.1 Market Data for Treasury and Risk Management
Use
With this scope item, you can manually enter the relevant market data or import market data from spreadsheet needed for the processes in Treasury and Risk Management.
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Technical Details
Table 85:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XN
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.2 Debt and Investment Management
Use
With the debt and investment management process, you manage your short-, medium- and long-term loans and investments, from the analysis of financial status to the final accounting postings when the financial transactions mature.
Technical Details
Table 86:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1WV
Scope Item is New
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.3 Market Data Feed from SAP Cloud Platform
Use
With this process, market data is automatically imported from the Currency Service provided by SAP Hybris as a Service on SAP Cloud Platform.
Technical Details
Table 87:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1S4
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.4 Fieldglass - Invoice Integration with Finance
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Replication of WBS elements from SAP S/4HANA to SAP Fieldglass● Support of statement of work creation to invoice process
Technical Details
Table 88:
Technical Name of Scope Item 19W
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.5 Inventory Valuation for Year-End Closing
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● FIFO valuation
Technical Details
Table 89:
Technical Name of Scope Item BEJ
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.6 Event-Based Revenue Recognition - Project-Based Services
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Target revenue for fixed price projects● New overview page for Project Accountant
Technical Details
Table 90:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1IL
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.7 Direct Debit
Use
In this scope item, you utilize the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) direct debit to collect payments from your customers in Euro. This scope item is enabled for US and other non-SEPA countries.
Technical Details
Table 91:
Technical Name of Scope Item 19M
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.8 Advanced Cash Operations
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Cash Flow Analyzer has been enhanced: Integration for payment order and promise to pay, Calendar Data Setting option, Actual Data function
Technical Details
Table 92:
Technical Name of Scope Item J78
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.9 Basic Cash Operations
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhancement of Memo Record, for example, copy feature, distribute feature, change planning type● Maintain manual planned items (memo records) directly for bank account instead of setting up cash
management account
Technical Details
Table 93:
Technical Name of Scope Item BFB
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.10 Interest Rate Derivatives Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Interest Rate Derivatives according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 94:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XB
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.11 Intercompany Stock Transfer
Use
This scope item includes four use cases for stock transfer within one country, between two companies.
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Technical Details
Table 95:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1P9
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.12 Accounts Receivable
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
New SAP Fiori apps for the following process steps:
● Display Customer List● Display Process Flow for Accounts Receivable● Manage Payment Advice● Analyze Days Sales Outstanding - Detailed Analysis● Display Item Change Log
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Technical Details
Table 96:
Technical Name of Scope Item J59
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Leading Currency (New)● Define Percentages for Sales Tax Codes (New)● Define Reference Interest Rates (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.13 Invoice Processing by OpenText
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
In addition to PDF, new file formats supported are TIFF and JPEG
Technical Details
Table 97:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1LE
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.14 Advanced Credit Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
The credit limit request can now also be created by the Internal Sales Representative. Therefore, a sales employee can directly request a higher credit limit for his potential sale with a customer.
Technical Details
Table 98:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1QM
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Deactivate SAP Credit Management (New)● Define Blocking Reasons (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
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See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.15 Event-Based Revenue Recognition - Project-Based Services - PL
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Target revenue for fixed price projects● New overview page for Project Accountant
Technical Details
Table 99:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1P0
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
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See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.16 Plan Consolidation for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Use
This scope item allows the consolidation of plan data. The user can then run a full consolidation process including currency translation, intercompany and investments eliminations and reporting.
Technical Details
Table 100:
Technical Name of Scope Item 28B
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.17 Accounting and Financial Close
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Display G/L account line items - posting view
Technical Details
Table 101:
Technical Name of Scope Item J58
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Assign Document Classes to Document Types (New)● Assign Number Group to Company Code (New)● Create Receipt Lots and Assign to Business Places (New)● Define Account for Returned Bills of Exchange (New)● Define Amount Limit (New)● Define Available Amounts (New)● Define Bank Subaccounts (New)● Define Sequence for Sorting Line Items by G/L Account Number (New)● Enter Bank Assignment (New)● Group Tax Balances (New)● Group Tax Base Balances (New)● Maintain Business Transactions (New)● Maintain Document Classes (New)● Maintain Number Groups (New)● Maintain Settings for Clearing Documents Without Line Items (New)● Make Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statement (New)● Map Tax Code (New)
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● Set Up Cash Journal (New)● Setting Up Your Compliance Reporting (New)● Use Non-Leading Ledger for Offsetting Account Determination (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.18 Interest Rate Derivatives Management
Use
The interest rate derivatives management process helps you manage the interest rate risks that you are exposed to due to debt or investments, from the analysis of financial status to the final accounting postings when the financial transactions mature.
Technical Details
Table 102:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X3
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
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Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.19 Managing Material Price Changes and Inventory Values
Use
This scope item provides users with an example of a process description that they can use to change material prices, mark prices for change, and release prices for material valuation.
Technical Details
Table 103:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1ZT
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.20 SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Treasury and Risk Management
Use
This scope item provides an overview page for the treasury and risk management related scenarios.
Technical Details
Table 104:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1MN
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.21 Foreign Currency Risk Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Foreign Currency Risk Management according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 105:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X9
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.22 Integration with SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center
Use
The scope item establishes the integration of SAP CoPilot within SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center. It provides the functionality to generate a service ticket from an SAP CoPilot collection and send it to an SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center instance where it is processed by a service agent. Service tickets may include links to SAP S/4HANA business objects.
Technical Details
Table 106:
Technical Name of Scope Item 23D
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.23 Cash Journal
Use
The FI Cash Journal is a type of subsidiary ledger for Financial Accounting used for managing a company’s cash transactions. It can perform posting to G/L accounts, supplier accounts, and customer accounts.
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Technical Details
Table 107:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1GO
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
Account determination app
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.24 Financial Consolidation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Additional reports: Cash Flow, Statement of Change in Equity● Intercompany reconciliation report
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● Extended group chart of account mapping management using the Manage G/L Accounts SAP Fiori application● Additional reports such as Statement of Income, Statement of Change in Equity, Cash Flow
Technical Details
Table 108:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1SG
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activation of SAP Digital Payments Add-on (New)● Assign Consolidation Cycle to Version (New)● Central Finance Subsidiary - General Settings (New)● Define Consolidation Cycle (New)● Define Subitem Categories and Subitems (New)● Define Versions (New)● Edit Item Hierarchies of Consolidation Chart of Accounts (New)● Specify Selected Items for Posting (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.25 Digital Payments
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Extended payment capability of payment document generated from original source of SAP S/4HANA SD
Technical Details
Table 109:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1S2
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.26 Foreign Currency Risk Management
Use
The foreign currency risk management process helps you to better manage and mitigate FX risks arising from your operative business. The foreign currency risk management process helps you to better manage and mitigate FX risks arising from your operative business.
Technical Details
Table 110:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X1
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.27 Customer Payments
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Dispute case creation from Customer Payments
Technical Details
Table 111:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1S0
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.28 Asset Accounting
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Segment Reporting● BilRuG change (Germany only)
Technical Details
Table 112:
Technical Name of Scope Item J62
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.29 Accounts Payable
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New process and applications to perform free form payments that are used for urgent payments● New process to handle "One-time-suppliers" for which you can enter the master data and payment
information of the supplier directly before paying the invoice● New feature for "positive pay", which is a bank service used to identify fraudulent checks and presenters● New analytical SAP Fiori apps, such as Days Payable Outstanding - Detailed Analysis, Process Flow for AP
Technical Details
Table 113:
Technical Name of Scope Item J60
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Leading Currency (New)● Define Reference Interest Rates (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
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See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.30 Debt and Investment Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Debt and Investment Management according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 114:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X7
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.31 Machine Learning - SAP Cash Application Integration
Use
The integration to SAP Cash Application Solution intends to automate the invoice-matching process and provide the prediction results back to SAP S/4HANA with the help of Machine Learning.
Technical Details
Table 115:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1MV
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● SAP Cash Application (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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1.9.32 Basic Bank Account Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● The standard workflow features for receiving and handling bank account requests have been added to the inbox
● Integration of bank account balance with the credit risk analyzer● Bank account master data has been enriched to have more fields by integrating some existing Customizing
related to bank account, including bank statement configurations and CRA connections
Technical Details
Table 116:
Technical Name of Scope Item BFA
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Assign Attributes for Business Partner Groups (New)● Define Business Partner Group (New)● Define Planning Groups (New)● Define Planning Levels (New)● Define Planning Types (New)● Define Portfolio (New)● Maintain Blocked Levels (New)
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.33 Subsidiary Integration of SAP S/4HANA Cloud to Central Finance
Use
With this scope item, you can integrate your subsidiary running on SAP S/4HANA Cloud to your corporate SAP S/4HANA Central Finance system to centralize financial processes.
Technical Details
Table 117:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1W4
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
Configuration user interfaces for th activation of company codes relevant for replication
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.9.34 Bill of Exchange
Use
This scope item utilizes the payment method bill of exchange for incoming and outgoing payments. As a customer (debtor), you can pay your open invoices with bill of exchange. If you are the supplier (creditor) and receive a bill of exchange, you can either collect the receivables at due date (collection) or cash the outstanding receivables before due date (discounting).
Technical Details
Table 118:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1WQ
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Italy, Japan, Spain
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See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
1.10 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
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2 Manufacturing
2.1 App Extensibility: Monitor Material Coverage – Net Segments
This feature enables you to extend the Monitor Material Coverage – Net Segments app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 119:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Production Planning for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance Manufacturing .
2.2 Demand-Driven Replenishment
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2.2.1 Manage Buffer Levels
This feature enables you to ensure products are available when needed by managing the safety stock, reorder point and maximum stock through buffer proposals for optimized Demand-Driven Replenishment.
Technical Details
Table 120:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PP-DD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
2.2.2 Monitor Demand-Driven Replenishment
With this feature you can monitor demand-driven replenishment. Two tiles are available with different views:
● Replenishment Planning by Planning PriorityWith this app you have an overview of the buffer information sorted by the planning priority. Using this information, you can trigger replenishment on time to avoid stock shortages and possible delays in the completion of production or sales orders as a result of insufficient stock.
● Replenishment Execution by On-Hand StatusWith this app you can view today's stock situation for each product and check that sufficient on-hand stock is available for production. Using this information, the planner can try to speed up replenishment by contacting the supplier of a purchase orders or the production supervisor of the component production order, for example.
Technical Details
Table 121:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PP-DD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Key Features
Replenishment Planning by Planning Priority
● Define filters to limit the products displayed as necessary.● Save your predefined filter settings as a variant.● Review buffers which are below the reorder point and therefore have a planning priority of yellow or red.● View the proposed quantity to be ordered to refill the buffer to maximum stock and therefore avoid shortages.
Replenishment Execution by On-Hand Status
● Use filters to limit the products displayed as necessary. For example, you may want to see all products with value indicator A.
● Save your predefined filter settings as a variant.● View today's on-hand stock situation.● View the open supply quantity.
2.2.3 Schedule Product Classification (DD)
This feature enables you to classify your products based on their goods issue value, usage across BOMs, and variation in actual demand to help identify whether they are relevant for Demand-Driven Replenishment, and helps define inputs for their buffer settings.
Technical Details
Table 122:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PP-DD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
2.2.4 Mass Maintenance of Products (DD)
This feature enables you to display and change master data records relevant to Demand-Driven Replenishment for several products simultaneously and lets you identify and select products that are relevant to Demand-Driven Replenishment.
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Technical Details
Table 123:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PP-DD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
2.2.5 Schedule Lead Time Classification of Products (DD)
This feature enables you to classify products relevant to Demand-Driven Replenishment based on their decoupled lead time, and helps define inputs for their buffer settings.
Technical Details
Table 124:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PP-DD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
2.2.6 Schedule Buffer Proposal Calculation
This feature enables you to generate buffer (stock) level proposals for products relevant to Demand-Driven Replenishment based on their average daily usage, decoupled lead time, buffer profiles and several other factors, to help you maintain appropriate levels of inventory while using Demand-Driven Replenishment.
Technical Details
Table 125:
Product Feature is New
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PP-DD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
2.3 Quality Management and Compliance
2.3.1 Definition of Authorization Restrictions for QM Master Data Business Catalogs
This feature enables you to define authorization restrictions when assigning business catalogs related to quality management master data to your roles or users.
It is now possible to restrict the authorizations for the following business catalogs:
● Restriction to one or several plants:○ QM - Inspection Methods (SAP_QM_BC_INSP_METHODS_PC)○ QM - Master Inspection Characteristics (SAP_QM_BC_MSTR_INSP_CHARC_PC)○ QM - QM in Procurement (SAP_QM_BC_QM_PROCUREMENT_PC)○ QM - Inspection Planning (SAP_QM_BC_INSP_PLANNING_PC)○ QM - Inspection Planning Display (SAP_QM_BC_INSP_PLNG_DSP_PC)
● Restriction to one or several plants or catalogs:○ QM - Basic Data (SAP_QM_BC_BASIC_DATA_PC)○ QM - Basic Data Display (SAP_QM_BC_BASIC_DATA_DSP_PC)
Technical Details
Table 126:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component ● QM-PT-BD● QM-PT-IP● QM-PT-RP-PRC
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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2.3.2 Results History
This feature enables you to use SAP CoPilot in the Results History app. To achieve this, a technical redesign of the app was necessary.
Additional changes:
● The former separate selection field Time Interval was integrated in the Created On field.● For consistency reasons the term "task list" was changed to "bill of operations" in the filter bar.● The aggregation level Task List Characteristic was renamed to Inspection Plan Characteristic.
Technical Details
Table 127:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM-IM-RR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
If users have personalized the app to their needs, for example, by adding table columns, they need to redefine the personalization.
2.3.3 APIs for Defect Processing Integration
With this feature you can integrate defect processing in an external system with your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system.
NoteOnly defects are covered that are not (or not yet) assigned to a quality notification.
The communication scenario Defect Processing (SAP_COM_0153) provides the following OData services to access the business object Defect in SAP S/4HANA from remote systems:
● API_DEFECT - Defect ProcessingThe OData service is for creating, reading, updating, and deleting defects.
● API_DEFECTCODE - Read Defect Codes and Code GroupsThe OData service is for reading defect code groups and defect codes.
● API_DEFECTCATEGORY - Read Defect Categories
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The OData service is for reading defect categories.● API_DEFECTCLASS - Read Defect Classes
The OData service is for reading defect classes.
Technical Details
Table 128:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM-IM-RR-DEF
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
You need to create a communication user, a communication system, and a communication arrangement in the Communication Management business catalog. The communication arrangement needs to use the scenario SAP_COM_0153 Defect Processing.
Additional Information
These interfaces are also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
2.3.4 APIs for Quality Inspection Process Integration
With this feature you can implement a broader integration of your quality inspection activities in an external system with your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system.
To reflect the broader integration options, the integration scenario SAP_COM_0124 was renamed from QM for Manufacturing Execution Integration to Quality Inspection Process.
In addition to the already provided BAPIs for the business object Inspection Operation (BAPI_INSPOPER_GETDETAIL and BAPI_INSPOPER_RECORDRESULTS), the following BAPIs are provided:
● BAPI_INSPOPER_GETCHAR: Read Inspection Characteristics for Inspection Operation● BAPI_INSPLOT_GETLIST: Read List of Inspection Lots● BAPI_INSPLOT_GETDETAIL: Read Details for Inspection Lot● BAPI_INSPLOT_GETOPERATIONS: Read Operations for Inspection Lot
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● BAPI_INSPLOT_SETUSAGEDECISION: Write Usage Decisions for Inspection Lot
Technical Details
Table 129:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM-IM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Data Transfer
The connection between the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system and your remote system is established via remote function calls using the SAP Cloud Connector.
Effects on System Administration
The SAP Cloud Connector needs to be configured. For more information, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance General Functions for the Key User Integration Scenarios How to Set Up SAP Cloud Platform Cloud Connector Integration .
In addition, you need to create a communication user, a communication system, and a communication arrangement in the Communication Management business catalog. The communication arrangement needs to use the scenario SAP_COM_0124.
2.3.5 Manage Usage Decisions
The feature enables you to trigger stock posting of materials of stock type Inspection Stock to other stock types. You can also split the inspection stock quantity to be posted between stock types and also select the storage location for certain stock types.
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Technical Details
Table 130:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197503
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM-FIO-IM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
2.3.6 Manage Defects
This feature enabled you to view and manage defects using a simple interface that also includes a chart. You can also navigate to view contextual information related to a defect.
Technical Details
Table 131:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197508
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM-QN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
2.3.7 Quality Engineer Overview
This feature enables you see the most important information related to defects, such as inspection lots with defects, top defective materials, and top defective codes, on a set of cards.
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Technical Details
Table 132:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197507
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM-FIO-IM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
2.3.8 App Extensibility in Quality Management
2.3.8.1 App Extensibility: Display Master Inspection Characteristics
This feature enables you to extend the Display Master Inspection Characteristics app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 133:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
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2.3.8.2 App Extensibility: Display Inspection Method
This feature enables you to extend the Display Inspection Method app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 134:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
2.3.8.3 App Extensibility: Display Quality Info Records in Procurement
This feature enables you to extend the Display Quality Info Records in Procurement app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 135:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
2.3.8.4 App Extensibility: Manage Inspection Lots
This feature enables you to extend the Manage Inspection Lots app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 136:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
2.3.8.5 App Extensibility: Manage Usage Decisions
This feature enables you to extend the Manage Usage Decisions app according to your business needs.
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Technical Details
Table 137:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
2.3.8.6 App Extensibility for Classic Applications
2.3.8.6.1 Extensibility for Master Inspection Characteristic Apps
This feature enables you to extend the following classic apps according to your business needs:
● Create Master Inspection Characteristic● Change Master Inspection Characteristic● Display Master Inspection Characteristics
Technical Details
Table 138:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
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See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
2.3.8.6.2 Extensibility for Inspection Method Apps
This feature enables you to extend the following classic apps according to your business needs:
● Create Inspection Method● Change Inspection Method
Technical Details
Table 139:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
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2.3.8.6.3 Extensibility for Inspection Results Apps
This feature enables you to extend the following classic apps according to your business needs:
● Record Inspection Results - Hierarchical Worklist ● Record Inspection Results - For Operation ● Change Inspection Results - For Operation ● Display Inspection Results - For Operation
Technical Details
Table 140:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
2.3.8.6.4 Extensibility for Inspection Lot Apps
This feature enables you to extend the following classic apps according to your business needs:
● Create Inspection Lot Manually● Change Inspection Lot● Display Inspection Lots
Technical Details
Table 141:
Product Feature is New
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
2.3.8.6.5 Extensibility for Quality Info Record Procurement Apps
This feature enables you to extend the following classic apps according to your business needs:
● Create Quality Info Record - Procurement● Change Quality Info Record - Procurement
Technical Details
Table 142:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
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2.3.8.6.6 Extensibility for Inspection Plan Apps
This feature enables you to extend the following classic apps according to your business needs:
● Create Inspection Plan● Change Inspection Plan● Display Inspection Plan
Technical Details
Table 143:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Quality Management and Compliance for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product AssistanceManufacturing .
2.3.9 Deletion of Personal Data in Quality Management
This feature enables you to block and delete personal data in a simplified way by using SAP Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).
Personal data collected in business partner master data can be blocked as soon as business activities that use this data are completed and the residence time for the data has elapsed; after this time, only users with additional authorizations can access this data.
When the retention period for data expires, personal data can be destroyed completely so that it can no longer be retrieved. Retention periods must be defined in the customer system.
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Technical Details
Table 144:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component QM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Based on the retention period defined for data in the customer system, an end of purpose (EoP) check determines whether this data is still relevant for business activities. The retention period is part of the overall lifecycle of personal data, which consists of the following phases:
● Business activity: The relevant data is used in ongoing business, for example, contract creation, delivery, payment.
● Residence period: The data remains in the database and can be used in case of subsequent processes related to the original purpose, for example, reporting obligations.
● Blocking period: The relevant data needs to be retained for legal reasons. During the blocking period, business users of SAP applications are prevented from displaying and using this data; it can only be processed in case of mandatory legal provisions.
● Deletion: The data is deleted and no longer exists on the database.
Blocking of data can impact system behavior in the following ways:
● Display: The system does not display blocked data.● Change: It is not possible to change a business object that contains blocked data.● Create: It is not possible to create a business object that contains blocked data.● Copy/Follow-Up: It is not possible to copy a business object or perform follow-up activities for a business
object that contains blocked data.
Only users with special authorization can display blocked data; they are not authorized, however, to create, change, or copy business objects with blocked data, or perform follow-up activities with these business objects.
See Also
For more information about Information Lifecycle Management see http://help.sap.com/s4hana : S/4HANA Cloud 1708 Product Assistance SAP S/4HANA Cloud Generic Information General Functions for the Key User SAP Information Lifecycle Management
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2.4 SAP Best Practices Content
2.4.1 Predictive Analytics for Stock in Transit in Warehouse Management
Use
This scope item provides predictive analytics for stock in transit in warehouse management.
Technical Details
Table 145:
Technical Name of Scope Item 20N
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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2.4.2 Make-to-Order Production - Semifinished Goods Planning and Assembly
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Printing Production Order Overview● Email Output Channel for Pick List and Oder Data
Technical Details
Table 146:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1BM
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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2.4.3 Integration of Manufacturing Execution System to Production Operation
Use
This scope item provides an integration of SAP S/4 HANA Cloud with Manufacturing Execution systems to run efficient, high quality production on the shop floor.
Technical Details
Table 147:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1Y5
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
2.5 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
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3 Professional Services
3.1 Manage Your Test Processes
Technical Details
Table 148:
Product Feature is
Country Dependency
Application Component
Availability
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
Effects on Data Transfer
Effects on System Administration
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Effects on Customizing
See Also
3.2 Customer Project Management
3.2.1 Plan Customer Projects
This feature enables integration of project staffing with resource management. As a project manager, you can plan roles and propose resources for the project. However, the resource manager makes the final resource assignments.
Technical Details
Table 149:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-CPD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Integration with resource management has the following effects:
● When you plan a customer project, cost and revenue are calculated based on the planned role and not for the requested resource.
● Resources assigned by a resource manager are saved as confirmed assignments.● Resourcespecific prices are calculated only if there is a staffed resource assignment by the resource manager.
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Effects on Existing Data
This integration does not automatically affect the cost or revenue calculations in existing projects. If you wish to update your project plan based on this integration, you must use the Recalculate function.
Effects on System Administration
To enable this integration, you must activate the SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud for resource management solution.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesCustomer Project Management .
3.2.2 Set Forecast Month
A new tile is provided in the SAP Fiori launchpad. As a key user, you use this tile to set up an application job for setting the current month as the forecast month for customer projects where a previous forecast has been completed.
Technical Details
Table 150:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-CPD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You use the Set Forecast Month tile to open the Application Jobs app
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An application job template is provided. Based on this job template, you schedule a job to set the current month as the forecast month for projects where the forecast of a previous month has been completed. By doing this, you enable project managers to review their projects and prepare forecasts.
To use the Set Forecast Month tile, you need to be assigned the business catalog SAP_PSP_BC_PRJ_PER_ACT_PC. This business catalog is included in the delivered business role template SAP_BR_PROJ_MANAGE_COMM.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesCustomer Project Management .
3.2.3 Plan Internal Projects
With this feature you can do the following:
● Assign a profit center to internal projects.● Integrate project staffing with resource management. As a project manager, you can plan roles and propose
resources for the project. However, the resource manager makes the final resource assignments.
Technical Details
Table 151:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-CPD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Integration with resource management has the following effects:
● When you plan an internal project, cost is calculated based on the planned role and not for the requested resource.
● You do not need to separately confirm a staffed resource, since resources assigned by a resource manager are saved as confirmed assignments.
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● Resourcespecific cost is calculated only if there is a staffed resource assignment by the resource manager.
Effects on Existing Data
For existing internal projects, a valid profit center is assigned based on the controlling area of the service organization and the cost center of the internal project.
The integration with resource management does not automatically affect the cost calculations in existing projects. If you wish to update your project plan based in this integration, you must use the Recalculate function.
Effects on System Administration
To enable this integration, you must activate the SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud for resource management solution.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesCustomer Project Management .
3.3 Resource Management
3.3.1 Business Catalogs for Resource Management Apps
Two new business catalogs are available for SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud for resource management. Business catalog SAP_CA_BC_RSH_RES_MNG_PSP_PC must be assigned to all users of the resource management apps. Business catalog SAP_CA_BC_RSH_INTEG_PSP_PC must be assigned to key users who are allowed to run the Transfer of Staffing Assignments application job.
The new catalogs are included in the delivered business role template SAP_BR_RESOURCE_MANAGER.
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Technical Details
Table 152:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The SAP_CA_BC_RSH_RES_MNG_PSP_PC business catalog replaces the SAP_CA_BC_RSH_RES_MANAG_PS_PC business catalog.
Effects on System Administration
Please reassign your roles and users to the new SAP_CA_BC_RSH_RES_MNG_PSP_PC business catalog. To do so, use the Business Catalogs app.
See also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Information for Key Users .
Related Information
Transfer of Staffing Assignments [page 134]
3.3.2 Transfer of Staffing Assignments
A new tile is provided in the SAP Fiori launchpad. As a key user, you use this tile to set up an application job for transferring staffing assignments from customer and internal project management to the resource management apps.
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Technical Details
Table 153:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You use the Transfer of Staffing Assignments tile to open the Application Jobs app.
An application job template is provided. Based on this job template, you schedule a job to transfer existing staffing assignments from customer and internal project management to the resource management apps after SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud for resource management has been activated. This transfer is required so that assignments and key figures are shown correctly in the apps.
NoteOnce resource management has been activated, project managers can no longer staff resources using the customer and internal project management apps.
To use the Transfer of Staffing Assignments tile, you need to be assigned business catalog SAP_CA_BC_RSH_INTEG_PSP_PC. This business catalog is included in the delivered business role template SAP_BR_RESOURCE_MANAGER.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Information for Key Users .
Related Information
Business Catalogs for Resource Management Apps [page 133]
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3.3.3 Assignment Board
As a resource manager, you use the Assignment Board app to show detailed assignment information for resources in a Gantt chart. For example, you can see how assignments are distributed over a specified period of time.
Technical Details
Table 154:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197450
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Assignment Board app is supported for desktop only. You access the app via the Manage Resource Utilization app.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Apps for Resource Management .
Related Information
Manage Resource Utilization [page 137]
3.3.4 Manage Assignments
As a resource manager, you use the Manage Assignments app to create, change, and delete assignments for resources and resource requests.
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When creating or changing assignments, you can define a distribution rule for the hours to be assigned. In addition, you can simulate how the assignment creation, change, or deletion would affect key figures, such as resource utilization, staffed hours, and available hours.
Technical Details
Table 155:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197455
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708
Additional Details
You can access the app via the Manage Resource Utilization app and the Manage Project Staffing app.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Apps for Resource Management .
Related Information
Manage Resource Utilization [page 137]Manage Project Staffing [page 139]
3.3.5 Manage Resource Utilization
The Analyze Resource Utilization app has been renamed to Manage Resource Utilization. As a resource manager, you can now use this app to trigger the creation, change, and deletion of assignments for resources.
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Technical Details
Table 156:
Product Feature Is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Manage Resource Utilization app provides access to the Manage Assignments app and to the Assignment Board app.
Effects on Existing Data
The user interface now includes buttons for creating, changing, and deleting assignments and for navigating to the Assignment Board app.
Effects on System Administration
In order for the app to show assignments that were created prior to the activation of the resource management apps, key users must transfer existing assignments from customer and internal project management to resource management using the provided application job template.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Apps for Resource Management .
Related Information
Transfer of Staffing Assignments [page 134]
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Manage Assignments [page 136]Assignment Board [page 136]
3.3.6 Manage Project Staffing
The Analyze Project Staffing app has been renamed to Manage Project Staffing. As a resource manager, you can now use this app to trigger the creation, change, and deletion of assignments for resource requests.
Technical Details
Table 157:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Manage Project Staffing app provides access to the Manage Assignments app.
Effects on Existing Data
The user interface now includes buttons for creating, changing, and deleting assignments.
Effects on System Administration
In order for the app to show assignments that were created prior to the activation of the resource management apps, key users must transfer existing assignments from customer and internal project management to resource management using the provided application job template.
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See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Apps for Resource Management .
Related Information
Transfer of Staffing Assignments [page 134]Manage Assignments [page 136]
3.3.7 Status Management for Resource Requests
In the resource management apps, two new resource request statuses have been introduced to indicate that a resource request was staffed for fewer hours (Partially Staffed) or for more hours (Overstaffed) than specified in the resource request.
Technical Details
Table 158:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197512
Product Feature Is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
In the Resource Management for Projects app, requests that have the status Partially Staffed or Overstaffed are included in the All Resource Requests card.
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See also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Monitoring Key Figures for Resources and Resource Requests .
3.4 SAP Best Practices Content
3.4.1 Internal Project Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Central staffing for project-based services: The integration to resource management scenario allows project and resource managers optimal resource utilization and efficient project staffing based on suitability matching by project information and maintained skills.
Technical Details
Table 159:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1A8
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
3.4.2 Customer Project Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Central staffing for project-based services: The integration to resource management scenario allows project and resource managers optimal resource utilization and efficient project staffing based on suitability matching by project information and maintained skills.
Technical Details
Table 160:
Technical Name of Scope Item J11
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Set Project Status Area of Project Brief (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)● Plants (Updated)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
3.4.3 Service and Material Procurement - Project-Based Services
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhancement of general limits: Enter service product during service entry
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● Park invoices functionality● Fast overview of all supplier invoices with new supplier invoices list● Find supplier invoice line items based on accounting information● Fixed exchanged rate flag on PO header● Flexible workflow for purchase order
Technical Details
Table 161:
Technical Name of Scope Item J13
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Set Project Status Area of Project Brief (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)● Plants (Updated)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated) ● Enablement of purchasing value key into material group
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
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Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
3.4.4 Resource Management - Project-Based Services
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Gain transparency about resource utilization and the status of resource requests● Discover the most requested project roles● Match available resources and open resource requests based on suitability● Manage changes in resource supply and demand quickly by dynamically creating, changing, and deleting
assignments● Review an up-to-date overview of current resource assignments in a Gantt Chart● Provide optimal resource utilization and efficient project staffing
Technical Details
Table 162:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1KC
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
3.4.5 Sales Order Processing - Project-Based Services
Use
This scope item describes the entire process sequence for the sales order maintenance and the billing process within the project-based services scenario.
The scope item now includes the following:
● Convergent Billing
Technical Details
Table 163:
Technical Name of Scope Item J14
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Set Project Status Area of Project Brief (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)● Plants (Updated)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
3.5 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
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4 Sales
4.1 Order and Contract Management
4.1.1 Sales Master Data Management
4.1.1.1 Manage Customer Materials
This feature enables companies to maintain unique customerspecific names for their own products. Companies can manage customer's material data according to customer, material, customer material, sales organization, and distribution channel.
Technical Details
Table 164:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Create Customer-Material Info, Change Customer-Material Info, Display Customer-Material Info, Display Material-Customer Info, and List Customer-Material Info apps. These five apps will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1805.
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See Also
For more information on the Manage Customer Materialsapp, look for the relevant section under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance .
4.1.1.2 App Extensibility: Manage Customer Materials
This feature enables you to extend the Manage Customer Materials app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 165:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
4.1.2 Sales Order Management and Processing
4.1.2.1 Pricing Configuration for Sales
This feature enables you to configure pricing for sales.
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Technical Details
Table 166:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-BF-PR (Pricing and Conditions)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can find the following apps in the Manage Your Solution app:
● Set Pricing Procedures -Sales● Set Customer Pricing Procedures - Sales● Set Document Pricing Procedures - Sales● Set Pricing Procedure Determination -Sales● Set Price List Categories for Customers - Sales● Set Pricing Groups for Customers - Sales● Set Pricing Groups for Materials – Sales● Set Pricing Condition Types - Sales
You can find the following apps directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Sales:
● Create Condition Tables - Sales● Change Field Catalog - Sales● Change Condition Tables - Sales● Change Access Sequences - Sales
Effects on System Administration
To access the apps found directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Sales, use the business catalog SAP_SD_BC_PRICING_CONFIG_PC, which is assigned to the business role BPC_EXPERT (Configuration Expert - Business Process Configuration).
After successful testing of the settings in the quality system, you can export the adaptation transport organizer (ATO) items as a software collection from the quality system and import them into the production system. For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/s4hana > <choose release> Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key UserExtensibility Export Software Collection .
Make sure that the changes have been imported into the production system before the related changes from the Manage Your Solution app under Configure Your Solution are transferred to the production system.
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To export the software collection to the transport for export into your production system, you need the Export Software Collection app.
The following is a similar business catalog: Materials Management - Pricing Configuration (SAP_MM_BC_PRICING_CONFIG_PC).
The following is a related business catalog group: Pricing Configuration for Purchasing (SAP_MM_BCG_PRICING_CONFIG_PC)
Related Configuration Apps
In addition to the configuration apps provided directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Sales, you can find related configuration apps in the Manage Your Solution app, which includes the following related apps:
● Set Pricing Condition Types - Sales● Set Pricing Procedures - Sales● Set Pricing Procedure Determination - Sales● Set Pricing Groups for Customers - Sales● Set Pricing Groups for Materials - Sales
See Also
● For more information about apps in the Manage Your Solution app, see the help provided directly in the apps.● For more information about the pricing configuration apps found directly on the launchpad, see Roadmap
Viewer.
4.1.2.2 Process Sales Orders
With this OData service, you can now update the header, header partner, header pricing element, item, item partner, and item pricing element for existing sales orders.
Technical Details
Table 167:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS (Sales)
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Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
4.1.2.3 Customer - 360 Degree View
In this app, you can now display information about relevant credit memo requests and debit memo requests.
You can also get an easy overview of the process flow of relevant billing documents.
To find a specific document that is relevant for the displayed customer, you can now search the displayed lists of documents.
Technical Details
Table 168:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_196580
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS (Sales)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information on the Customer - 360° View app, look for the relevant section under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Sales Order Management and Processing .
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4.1.2.4 List Incomplete Sales Documents
This feature enables you to search for incomplete sales documents according to your filter criteria and display them in a list. From the list, you can navigate to related features to display and complete the missing data of the selected sales document.
Technical Details
Table 169:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
4.1.2.4.1 App Extensibility: List Incomplete Sales Documents
This feature enables you to extend the List Incomplete Sales Documents app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 170:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
4.1.2.5 List Sales Documents by Object Status
This feature enables you to search for sales documents and sales document items with active system or user statuses according to your filter criteria and display them in a list. From the list, you can navigate to the status overview screen of the selected sales document or sales document item in classic SAP GUI applications to display and/or change the statuses of the current business object and view the permitted business processes. You can also branch directly from the status overview screen into related applications to further process the documents or document items.
Technical Details
Table 171:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
4.1.2.5.1 App Extensibility: List Sales Documents by Object Status
This feature enables you to extend the List Sales Documents by Object Status app according to your business needs.
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Technical Details
Table 172:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
4.1.2.6 App Extensibility for Sales Documents
This feature enables you to extend various sales apps according to your business needs and implement logic for the following Enhancement Options:
Table 173:
Enhancement Option Business Context
Sales Item Deletion Check Sales Document Item
Technical Details
Table 174:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant Cloud edition underhttp://help.sap.com/s4hanaProduct Assistance .
4.1.2.7 Resolve Payment Card Issues - Schedule Job
With this app, you can schedule jobs to list and process open sales and distribution (SD) documents with payment cards. The documents are then reauthorized in batch based on the credit check. You can also display, cancel, and copy these jobs.
Technical Details
Table 175:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_196959
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS (Sales)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information on the Resolve Payment Card Issues - Schedule Job app, look for the relevant section under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Sales Order Management and Processing .
4.1.2.8 Integration of SAP Digital Payments Add-On with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Sales
With this feature, you can now use payment cards in the following apps: Create Sales Order, Change Sales Order, and Display Sales Order.
These apps offer out-of-the-box integration with various payment service providers (PSPs) using the SAP digital payments add-on.
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A tokenization approach avoids costs and risks: You don’t need an additional Payment Card Industry (PCI) certification, and no sensitive payment card data is stored in SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
In the sales document header, you can save one or more payment cards for your sales document. You can select a payment card using the value help. The prerequisite is that you have maintained payment card data for business partners in the Customer Master app.
Payment card information is now also integrated into the billing process. Billing documents created on the basis of sales orders that use a payment card now contain payment card details, including the card type and the masked credit card number. You can view this information in the following places:
● In the billing document header in the Display Billing Document - VF03 app● On the billing document output or on the billing document output preview in the Manage Billing Documents
app
Technical Details
Table 176:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS (Sales)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
4.1.3 Billing and Invoicing
4.1.3.1 External Billing Document Request
With this object page, you can display the details of external billing document requests (EBDRs).
EBDRs are request objects that serve to transform and persist billing data that your SAP S/4HANA system has received from an external source (such as an external SAP system). EBDRs enable you to bill external billing data from different sources. Moreover, you can converge external billing data (for example, pay-per-use data) with internal billing data (for example, billable items from a delivery). This enables you to bill customers for offerings that combine different billing types through a combined, single invoice.
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Technical Details
Table 177:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-BIL (SD Billing)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
After external billing data is received by your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system and persisted in the form of EBDRs, these EBDRs appear in the billing due list of the Create Billing Documents app. From the billing due list, they can be billed independently or converged with other billing due list items.
See Also
For more information about the External Billing Document Request object page, look for the section External Billing Document Request under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Billing and Invoicing .
For more information about the Create Billing Documents app, look for the section Create Billing Documentsunder http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract ManagementBilling and Invoicing .
4.1.3.2 Create Billing Documents
The worklist in the Create Billing Documents app now also lists external billing document requests (EBDRs). EBDRs contain billing data from external sources, such as external SAP systems. EBDRs can be billed independently or converged with billable sales and distribution documents (such as deliveries and debit memo requests) to produce combined customer invoices. This process is called omnichannel convergent billing.
One major advantage of the omnichannel approach to billing is that it greatly reduces the administrative overhead that is traditionally associated with the combined billing of solution-centric offerings.
NoteThe following two new fields have been added to the app to provide you with information about EBDRs that appear in your worklist. You can use them as filters and additional worklist columns.
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● The billing document request (BDR) reference field provides a reference number that uniquely identifies the billing data within the external system from which it originates.
● The BDR reference system field provides the name of this external system.
Technical Details
Table 178:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-BIL (SD Billing)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Create Billing Documents app, look for the section Create Billing Documentsunder http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract ManagementBilling and Invoicing .
For more information about external billing document requests, look for the section External Billing Document Request under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Billing and Invoicing .
4.1.4 Sales Monitoring and Analytics
4.1.4.1 Term "Accounting Document" Changed to "Journal Entry"
The term Accounting Document has been changed to Journal Entry.
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Technical Details
Table 179:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
4.1.4.2 Manage Sales Plans
With this feature you can create, change, release, and display sales plans. In a sales plan, you set sales targets on various dimensions for a planned period.
Technical Details
Table 180:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance .
4.1.4.3 Delivery Performance
With this feature, you can monitor the current delivery performance of sales orders to ensure maximum customer satisfaction and retention.
The app provides you with insights into delivery performance, and, in the case of a deterioration, enables you to navigate to the relevant sales document and master data object pages for more detailed information. You can also collaborate with your plant manager, or communicate with your customer to discuss or clarify a situation.
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The app compares the customer’s requested delivery date of sales order items with the actual delivery date of the corresponding outbound deliveries.
The app tile shows the ratio of sales orders delivered as requested for the last 3 weeks, giving you an instant insight into the current delivery situation.
The app itself shows you the sales order items delivered as requested, represented by number of and net value, and ratio to the total number of sales order items. It also shows you the average delivery performance, that is, the total number of delays of all sales orders divided by the total number of all sales orders, and the total and maximal delay of delivery in days in relation to requested the delivery date.
Technical Details
Table 181:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_38173
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-FIO-HBA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance .
4.1.4.4 Sales Order Fulfillment - Analyze and Resolve Issues
The app offers renewed functionality to the Sales Order Fulfillment app, using an analytical list page application. The presentation of the app has been refreshed, and the personalization options have been enhanced.
The app will be enhanced in further releases.
The app displays a combination of transactional and analytical data using chart and table visualization.
The app starts with a tile with the top 3 issue types.
You can filter on sales documents, issues, and issue categories, and also add more filters, such as potential issues. You can also use the fuzzy search to search for sales document, customer reference, created by user, and sold-to party.
A donut chart displays your filter results with the total issues for each issue type.
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The app displays a list of sales orders with issues, depending on what you have filtered on. From here, you can navigate to resolve these issues and to the relevant follow-up document object pages.
Note that if you want to use the app, you need to add it to your home page manually. You do this by choosing Edit Home Page in the Me Area. Next, search for the app in Sales Order Processing and add it to your home page.
Technical Details
Table 182:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197094
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-FIO-HBA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance .
4.1.4.5 Sales Management Overview
With this feature you can get a graphical overview of your various sales data on cards. You can further analyze the data by navigating to related analytical apps from the cards. Using this app, you can gain comprehensive insights into your current sales situation and respond quickly.
Technical Details
Table 183:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
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Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance .
4.1.4.6 App Extensibility: Quotation Conversion Rates
This feature enables you to extend the Quotation Conversion Rates - Valid and Not Completed app according to your business needs.
Key users can extend the app in the Custom Fields and Logic app using the business context Sales Document Item.
You can add fields to the following queries using the Custom Fields and Logic app:
Table 184:
Query Element Business Context
C_SlsQtanConversionRateQ Sales Document Item
Technical Details
Table 185:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
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4.1.4.7 App Extensibility: Track Sales Orders
This feature enables you to extend the Track Sales Orders app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 186:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
4.1.5 Process Extensibility for Sales and Billing Documents
This feature enables you to extend the following apps according to your business needs:
● Manage Customer Materials
You can make custom fields available in several apps including handing over data by using business scenarios. After enabling the extension field for a business scenario, the value of this field will be copied between the corresponding documents.
For the business context Sales Document, the following business scenarios are available:
● Sales Document to Pricing Communication on header level
For the business context Sales Document Item, the following business scenarios are available:
● Sales Document to Pricing Communication on item level
For the business context Billing Document, the following business scenarios are available:
● Billing Document to Pricing Communication on header level
For the business context Billing Document Item, the following business scenarios are available:
● Billing Document to Pricing Communication on item level
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For the business context Customer Material, the following business scenarios are available:
● Customer Material to Sales Document Item on item level
Technical Details
Table 187:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
4.1.6 Extensibility in Pricing for Sales and Billing
This feature enables you to extend pricing procedures according to your business needs by defining price dependencies to use custom field values for pricing.
Technical Details
Table 188:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
4.2 SAP Best Practices Content
4.2.1 Extended Intercompany Processes for Sales
Use
This scope item enables sales-related intercompany business processes. It provides the intercompany settings for the Credit Memo, Debit Memo, and Free of Charge Delivery scope items.
Technical Details
Table 189:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1WO
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
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See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
4.2.2 External Billing
Use
This scope item enables the use of the external billing interface to create billing documents, without predecessor documents in SD calling from an external system (SAP or non-SAP).
Technical Details
Table 190:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1Z6
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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4.2.3 Accelerated Customer Returns
Use
Technical Details
Table 191:
Technical Name of Scope Item BKP
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
4.2.4 Sales Rebate Processing
Use
This scope item now includes the following:
● A feature that allows you to choose how the system determines the taxations for the settlement items. You can either derive the taxation independently from the related business process or you can use the taxation directly from the business volume table.
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● You can now create condition contracts with contract type Sales Rebate Goods Related or Sales Rebate Goods Related – Mult. Customers in case the taxation should be the same like in the related billing items.
Technical Details
Table 192:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1B6
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
4.2.5 Convergent Billing
Use
The Convergent Billing process enables the user to create billing documents that combine data from different sources in one billing document.
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Technical Details
Table 193:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1MC
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
4.2.6 Planning Apps for Sales
Use
For sales and distribution scenarios, this scope item provides key information needed by a sales manager with regard to the creation and maintenance of sales planning apps. It allows effective handling of the different stages of sales planning.
Technical Details
Table 194:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1O0
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Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
4.2.7 Integration with SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer - Opportunity-to-Order
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Create quote in SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer leveraging SAP S/4HANA master data● Create SAP S/4HANA sales order as follow-up document from C4C quote● Request prices from SAP S/4HANA within the opportunity and quote management process in SAP Hybris
Cloud for Customer
Technical Details
Table 195:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1VP
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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4.2.8 Electronic Payment
Use
This scope item enables the integration between the Payment Hub and sales documents in an SAP S/4HANA system.
Technical Details
Table 196:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1Z1
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
●
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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4.2.9 SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Sales
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New Sales Manager OVP● Upgrades to Internal Sales OVP● New delivery performance ALP● Upgrades to sales order fulfillment ALP
Technical Details
Table 197:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1BS
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
4.2.10 Sell from Stock
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Item proposal
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Technical Details
Table 198:
Technical Name of Scope Item BD9
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Sales Scheduling by Sales Document Type (New)● Set Customer Pricing Procedures - Sales (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Sales (New)● Set Pricing Groups for Customers - Sales (New)● Set Pricing Material Groups - Sales (New)● Set Pricing Procedures - Sales (New)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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4.3 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
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5 Sourcing and Procurement
5.1 Sourcing
5.1.1 Compare Supplier Quotations
With this feature you can compare supplier quotations to find the best offer. You can do the following:
● Display a list of all received supplier quotations for a specific RFQ● Get general information about the RFQ● Compare the target value of the RFQ with the lowest price received from the suppliers● Compare the received supplier quotations● Award the best quotation
Technical Details
Table 199:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-RFQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Sourcing Compare Supplier Quotations for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance
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5.1.2 Manage RFQs
With this feature, you can now do the following:
● Copy an existing RFQ and modify it according to your requirements, or add a new RFQ● Display all relevant legal transactions and navigate to the detailed information● Display the process flow to see the steps that were already performed in the procurement process. You can
navigate to the relevant document by clicking on the required part of the graphic.● Use lean services when working with the Manage RFQs app. This enables you to choose between the product
type Material and Service per item on item level.● Cancel an RFQ
Technical Details
Table 200:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-RFQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Sourcing Manage RFQs for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance
5.1.3 Manage Supplier Quotations
With this feature, you can now do the following:
● Cancel supplier quotations that are in status Submitted● Delete supplier quotations that are in status In Preparation
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Technical Details
Table 201:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-RFQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Sourcing Manage Supplier Quotations for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance
5.1.4 Workflow for Supplier Quotations
With this feature, you can use the flexible workflow for supplier quotations, enabling you to optimize the approval process. The flexible workflow allows you to use either the automatic, one-step, or even multi-step approval.
You can use the app Manage Workflows for Supplier Quotations to determine the approver of the workflow, for example the manager of the last approver, or to directly assign a specific user. You can define start conditions for a workflow and for each approval step, and the order in which the start conditions of existing workflows are checked. You can add new steps to a workflow at any time.
You can add new workflows, or copy existing ones and modify them according to your requirements.
Technical Details
Table 202:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-RFQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Sourcing Manage Workflow for Supplier Quotations for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance
5.1.5 OData Service for RFQ API
Use
This service enables you to create requests for quotations (RFQ) through an API call from a source system outside SAP S/4HANA. Furthermore, the service enables you to read existing requests for quotations data from the SAP S/4HANA. This service is based on the OData protocol, and can be consumed by apps and other user interfaces.
Technical Details
Table 203:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-RFQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ )
5.1.6 OData Service for Supplier Quotations API
Use
This service enables users to read header and item details of a supplier quotation. This service is based on the OData protocol, and can be consumed by apps and other user interfaces.
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Technical Details
Table 204:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-RFQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ )
5.1.7 Mass Changes to Purchasing Info Records
Use
This feature enables you to change the fields of multiple purchasing info records at a time. Additionally, you can view the change logs to verify the status of the changes made.
You can access the Mass Changes to Purchasing Info Records app from the SAP Fiori launchpad.
Technical Details
Table 205:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR-VM-REC
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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5.1.8 Mass Changes to Scheduling Agreements
Use
This feature enables you to change the fields of multiple scheduling agreements at a time. Additionally, you can view the change logs to verify the status of the changes made.
You can access the Mass Changes to Scheduling Agreements app from the SAP Fiori launchpad.
Technical Details
Table 206:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-SQ-SCH
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.1.9 Manage Scheduling Agreements
Use
Using this feature, you can add conditions to a scheduling agreement item to determine its net price. If the net price is maintained for the scheduling agreement item, a default condition with condition type Gross Price is automatically created and its validity period is taken from the validity period of the scheduling agreement .
If an info record exists for the respective validity period, the validity range and net price are taken over from the info record.
You can add more conditions with different condition types to the default condition. While creating a scheduling agreement, you can add conditions to an existing date range. While editing a scheduling agreement, you can choose to add conditions to an existing date range or a new date range. If you are creating a new range, then depending on the validity periods specified in the new date range, the splitting or overlapping of conditions will take place. The condition added to the new date range must be saved before you can add another condition. You can display the condition based on the validity range.
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Technical Details
Table 207:
Technical Name of Product Feature Manage Scheduling Agreements
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-SQ-SCH
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.1.9.1 App Extensibility: Manage Scheduling Agreements
This feature enables you to extend the Manage Scheduling Agreements app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 208:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-SQ-SCH
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
5.1.10 App Extensibility: Manage Purchasing Info Records
This feature enables you to extend the Manage Purchasing Info Records app according to your business needs.
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Technical Details
Table 209:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
5.2 Contract Management
5.2.1 Mass Changes to Purchase Contracts
Use
This feature enables you to change the fields of multiple purchase contracts at a time. Additionally, you can view the change logs to verify the status of the changes made.
You can access the Mass Changes to Purchase Contracts app from the SAP Fiori launchpad.
Technical Details
Table 210:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-SQ-CON
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Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.2.2 Manage Purchase Contracts
This feature enables you to
● Add conditions to an existing date range or a new date range. You can add conditions to a new date range only while editing a contract.
● Display the legal transactions associated with a contract.
Technical Details
Table 211:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1600_S41702CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-OA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
● Add conditions to an existing date range or a new date range. You can add conditions to a new date range only while editing a contract.You can add conditions to a contract item to determine its net price. If the net price for a contract item is maintained in a purchasing info record, a default condition with condition type Gross Price is automatically created and its validity period is taken from the validity period of the purchasing info record, otherwise, you need to maintain the net price for the contract item manually and the validity period is taken from the validity period of the contract. While creating a contract, you can add conditions to an existing date range. While editing a contract, you can choose to add conditions to an existing date range or a new date range. If you create a new date range, depending on the validity periods specified in the new date range, splitting or overlapping of conditions can occur. You can display the conditions based on the validity range.
● Display the legal transactions associated with a contract.Using this feature, you can display the legal content assigned to a contract. You can view the assigned legal transactions, their health status, such as pending, on track, and others, the name of the user who has made the changes recently, and the last modified date.
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5.3 Operational Procurement
5.3.1 Pricing Configuration for Purchasing
This feature enables you to configure pricing for purchasing.
Technical Details
Table 212:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR (Purchasing)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can find the following apps in the Manage Your Solution app:
● Set Calculation Schema - Purchasing● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing
You can find the following apps directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Purchasing:
● Create Condition Tables - Purchasing● Change Condition Tables - Purchasing● Change Access Sequences - Purchasing
Effects on System Administration
To access the apps found directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Purchasing, use the business catalog SAP_MM_BC_PRICING_CONFIG_PC, which is assigned to the business role BPC_EXPERT (Configuration Expert - Business Process Configuration).
After successful testing of the settings in the quality system, you can export the adaptation transport organizer (ATO) items as a software collection from the quality system and import them into the production system. For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/
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s4hana > <choose release> Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key UserExtensibility Export Software Collection .
Make sure that the changes have been imported into the production system before the related changes from the Manage Your Solution app under Configure Your Solution are transferred to the production system.
To export the software collection to the transport for export into your production system, you need the Export Software Collection app.
The following is a similar business catalog: Sales - Pricing Configuration (SAP_SD_BC_PRICING_CONFIG_PC).
The following is a related business catalog group: Pricing Configuration for Sales (SAP_SD_BCG_PRICING_CONFIG_PC)
Related Configuration Apps
In addition to the configuration apps provided directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Sales, you can find related configuration apps in the Manage Your Solution app, which includes the following related apps:
● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing● Set Calculation Schema - Purchasing
See Also
● For more information about apps in the Manage Your Solution app, see the help provided directly in the apps.● For more information about the pricing configuration apps found directly on the launchpad, see Roadmap
Viewer.
5.3.2 Create Purchase Requisition
With this feature search results can display catalog items, their associated source of supply, and price from the connected SAP ERP back-end systems. The search results display materials based on the validity of contracts and info records, and the plant and company code assigned to a user.
Technical Details
Table 213:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197403
Product Feature is Changed
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-REQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.3.3 My Purchase Requisitions
With this feature, the app displays purchase requisitions (PRs) that are created in the SAP S/4HANA hub system and replicated to SAP ERP back-end system. For such PRs, you cannot delete or modify follow-on documents such as goods receipt or return them. The follow-on documents created in the back-end systems are made available in the business process framework.
Technical Details
Table 214:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197419
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-REQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.3.4 Monitor Supplier Confirmations
Use
This feature enables you to monitor the status of confirmations (for orders placed) from the supplier, based on certain filter criteria. This existing app has been updated:
Visual filter introduced.
This filter has 3 charts: a pie chart, line graph, and bar graph. PO Value by Supplier in K USD, PO Items by Delivery Schedule Date, and PO Items by Order Status.
PO Items by Delivery Schedule Date: Line graph is displayed by default
From the bar graph in the compact filter, select any supplier to view information such as purchasing document, item, supplier, material, scheduled date, and scheduled quantity.
You can access the Monitor Supplier Confirmations app from the SAP Fiori launchpad.
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Technical Details
Table 215:
Product Feature is Enhancement
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-PO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.3.5 Monitor Purchase Order Items
Use
This feature enables you to monitor the status of purchase order items based on certain filter criteria. This existing app has been updated:
Visual filter introduced. This filter has 3 charts: a pie chart, line graph, and bar graph. PO Items by Delivery Status in K (thousands), PO Items by Delivery Schedule Dates in K, and PO Items by Order Status in K.
PO Items by Delivery Schedule Dates in K: Line graph is displayed by default
From the bar graph in the compact filter, select any material group to view information such as purchase order, item, material, supplier, next scheduled delivery date, and quantity.
Next scheduled delivery date is displayed in red only for those dates which have overshot the current date.
You can access the Monitor Purchase Order Items app from the SAP Fiori launchpad.
Technical Details
Table 216:
Product Feature is Enhancement
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-PO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.3.6 Redistribute Workload
Use
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With this application, you can facilitate the purchaser to transfer the workload from one purchasing group to another, based on personnel availability. From the list of available or searched documents, you can select one or more multiple documents and reassign the purchasing group. You can access the Redistribute Workload app from the SAP Fiori Launchpad.
This app uses the business role SAP_BR_PURCHASER.
Technical Details
Table 217:
Technical Name of Product Feature Redistribute Workload
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-REQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.3.7 Manage Purchase Requisitions
The following features are now available for this app:
● Based on the suppliers operational scores and the price per item offered by the suppliers, you can compare the existing sources of supply, such as info record, scheduling agreement, or a contract, and assign them to purchase requisition items.
● RFQs created from one or more purchase requisition items can now be previewed and edited directly in the Manage RFQs app.
Technical Details
Table 218:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197515
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-REQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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5.3.8 Manage Purchase Requisitions - Professional
With this feature, you can use cross-catalog search to search for items and can also add service items to a purchase requisition. You can also copy an existing purchase requisition to create a new purchase requisition.
Technical Details
Table 219:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197155
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR-FIO-REQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.3.9 Default Settings for User
With this feature, you can maintain the plant and company code originating from the SAP ERP back-end systems in the SAP S/4HANA hub system. Depending on the plant and company code maintained in this app, search for a material in a purchase requistion (PR), simulation of PR, and replication of PR is enabled in the Create Purchase Requisition application.
Technical Details
Table 220:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197420
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-REQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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5.3.10 Schedule Import of Catalog Data
Using this feature, you can import material catalogs from the SAP ERP back-end systems that are connected to SAP S/4HANA hub system. You can run the import multiple times if your primary import is not successful.
Technical Details
Table 221:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197487
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-REQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.3.11 Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions
With this feature, you can use the flexible workflow for purchase requsitions, enabling you to optimize the approval process. The flexible workflow allows you to use either the automatic, one-step, or even multi-step approval.
Technical Details
Table 222:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-REQ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Operational Procurement Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance.
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5.3.12 Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders
With this feature, you can use the flexible workflow for purchase orders, enabling you to optimize the approval process. The flexible workflow allows you to use either the automatic, one-step, or even multi-step approval.
You can use the app Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders to determine the approver of the workflow, for example the manager of the last approver, or to directly assign a specific user. You can define start conditions for a workflow and for each approval step, and the order in which the start conditions of existing workflows are checked. You can add new steps to a workflow at any time.
You can add new workflows, and you can copy existing ones and modify them according to your requirements.
Technical Details
Table 223:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-PO (Fiori UI for Purchase Orders)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
On the Fiori launchpad, you can find the configuration app Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders under Manage Your Solution Configure Your Solution .
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Operational Procurement Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance.
5.4 Invoice Management
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5.4.1 Supplier Invoice Items by Account Assignment
With this feature, you can display supplier invoice items based on their account assignments. This concerns the relevant account types within invoice verification.
Technical Details
Table 224:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.4.2 Supplier Invoices List
With this feature, you can now do the following:
● Select and delete supplier invoices (for example with status Draft) in the list● Use date ranges for the Posting Date and Invoice Date fields
The account assignment data (for example Cost Center, WBS Element) was deleted from the Supplier Invoices List app. However, you can now use the Supplier Invoice Items by Account Assignment app.
Technical Details
Table 225:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.4.3 Manage Supplier Invoices
This feature enables you now to park invoice documents or to save invoice documents as complete.
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Technical Details
Table 226:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.4.4 Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices
With this feature, you can use the flexible workflow for supplier invoices, enabling you to optimize the approval process. The flexible workflow allows you to use either the automatic, one-step, or even multi-step approval.
You can use the app Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices to determine the approver of the workflow, for example the cost center responsible, or to directly assign a specific user. You can define start conditions for a workflow and for each approval step, and the order in which the start conditions of existing workflows are checked. You can add new steps to a workflow at any time.
You can add new workflows, or copy existing ones and modify them according to your requirements.
Technical Details
Table 227:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
On the Fiori launchpad, you can find the configuration app Activate Flexible Workflow for Supplier Invoices under Manage Your Solution Configure Your Solution .
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See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Invoice Management Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance.
5.4.5 Upload Supplier Invoices
With this feature, you can upload electronic invoice documents that you have stored as files on your directory. You can now activate SAP S/4HANA Cloud for invoice processing by OpenText. If so, the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to extract the invoice data from the uploaded files. The system either automatically posts one supplier invoice per file, or if posting is not possible, the system creates one draft invoice per file. Each uploaded file is linked as an attachment to the corresponding invoice.
NoteYou require an additional license to be able to use SAP S/4HANA Cloud for invoice processing by OpenText.
Technical Details
Table 228:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency The supported countries for this solution are a subset of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud supported countries. Please check the Customer Guide for scope item Invoice processing by OpenText (1LE) for details.
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
5.5 Supplier and Category Management
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5.5.1 OData Service for Procurement-Related Activities API
Use
This service enables you to read supplier activities from or in the SAP S/4HANA tenant.
The service is based on the OData protocol and can be consumed by apps and other user interfaces.
Technical Details
Table 229:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLC-ACT
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
5.5.2 OData Service for Procurement-Related Tasks
Use
This service enables you to read supplier activity task from the SAP S/4HANA tenant.
The service is based on the OData protocol and can be consumed by apps and other user interfaces.
Technical Details
Table 230:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
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Application Component SLC-ACT
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
5.5.3 OData Service for Evaluation Responses API
Use
This service enables a remote system to read supplier evaluation responses containing results of supplier evaluations per supplier from the SAP S/4HANA tenant.
The service is based on the OData protocol and can be consumed by apps and other user interfaces.
Technical Details
Table 231:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLC-EVL
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
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5.5.4 OData Service for Purchasing Category API
Use
This service enables you to perform the following actions using the data provided in an API call:
● Create a purchasing category● Display detail data of a purchasing category● List purchasing categories according to specific selection criteria● Update specific data
The service is based on the OData protocol and can be consumed by apps and other user interfaces.
Technical Details
Table 232:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLC-CAT
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud
Additional Information
Service nodes A_PurgCatPurchaserResponsibleType and A_PurgCatDescriptionType are mandatory if you want to perform the GET action.
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
5.5.5 Blocking Suppliers in Supplier and Category Management Applications
With this feature, you can block suppliers. If suppliers have been blocked, they can no longer be used in any Supplier and Category Management WebDynpro applications. The supplier data is not deleted, but it is no longer visible. Any supplier-related entries are displayed as Blocked Supplier and all supplier-related links are disabled.
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Evaluation scorecards for the blocked suppliers are not displayed in the scorecards list in the Display Scorecards app.
This change is relevant for the following apps:
● Manage Activities● Monitor Tasks● Manage Templates
Supplier blocking via CDS view functions in the following apps:
● Manage Purchasing Categories● Display Scorecards● Quick Create for Procurement-Related Activities● Open Activities card on the Procurement Overview Page● Monitor Responses● Evaluate Suppliers● Monitor Responses
Technical Details
Table 233:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SLC-ACT, SLC-EVL, SLC-CAT
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud
Additional Details
You require the business role SAP_BR_DATA_PRIVACY_SPECIALIST to block or unblock the suppliers. You require the business role BR_EXTERNAL_AUDITOR to display the blocked suppliers.
5.6 Spend Analysis
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5.7 SAP Best Practices Content
5.7.1 Scheduling Agreements in Procurement
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Workflow for manage scheduling agreement● New SAP Fiori App for mass changes to scheduling agreements
Technical Details
Table 234:
Technical Name of Scope Item BMR
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Plants (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.2 Procurement of Services
Use
This scope item enables an efficient steering and monitoring process for the procurement of services.
Technical Details
Table 235:
Technical Name of Scope Item 22Z
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
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See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.3 Procurement of Direct Materials
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhance general limits: Enter service product during service entry● New SAP Fiori App for mass changes to purchasing info records● New SAP Fiori App to monitor supplier confirmations conversion to ALP● Park invoices functionality● Fast overview of all supplier invoices with new supplier invoices list● Find supplier invoice line items based on accounting information● Fixed exchanged rate flag on PO header● Flexible workflow for purchase order
Technical Details
Table 236:
Technical Name of Scope Item J45
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)
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● Plants (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)● Enablement of purchasing value key into material group
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.4 Consumable Purchasing
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhancement of general limits: Enter service product during service entry● Park invoices functionality● Fast overview of all supplier invoices with new supplier invoices list● Find supplier invoice line items based on accounting information● Fixed exchanged rate flag on PO header● Flexible workflow for purchase order
Technical Details
Table 237:
Technical Name of Scope Item BNX
Scope Item is Changed
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Plants (Updated)● Enablement of purchasing value key into material group
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.5 Purchase Contract
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Mass change to purchase contracts, which can be used to change contracts centrally.
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Technical Details
Table 238:
Technical Name of Scope Item BMD
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Plants (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.6 Third-Party Warehouse Management System Integration
Use
This scope item enables the integration of physical warehouses operated by third-party warehouse management solutions (Warehouse Management Systems, WMS) to SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud.
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Technical Details
Table 239:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1ZQ
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.7 SAP S/4HANA for Legal Content
Use
SAP S/4HANA for Legal Content is an application that information-enables legal departments in an organization. This application is designed for creation and management of legal content in enterprises and can be integrated into their core business processes.
Technical Details
Table 240:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XV
Scope Item is New
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Content Types (New)● Define Date Types (New)● Define Document Stamps (New)● Define Entity Types (New)● Define External Contacts (New)● Define Internal Contacts (New)● Define Linked Object Types (New)● Define Profiles (New)● Define Reminder Types (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.8 Real-Time Reporting and Monitoring for Procurement
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New monitor purchase order item ALP● New monitor supplier confirmation ALP● Updates to the procurement OVP and monitor purchase contract item ALP
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Technical Details
Table 241:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1JI
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.9 Request for Price
Use
With this scope item, you can quickly create RFQs in the SAP S/4HANA system and send them to suppliers via e-mail or as a printed version by mail.
Technical Details
Table 242:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XF
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.10 Requisitioning
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Technical Details
Table 243:
Technical Name of Scope Item 18J
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
New configuration user interface for flexible workflow of purchase requisition
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
5.7.11 Central Processing of Purchase Requisitions
Use
Procurement departments across all company sizes are continuing to centralize their procurement processes. This is done either on a global or a regional basis. Lead buying concepts are established where single buyers have the responsibility for global or regional spend categories. Further, there is also a trend to establish global or regional Shared Service Centers. Lead buying and Shared Service Center processes are both built on top of a centralized procurement system.
Technical Details
Table 244:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XI
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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5.8 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
5.9 App Extensibility for Classic Applications
5.9.1 Extensibility for Purchase Order Apps
This feature enables you to extend the following classic apps according to your business needs:
● Create Purchase Order - Advanced● Change Purchase Order - Advanced● Display Purchase Order
Technical Details
Table 245:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
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5.10 Process Extensibility for Purchasing Documents
This feature enables you to make custom fields available in several apps including handing over data by using Business Scenarios for the following apps:
● Create Purchase Order - Advanced● Change Purchase Order - Advanced
Technical Details
Table 246:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR-PO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
5.11 Extensibility for the Adobe Output Forms of Purchasing Documents
This feature enables you to extend the Adobe output forms of the following purchasing documents according to your business needs:
● Goods Issue Individual Slip● Goods Issue Individual Slip with Inspection Text● Goods Receipt Label● Goods Issue Collective Slip● Goods Issue SC Individual Slip with Inspection Text● Physical Inventory Count List● Goods Receipt for PO Individual Slip● Goods Receipt for PO Individual Slip with Text● Goods Receipt for Order Individual Slip
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● Goods Receipt for PO Collective Slip● Goods Receipt for PO Email Message● Goods Receipt for Order Individual Slip with Inspection Text● Goods Issue SC Individual Slip
Technical Details
Table 247:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
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6 Supply Chain
6.1 Logistics and Order Fulfillment
6.1.1 OData API for Physical Inventory (Read, Create, Enter Count, and Post)
This service enables you to retrieve, create and process physical inventory documents. You can now perform the following operations using the data provided in an API call:
● Retrieve physical inventory documents● Create physical inventory documents● Count physical inventory document items● Post differences at header level● Post differences at item level
The service is based on the OData protocol and can be consumed by external systems and user interfaces.
Technical Details
Table 248:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197647
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-IM-PI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com /).
6.1.2 OData Service for Material Stock API
This service enables you to retrieve material stock information using the data provided in an API call.
The service is based on the OData protocol, and can be consumed by external systems and user interfaces.
Technical Details
Table 249:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
6.1.3 Post Goods Receipt for Purchase Order
With this feature, you can post the receipt of goods with reference to the purchase order with which you ordered the goods. If a material is delivered for a purchase order, it is important for all the departments involved that the goods receipt entry in the system references this purchase order.
In the Post Goods Receipt for Purchase Order app, you can now do the following:
● You can extend the Post Goods Receipt for Purchase Order app according to your business needs (app extensibility).
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Technical Details
Table 250:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IM-SGM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.1.4 Manage Stock
With this feature, you can perform stock changes.
In the Manage Stock app, you can now do the following:
● You can scrap a material now also from the quality inspection stock. For this special form of scrapping you need special authorization in the context of a QM process (for example, the same authorization as an inventory manager).
Technical Details
Table 251:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.1.5 Slow or Non-Moving Materials
With this feature, you can monitor and make time-dependent investigations of the slow or non-moving materials in your stock. Based on these results you can react immediately with follow-on activities such as scrapping or stock transfers.
This app supports you for example, as an inventory manager in your daily work, to achieve maximum inventory accuracy and subsequently to optimize the inventory situation in your stock.
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Technical Details
Table 252:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IM-SGM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.1.6 Stock Overdues - Stock in Transit
With this feature, you can get an overview of the overdue materials for which a stock transport order has been created. You can identify these materials to complete the stock transfer process or investigate potential problems.
In the Overdue Materials - Stock in Transit app, you can now do the following:
● Train a predictive model to predict the delivery date for an order. With this information, you get an impression if a goods receipt can be successfully completed in time. In the Predicted Deviation field the app displays the result of the calculated prediction for the potential deviation from the planned delivery date in days (plus / minus).Note, that this predictive model and the Predicted Deviation field is still in a beta stage and is currently not intended for productive use.
Technical Details
Table 253:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.1.7 Overview Inventory Processing
The overview page Overview Inventory Processing enables the warehouse clerk to perform his daily tasks quickly and effectively without the need to open many different applications.
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Detailed information and access to underlying Fiori apps via the following cards is available via the overview page:
● Recent Inventory Counts● Warehouse Throughput History● Recent Material Documents● Monitor Purchase Order Items● Overdue Materials - GR Blocked Stock● Outbound Delivery List● Inventory Delivery List
Technical Details
Table 254:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IM-SGM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.1.8 Post Goods Receipt for Delivery
With this feature, you can post the receipt of goods with reference to the inbound delivery.
The app proposes a selection of inbound deliveries and advanced shipping notifications from the supplier that can be posted.
In the Post Goods Receipt for Delivery app, you can now do the following:
● You can extend the Post Goods Receipt for Delivery app according to your business needs (app extensibility).
Technical Details
Table 255:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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6.1.9 Overview Inventory Management
The overview page Overview Inventory Management enables inventory managers to perform their daily tasks quickly and effectively without the need to open many different applications.
Detailed information and access to underlying Fiori apps via the following cards is available via the overview page:
● Stock Value by Stock Type● Stock Value by Special Stock Type● Warehouse Throughput History● Monitor Purchase Order Items● Recent Material Documents● Overdue Materials - GR Blocked Stock
Technical Details
Table 256:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IM-SGM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.1.10 Create Outbound Deliveries – From Sales Orders
This feature helps you ensure timely and error-free shipment of goods to your customers. You can create outbound delivery runs from a list of sales orders. This app also allows you to display logs with information related to your sales orders or deliveries. For example, if errors occur while you are creating deliveries, the system issues a message to the log. Similarly, the system issues a message to the log if you successfully create a delivery.
Technical Details
Table 257:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197384
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
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Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Create Outbound Deliveries app. The Create Outbound Deliveries app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
See Also
For more information, go to http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under -> Product Assistance Cloud EditionsSAP S/4HANA Enterprise Cloud Edition Supply Chain Logistics and Order Fulfilment Create Outbound
Deliveries – From Sales Orders .
6.1.11 Analyze Delivery Logs
This feature helps you ensure timely and error-free shipment of goods to your customers. You can check the system messages that have been logged during the collective creation run of deliveries. If your attempt to create a delivery is unsuccessful, you can correct the issues that are mentioned in the log and then create a new delivery for the respective sales order using another app.
Technical Details
Table 258:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197387
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Analyze Outbound Delivery Logs app. The Analyze Outbound Delivery Logs app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
See Also
For more information, go to http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under -> Product Assistance Cloud EditionsSAP S/4HANA Enterprise Cloud Edition Supply Chain Logistics and Order Fulfilment Analyze Delivery
Logs .
6.1.12 Manage Outbound Deliveries
This feature helps you ensure timely and error-free shipment of goods to your customers. You can display a list of all your outbound deliveries and click on each delivery to see its details, such as its weight and volume. Depending on the current goods issue status, you can post a goods issue for a delivery. If you need to make corrections to a delivery, you can easily reverse the goods issue posting and edit the respective documents. You can apply these actions to all selected deliveries at once. For deliveries that need to be picked, you can navigate to another app to perform this step.
Technical Details
Table 259:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197359
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, go to http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under -> Product Assistance Cloud EditionsSAP S/4HANA Enterprise Cloud Edition Supply Chain Logistics and Order Fulfilment Manage Outbound
Deliveries .
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6.1.13 Pick Outbound Delivery
This feature helps you ensure timely and error-free shipment of goods to your customers. You can enter the results of the picking process for a specific delivery. The picking process involves taking goods from various storage bins and moving them to a staging area where they can be prepared for loading and shipping. This app shows you how many items are in the delivery, the delivery’s overall details, such as the gross weight, and the details of individual delivery items. Once you have entered the picking quantity of an item and the system has set the picking status to Completely Processed, you can then post a goods issue.
Technical Details
Table 260:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197358
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, go to http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under -> Product Assistance Cloud EditionsSAP S/4HANA Enterprise Cloud Edition Supply Chain Logistics and Order Fulfilment Pick Outbound
Delivery .
6.1.14 OData Service for Reading, Creating, Updating, and Deleting Outbound Deliveries
This service enables you to read, create, update, and delete outbound deliveries in an API call. You can also pick the items, post goods issue, and reverse goods issue. It is based on the OData protocol, and can be consumed in Fiori apps and on other user interfaces.
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Technical Details
Table 261:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
To be able to access the APIs, an administrator needs to create a communication user, a communication system, and a communication arrangement in the Communication Management business catalog.
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
6.2 SAP Best Practices Content
6.2.1 Quality Management in Procurement
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Defect monitoring leveraging SAP Fiori app
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Technical Details
Table 262:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1FM
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
6.2.2 Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration
Use
This scope item shows the Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration in which Advanced Variant Configuration enables efficient state-of-the-art configuration for configurable products variants which reflect common definitions of a configurable material.
Technical Details
Table 263:
Technical Name of Scope Item 21D
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Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
6.2.3 Make-to-Order Production with Variant Configuration
Use
This scope item shows a Make-to-Order Production scenario using the advanced variant configuration for an efficient state-of-the-art configuration of a material ordered by a customer.
Technical Details
Table 264:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1YT
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
6.2.4 Make-to-Stock Production - Repetitive Manufacturing
Use
In Repetitive Manufacturing, the master plan is represented by the planning table. The planning table is a tool for operative planning and is used to plan the production quantities: In a repetitive manufacturing environment, planning and control is usually carried out in a period and quantity basis. The layout of the planning table has been designed to support this requirement and is also based on periods to provide a very clear, easy-to-interpret overview of materials and production lines.
The planning table is the most important tool used by Production Planners / MRP Controllers to plan the production quantities. At a glance, the planner can check production quantities, monitor the available capacity of the production lines and check up on the availability of the products produced on each line.
You can directly enter and change production quantities in the planning table. You can assign ‘non-assigned’ production quantities to the production lines or you can reassign production quantities to alternative production lines.
You can use the planning table for planning with planned orders and production orders. The only prerequisite is that you must create a valid production version in the material master record.
Technical Details
Table 265:
Technical Name of Scope Item BJH
Scope Item is Changed
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
6.2.5 Demand-Driven Buffer Level Management
Use
This scope item is a key element in demand-driven replenishment that helps you plan and manage supply chains based on customer demand by strategically decoupling material flows and maintaining lower inventory using dynamically managed stock buffers for relevant products.
Technical Details
Table 266:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1Y2
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
6.2.6 Stock Transfer with Delivery
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
ATP check: during stock transfer order creation, material availability can be checked.
Technical Details
Table 267:
Technical Name of Scope Item BME
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
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See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
6.2.7 Quality Management in Discrete Manufacturing
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Defect monitoring leveraging SAP Fiori app
Technical Details
Table 268:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1E1
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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6.2.8 Make-to-Stock Production - Discrete Manufacturing
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Usage of the Make-to-Stock scenario for Manufacturing Execution system-relevant material● Only material which is flagged as MES relevant will be sent to a local customer shop floor system
Technical Details
Table 269:
Technical Name of Scope Item BJ5
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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6.2.9 SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Inventory and Warehouse Management
Use
This scope item provides overview pages for Inventory and Warehouse Management. The focus of the analytical apps here is to ensure high throughput of the goods receipts and pickings with an uninterrupted inventory flow that creates for an optimal stock situation.
Technical Details
Table 270:
Technical Name of Scope Item BGG
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
6.2.10 Quality Management in Sales
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Defect monitoring leveraging SAP Fiori app
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Technical Details
Table 271:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1MP
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
6.3 Response and Supply Management
6.3.1 Basic Order Promising/ATP
6.3.1.1 Product Allocation (PAL)
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6.3.1.1.1 Support Stock Transport Orders
The apps for Product Allocation (PAL) in advanced Available-to-Promise (aATP) have been enhanced to support the document type stock transport order, in addition to the previously supported document type sales order.
Technical Details
Table 272:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-ATP-PAL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.3.1.1.2 OData API for Product Allocation Object
You can use OData application programming interface API_PRODUCT_ALLOCATION_OBJECT_SRV to read data from product allocation objects as well as create characteristic value combinations and time series data based on data from external planning systems.
Technical Details
Table 273:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-ATP-PAL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about this OData application programming interface, see the SAP API Business Hub at https://api.sap.com/ .
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6.3.1.1.3 OData API for Product Allocation Sequence
You can use OData application programming interface API_PRODUCT_ALLOC_SEQUENCE_SRV to read data for product allocation sequences, including material or product assignments. In addition, you can create or change assignments to product allocation sequences by uploading planning data from external planning systems.
Technical Details
Table 274:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-ATP-PAL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about this OData application programming interface, see the SAP API Business Hub at https://api.sap.com/ .
6.3.1.2 Backorder Processing (BOP)
6.3.1.2.1 Support Stock Transport Orders
The apps for Backorder Processing (BOP) in advanced Available-to-Promise (aATP) have been enhanced to support the document type stock transport order, in addition to the previously supported document type sales order.
Technical Details
Table 275:
Product Feature is New
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-ATP-BOP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.3.1.2.2 Release for Delivery
The Release for Delivery app has been enhanced to:
● Enable you to process sales order items with a specified storage location and/or batch.● Offer a constraint concept which enables you to display elements (for example, a specified storage location)
that impact the maximum possible confirmation for a sales order item.● Offer enhanced document synchronization that enables you to see the progress of sales orders updates and
delivery creation.● Enable key users to provide a custom calculation of the impact of being unable to confirm sales order items
fully.
Technical Details
Table 276:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-ATP-BOP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
6.4 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
6.5 Extensibility in Supply Chain
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7 R&D/Engineering
7.1 Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management
7.1.1 Project Financial Control
7.1.1.1 Manage Documents
Use
This feature enables you to view the status of documents based on filter criteria such as editing status, document number, document type, document version, document part, and document description.
You can access the Manage Documents app from the SAP Fiori launchpad.
Technical Details
Table 277:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-DMS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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7.1.1.2 Project Cost Report
This feature enables you to view non-aggregated costs of projects, configure two cost planning categories and use one category for calculation of variance. You can also enter the level to which a project tree has to be expanded, and view cost details of multiple projects or WBS elements from different projects and hierarchies.
Technical Details
Table 278:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197668
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PS-FIO-ANA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
You maintain a financial statement version and a cost-related semantic tag combination to determine project costs. You do this in the Customizing Maintain Financial Statement Version for Project Cost Report under Project System Information System Costs/Revenue Information System Project Reporting (New) .
7.1.2 Project Monitoring
7.1.2.1 My Projects
With this app you can get an overview of all the projects to which you are assigned as a project manager. This includes both planned projects, which have not yet been released, and active projects, which have been released but not yet completed. Hence, the My Projects app supports you as a project manager to monitor your projects.
You get an overview on the details of your active projects, for example:
● Upcoming milestones● Cost information● Status information
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Technical Details
Table 279:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197707
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PPM-FIO (Fiori UI for Portfolio and Project Management)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can navigate to the following apps to see more details of each single project:
● Project Briefs [page 239]● My Projects - Upcoming Milestones [page 238]● My Projects - Detailed Status [page 239]
7.1.2.2 My Projects - Upcoming Milestones
With this app you can display the upcoming and overdue milestones of the active projects to which you are assigned as a project manager. Hence, the My Projects - Upcoming Milestones app supports you as a project manager to monitor your projects.
You get an overview on the details of your active projects, for example:
● Main milestones● Upcoming milestones● Overdue milestones
Technical Details
Table 280:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197706
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
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Application Component PPM-FIO (Fiori UI for Portfolio and Project Management)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can navigate to the Project Briefs [page 239] app to see more details of each single project.
7.1.2.3 My Projects - Detailed Status
With this app, you can display detailed status information about the active projects to which you are assigned as a project manager. The app lists all detailed statuses of your projects sorted by their status values and trend. It enables you to view at one glance which of your projects are at risk, the area in which the risk has been identified, for example, schedule, or cost, and the current trend.
Technical Details
Table 281:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197708
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PPM-FIO (Fiori UI for Portfolio and Project Management)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
By drilling down from a status entry to the Project Briefs [page 239] app, you can open the corresponding project brief for further analysis.
7.1.2.4 Project Briefs
With this app, you can edit and display key attributes of the projects that you have created or to which you are assigned as a project manager. You can display an overview of all your projects with summary information, for
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example, on the milestones, overall status, and cost of each project. By drilling down to an individual project, you obtain further details, such as, all milestone dates, detailed status information, and the cost per period. You can add milestones while planning your project, or record dates and statuses during project execution. By documenting the progress and performance of your projects in this way, you summarize the information essential for project reviews in steering committee meetings.
Technical Details
Table 282:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197709
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PPM-FIO (Fiori UI for Portfolio and Project Management)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
You can use the self-service configuration app Set Project Status Area of Project Brief to define the areas for which a status can be maintained in the project brief, for example, schedule or cost.
7.2 Integrated Product Development for Discrete Industries
7.2.1 Handover to Manufacturing
This feature enables you to create and maintain manufacturing bills of material (MBOMs) by selecting an engineering BOM (EBOM) and providing change number and MBOM details.
You can add, change, or delete an MBOM. On creation of every MBOM, a new planning scope alternative is created in SAP ERP.
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Technical Details
Table 283:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-VEP-VMP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
7.2.2 Characteristic Filtering for Classification
Use
This feature enables you to filter the displayed characteristics of a class during the classification of a business object using the SAP Fiori-based classification reuse UI component.
You can filter the displayed characteristics based on the following attributes:
● Has assigned values● Allows additional values● Read-only● Mandatory● Single- or multi-valued● Data type (character string / numeric / date / time)
Technical Details
Table 284:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197485
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-FIO-CL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance R&D / EngineeringIntegrated Product Development for Discrete Industries Classification Reuse UI Component
7.2.3 Maintain Configurable Bills of Material (BOMs)
This feature enables you to search and maintain bills of material(BOMs) for configurable materials. For a configurable BOM, you can also maintain object dependencies using the classic application.
Technical Details
Table 285:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197191
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-FIO-BOM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for Maintain Bill of Material SAP Fiori app documentation under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1702> Product Assistance > Cloud Editions > SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud > R&D / Engineering > Integrated Product Development for Discrete Industries
7.2.4 API for BOM Comparison
This feature enables you to compare two Bills of Material (BOMs) by comparing their BOM item attributes, which is based on OData service.
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Technical Details
Table 286:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BOM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
API for BOM Comparison (API_BILLOFMATERIAL_COMPARISON) allows you to compare the following via OData service.
● Two different BOMs● Two alternatives of the same BOM● Two versions of an EBOM● Two instances of the same BOM based on the date validity
See Also
This interface is also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
7.2.5 Simulate Configuration Models
Use
This feature enables you to search for configurable products and configured objects and start a configuration simulation with them. You can use the simulation to test and analyze your configuration model by configuring your object using the integrated characteristic value assignment screen and check whether your dependencies work. You can also display the configured BOM as the result of your configuration.
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Technical Details
Table 287:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197411
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-VCH-FIO-SIM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance R&D / EngineeringIntegrated Product Development for Discrete Industries Advanced Variant Configuration Simulate Configuration Models
7.3 Integrated Product Development for Process Industries
7.3.1 Ingredient Management
This feature enables you to manage your ingredients and maintain their properties. You can create and manage the following items:
● Raw substances to use as ingredients in a recipe● Pure substances to build up the standard composition of ingredients● Nutrients and nutrient groups to describe the nutrient composition of raw substances, real substances,
stream substances, and property specifications● Allergens and allergen groups to specify the dietary information of raw substances, real substances, stream
substances, and property specifications● Diets and diet groups to specify the dietary information of raw substances, real substances, stream
substances, and property specifications● Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and GMO groups, which you can maintain in substances and use in
recipes to check whether the output contains GMOs● Religious certificates and certificate groups, which you can maintain in substances and use in recipes to
specify whether the output complies with a given religion's rules
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Technical Details
Table 288:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-WUI-RCP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Integrated Product Development for Process Industries under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance R&D/Engineering .
7.3.2 Recipe Formulation
This feature enables you to search and filter recipes with various search criteria. You can also perform the following tasks:
● Create and manage recipes, develop formulas and processes● Create and manage real substances, which you can use as the output of your recipe● Create and manage packages, which you can use in recipes● Manage stream substances, which you can use as intermediate products in recipes● Create property specifications, which you can use to store properties on a recipe level
Technical Details
Table 289:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-WUI-RCP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information, look for the section Integrated Product Development for Process Industries under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance R&D/Engineering .
7.3.3 Recipe Finder
This feature enables you to search and filter recipes that you are authorized to see based on a wide variety of search criteria, such as contained ingredients, recipe type, or plant. You can also save your search filters in a variant, and export your results to spreadsheets.
Technical Details
Table 290:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-FIO-RCP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Integrated Product Development for Process Industries under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance R&D/Engineering .
7.3.4 Handover to Manufacturing
This feature enables you to search and filter synchronization units with various search criteria. You can also create and update bills of material (BOMs) using a recipe as data source.
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Technical Details
Table 291:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-WUI-RCP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Integrated Product Development for Process Industries under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance R&D/Engineering .
7.3.5 Configurations in Recipe Development
With this feature you can configure recipe development using the following configuration apps:
● Allowed Units of Measure for RecipesThis app allows you to define units of measure for formula editing
● Units of Measure for Columns in In- and Output Views of RecipesThis app allows you to define units of measures on formula columns
● Specification Authorization Group and Category AssignmentThis app allows you to specify authorization groups, which help you to regulate access to objects or areas.
Technical Details
Table 292:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-WUI-RCP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information, look for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana.
7.3.6 APIs for Recipe Development
This feature enables you to use the following APIs, which are based on OData services:
● API for Raw Substance (API_RAWSUSBTANCE)● API for Real Substance (API_REALSUBSTANCE)● API for Recipe Header and Formula (API_RECIPE)
Technical Details
Table 293:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PLM-WUI-RCP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
These APIs allow you to do the following:
● API for Raw Substance (API_RAWSUBSTANCE)Read raw substance attributes via OData service, like header data or composition
● API for Real Substance (API_REALSUBSTANCE)Read real substance attributes via OData service, like header data or composition
● API for Recipe Header and Formula Items (API_RECIPE)Read recipe header data and formula items via OData service
See Also
These interfaces are also available in the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/ ).
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7.4 SAP Best Practices Content
7.4.1 Handover of Engineering Bill of Material to Manufacturing
Use
This scope item allows users to create a Manufacturing Bill of Material from an Engineering Bill of Material within the same step.
Technical Details
Table 294:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1ZI
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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7.4.2 Project Financial Control
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New field “Project manager” in Project Builder● Enhanced reporting functionalities (design studio, bar charts, drilldown,…)● This scope item is now integrated with the Project Review in Steering Committee Meetings (1YF) scope item
Technical Details
Table 295:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1NT
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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7.4.3 Project Review in Steering Committee Meetings
Use
The process is specifically designed for project managers to steer their internal project, for example, R&D projects, through the company’s organization and keep all involved stakeholders (such as a steering committee) informed.
Technical Details
Table 296:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1YF
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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7.4.4 Advanced Ingredient Replacement for Recipes
Use
This scope item provides advanced ingredient replacement for recipes powered by Recipe Finder.
Technical Details
Table 297:
Technical Name of Scope Item 22R
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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7.4.5 Set up Configurable Bill of Material using Variant Configuration
Use
Advanced variant configuration enables efficient modeling of your configurable product model with a configurable BOM.
Technical Details
Table 298:
Technical Name of Scope Item 22T
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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7.4.6 Formulation - Recipe Development
Use
This scope item allows you to manage and develop product data for products based on recipes.
Technical Details
Table 299:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1QC
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Units of Measure for Views of Recipes (New)● Allowed Units of Measure for Recipes (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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7.4.7 Recipe Handover to Production - Bill of Material
Use
This scope item covers the synchronization of development results with production by synchronizing the recipe to the bill of material.
Technical Details
Table 300:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1QG
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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7.4.8 Specification Management for Recipes
Use
This scope item supports the creation of specifications for product development and management.
Technical Details
Table 301:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1QA
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Specification Authorization Group and Category Assignment (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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7.5 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
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8 Human Resources
8.1 Core HR and Payroll
8.2 Time and Attendance Management
8.2.1 Team Utilization
This feature enables you as line manager to use this app to view the average utilization of your team. It also gives you an overview of the team’s utilization and allows you to take actions on resources who are not utilized completely. You as line manager can further edit the timesheet of employee using this app.
Technical Details
Table 302:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197304
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-TS-S4
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information about Team Utilization, seehttp://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance > Generic Information > Search > Starting Apps from the Search Results > Object Page Apps > Apps for Human Resources.
8.2.2 Timesheet on Behalf
With this feature, you as a project manager or line manager can record time on behalf of an employee (internal employee or contingent worker).
Technical Details
Table 303:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-TS-S4
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about Notify Missing Time or Team Utilization, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance > Cloud editions > SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud > Human Resources > Time and Attendance Management.
8.2.3 Manage My Timesheet
This feature enables you to use the timesheet for:
● Recording time in smaller slots lesser than 30 minutes● Revoke approved time entries in case of contingent workers
You can now have a prefilled task list for the contingent workers.
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Technical Details
Table 304:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1823
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-TS-S4
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about Manage My Timesheet , see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance > Cloud editions > SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud > Human Resources > Time and Attendance Management.
8.3 SAP Best Practices Content
8.3.1 Business Event Handling
Use
Business event handling can enable applications, partners and customers to consume events related to all SAP S/4HANA business objects. This is based on publish-subscribe pattern where a central event handling component receives events from multiple senders.
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Technical Details
Table 305:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1NN
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
8.3.2 Manage Documents
Use
This scope item provides a user intuitive way to search, create and edit documents associated to a business object, such as a product.
Technical Details
Table 306:
Technical Name of Scope Item 22P
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
8.3.3 Time Recording - Project-Based Services
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Team utilization for the Line Manager role● Flexible time slots to support additional time entries● Time Sheet on behalf of surrogate timesheets
Technical Details
Table 307:
Technical Name of Scope Item J12
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Set Project Status Area of Project Brief (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)● Plants (Updated)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
8.4 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
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9 Asset Management
9.1 Maintenance Operations
9.1.1 Report and Repair Malfunction
You can use this app to easily report that a technical object has a malfunction, plan the required repair work, as well as document and confirm the maintenance work when it's done. The app has been enhanced with several new features such as an enhanced availability check, barcode scanning, a start/pause function, and the new tile Repair Malfunctions - My Job List.
Technical Details
Table 308:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Several work steps have been enhanced with new features:
● Add spare parts○ Use a barcode scanner to enter the ID of the required spare part.○ Use plus and minus buttons to increase or decrease the required material and view if the quantity of spare
parts you need are in stock in the relevant storage location or plant. Apart from purchase orders and reservations, this availability check also takes into account requirements from sales documents as well as requirements resulting from delivery notes.
○ Use a barcode scanner to display the maintenance order number when you pick up the reserved parts in the warehouse.
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● Start/pause your work with partial time confirmation○ Start working, pause your work and document why you had to interrupt your work by selecting a reason
such as Waiting for Parts or Waiting for Approval.○ Confirm the time you have already been working on the job by creating partial confirmations. Whenever
you pause your work, the system proposes a value for the actual time effort.● Confirm the malfunction report
Determine one cause as the root cause in the malfunction details when you are confirming the malfunction report.
● View and change also malfunction reports that have not been created within the app● Repair Malfunctions - My Job List
Get a quick overview of all work items assigned to you or to your team by launching the Repair Malfunctions - My Job List tile. You can select a job assigned to them from the list, open the details of the job, and start or confirm the repair work.
See Also
For more information, see the app description in the Product Assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Asset Management Maintenance Operations Report and Repair Malfunction .
9.1.2 Mass Schedule Maintenance Plans
As a maintenance planner, you can use this app to schedule all maintenance plans that are due within a specific time frame. This simplifies the creation of maintenance call objects for maintenance plans, especially if you need to schedule large numbers of maintenance plans.
You can view a list of all maintenance plans already scheduled within a certain time frame and generate new maintenance calls and call objects. You can specify scheduling options, such as the date and time for the system to start the scheduling and you determine maintenance plan options. You can enter a time frame within which the maintenance calls and call objects are to be generated, you can specify additional selection parameters for the maintenance plans and the technical objects and you determine the number of parallel processes if you use parallel processing for the automatic scheduling of maintenance plans.
Technical Details
Table 309:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance)
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Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, see the app description in the Product Assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Asset Management Maintenance Operations Mass Schedule Maintenance Plans .
9.1.3 Schedule Material Availability Check
As a maintenance planner, you can use this app to execute material availability checks for several maintenance orders at runtime or schedule these checks as a recurrent batch job.
The system checks whether the components required for a maintenance order are available and updates the availability status in the orders accordingly. If you schedule the availability check as a batch job, a report displays all error and warning messages that occurred during the checking process, as well as the system and user statuses of the orders.
Technical Details
Table 310:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, see the app description in the Product Assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Asset Management Maintenance Operations Mass Schedule Material Availability Check .
9.1.4 Technical Object Breakdowns
As a maintenance planner or maintenance technician you can use this feature to analyze the causes of a particular breakdown more closely and calculate the distribution of duration of the various breakdowns or repairs. You can
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also find out the cause behind a short or long breakdown period, or the period between two consecutive breakdowns.
With this feature, you can also perform the following tasks:
● View important key performance indicators, such as number of breakdowns observed, mean time between repair, and mean time to repair
● Drill down into leading notifications for more detailed information● Identify the possible functional location where an equipment has failed● Filter breakdowns based on various criteria
Technical Details
Table 311:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, see the app description in the Product Assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Asset Management Maintenance Operations Technical Object Breakdowns .
9.1.5 Finding Technical Objects and Maintenance Execution
With this feature you can find technical objects, maintenance notifications, maintenance orders and operations, and maintenance order confirmations in your system. You can list and filter the objects by various properties or you can use a free-text search.
You can display individual objects to view their properties, set their statuses where appropriate, and navigate to other assigned objects.
This feature is achieved with 5 apps that you can access from the Fiori Launchpad:
● Find Technical Object● Find Maintenance Notification● Find Maintenance Order● Find Maintenance Order and Operation● Find Maintenance Order Confirmation
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Technical Details
Table 312:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, see the relevant app descriptions in the Product Assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Asset Management Maintenance Operations Finding Technical Objects and Maintenance Execution .
9.1.6 Simplified Management of EAM Functions 7
This business function enables you to use various features for processing maintenance documents on the SAP Web UI for Plant Maintenance that up to now were only available in SAP GUI transactions.
Technical Details
Table 313:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
For more information about the functions that are included in the business function (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_7), see the following product feature release notes:
● Adding Objects to the Maintenance Order Object List [page 269]
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● Maintenance Plan Call Information in Order List, and Order and Operation List (for Web UI) [page 270]● Display PM Activity Type in Notification (for Web UI) [page 271]
9.1.6.1 Adding Objects to the Maintenance Order Object List
This product feature enables you to add technical objects, maintenance notifications, materials, assemblies, and serial numbers to the object list while processing a maintenance order on the SAP Web UI for Plant Maintenance.
Technical Details
Table 314:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Required Business Function
Simplified Management of EAM Functions 7 (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_7)
Additional Details
When you create or change a maintenance order, you can assign maintenance notifications, technical objects, assemblies, materials, and serial numbers. Up to now, on the SAP Web UI, the object list only displayed the header notification and all the objects that have been assigned to that maintenance order on the Objects tab page in the relevant SAP Gui transactions. With this product feature, you can now add and remove objects directly on the Object List tab page. This means that technical objects, assemblies, materials, and serial numbers are assigned to the maintenance order on header level.
The header notification still has to be created or assigned on the General Data tab page. The system displays the header notification on the Object List tab page and selects the Header Notification checkbox. However, you can assign additional maintenance notifications directly on the Object List tab page.
The system does not create order operations automatically if you assign maintenance notifications.
In addition to being able to add new entries to the object list, you can also remove assigned objects.
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Effects on Existing Data
Up to now, you could use the Object List tab page only in display mode and the table rows were greyed out. This product feature enables you to create new table row entries and offers a Delete button to remove entries from the list. Furthermore, the new checkbox Header Notification allows you to identify the header notification.
9.1.6.2 Maintenance Plan Call Information in Order List, and Order and Operation List (for Web UI)
With this product feature, you can list the maintenance plan call number, call status, completion date, call date, and planned date of maintenance plan scheduled calls in the Order List, and Order and Notification List worklists in the Order and Notification Information Center application.
You can open this application in the SAP NetWeaver Business Client, with the Work Overview menu item.
This feature enables maintenance planners to easily compare the dates of the order and the dates of the relevant maintenance call, to prove that all obligatory maintenance activities have been started before or on the date specified in the maintenance plan. If an accident happens, this can prove that the company has done every precaution, and therefore legally is not at fault.
Technical Details
Table 315:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Required Business Function
Simplified Management of EAM Functions 7 (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_7)
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9.1.6.3 Display PM Activity Type in Notification (for Web UI)
Adding Objects to the Maintenance Order Object List
This product feature enables you to set the PM Activity Type parameter for maintenance plans and notifications. Previously this parameter was only available for orders. With this new feature, if you set the PM Activity Type for a maintenance plan, and then that plan generates a notification, the new notification would inherit the set PM Activity Type. If you create a new order for a notification with a set PM Activity Type, the new order would inherit this attribute.
Technical Details
Table 316:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component PM (Plant Maintenance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Required Business Function
Simplified Management of EAM Functions 7 (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_7)
9.2 SAP Best Practices Content
9.2.1 Service Contract
Use
Lease contracts describe contractual agreements between two partners: the lessor and the lessee. This scope item helps you standardize and automate your lease service credit contract management activities, like creating
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and managing new contracts, setting helpful reminder rules and running reports that help you save time and effort and make more informed lease management decisions.
Technical Details
Table 317:
Technical Name of Scope Item 21R
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Japan, Spain, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
9.2.2 Preventive Maintenance
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Available-to-Promise (ATP) check is an integral part of the business process when creating maintenance orders. It ensures that enough parts for processing the maintenance are available.
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Technical Details
Table 318:
Technical Name of Scope Item BJ2
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
9.2.3 Corrective Maintenance
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Available-to-Promise (ATP) check is an integral part of the business process when creating maintenance orders. It ensures that enough parts for processing the maintenance are available.
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Technical Details
Table 319:
Technical Name of Scope Item BH1
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
9.2.4 Lease-In Accounting
Use
Lease contracts describe contractual agreements between two partners: the lessor and the lessee. This scope item helps you standardize and automate your lease-in credit contract management activities, like creating and managing new contracts, setting helpful reminder rules and running reports that help you save time and effort and make more informed lease management decisions.
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Technical Details
Table 320:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1T6
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Japan, Spain, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
9.2.5 Lease-Out Accounting
Use
Lease contracts describe contractual agreements between two partners: the lessor and the lessee. This scope item helps you standardize and automate your lease-out debit contract management activities, like creating and managing new contracts, setting helpful reminder rules and running reports that help you save time and effort and make more informed lease management decisions.
Technical Details
Table 321:
Technical Name of Scope Item 21Q
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Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Japan, Spain, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
9.2.6 Lease-In Accounting - Parallel Ledger
Use
Lease contracts describe contractual agreements between two partners: the lessor and the lessee. This scope item helps you standardize and automate your lease-in credit contract management activities, like creating and managing new contracts, setting helpful reminder rules and running reports that help you save time and effort and make more informed lease management decisions.
Technical Details
Table 322:
Technical Name of Scope Item 21P
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Japan, Spain, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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10 Integration
10.1 Master Data Replication
10.2 Business Network Integration
10.3 SAP Ariba Invoice Management: Posting of Non-PO Invoices to Assets
When performing invoice verification in SAP Ariba Invoice Management, you can now post invoices without purchase order reference to assets. The Asset tab is available in the Display Supplier Invoice (Advanced) app in SAP S/4HANA Cloud. On this tab, you see the posting information that was entered in SAP Ariba Invoice Management.
Technical Details
Table 323:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BNS-INT-ARI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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10.4 SAP Best Practices Content
10.4.1 Mass Maintenance for Business Partner
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Mass maintenance for business partner relationships● Technical mechanisms to avoid concurrent changes within the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system
Technical Details
Table 324:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RK
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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10.4.2 Mass Maintenance for Product
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Technical mechanisms to avoid concurrent changes within the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system
Technical Details
Table 325:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RM
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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11 Cross Components
11.1 Product Master
11.1.1 Create Alternate UoM for Product
Create Alternate UoM for Product using SAP CoPilot
Use
You can use the SAP CoPilot app to create alternate unit of measure (UoM) for an existing product from anywhere within the Fiori launchpad. This gives the user the benefit of creating alternate UoM's for a product without navigating to the Product Master app. To create alternate UoM for an existing product, you must mandatorily specify values such as product number, conversion factor for the alternate UoM, and the numeric value for the base UoM.
You can perform this task if you have the business catalog role SAP_CMD_BC_PR_MAINT_PC:
Technical Details
Table 326:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information about the Create Alternate UoM for Product, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Master Data Product Master Create Alternate UoM for Product
11.1.2 CoPilot: Product Quick View
CoPilot App for Product Quick View
Use
You can use the SAP CoPilot app for a quick view of a specified product. Using this feature, a user can view the basic details about a product (Product Number, Product Type, Product Category, Product Group, and Base Unit of Measure). You can perform the task if you have the business catalog SAP_CMD_BC_PR_MAINT_PC.
Technical Details
Table 327:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Quick View see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product AssistanceMaster Data Product Master CoPilot: Product Quick View
11.2 Business Partner, Customer, and Supplier
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11.2.1 Payment Hub Integration
With Payment Hub integration, you can maintain payment card master data in Customer Master. You can add, edit and delete Payment Cards by using Payments Cards facet.
Technical Details
Table 328:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP-CM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the this feature, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product AssistanceMaster Data Business Partner Customer Master .
11.2.2 Compressed Create
When you create a customer or supplier master data, you will be presented with a dialog box that contains a set of mandatory fields for ease of creation. This saves your time in creating new master records. You can maintain the details of the customer master or supplier master on the details page.
Technical Details
Table 329:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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11.2.3 OData for Business Partner
The OData service for Business Partner (API_BUSINESS_PARTNER) supports extensibility. You can extend certain entities by using the app Custom Fields and Logic (available on SAP Fiori Launchpad). It is also possible to perform mass processing in multiple change-set requests.
Technical Details
Table 330:
Technical Name of Product Feature
Product Feature is
Country Dependency
Application Component
Availability
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
Effects on Data Transfer
Effects on System Administration
Effects on Customizing
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See Also
11.2.4 Search Terms
Search Term 1 and Search Term 2 denote the terms that you define for a business partner, and via which you can restrict the search for a business partner in the search, or in the locator. You can enable search terms in Customer Master and Supplier Master using Adapt Filters General Information - Name .
Technical Details
Table 331:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
11.3 Mass Maintenance of Master Data
This feature enables you to use mass maintenance for business partner relationships. You can do this with the relationships of business partners that are already in the system.
Technical Details
Table 332:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197366
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-MDG-CMP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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11.4 Analytics
11.4.1 Create Tile
Use
With this app, you can create tile visualizations for an active evaluation.
Technical Details
Table 333:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-SB-S4H-DT
CA-GTF-SB-S4H-RT
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Enhanced this app with the following features:
● The value of measure configured while creating an KPI is now displayed on the tile after publishing.● Added Maintain Languages field which allows you to create and display tile in multiple languages.
See Also
For more information, look for the section Create Tile, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics SAP Smart Business Modeler Apps .
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11.4.2 Configure Drill-Down
Use
With this app, you can create tile visualizations for an active evaluation.
Technical Details
Table 334:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-SB-S4H-DT
CA-GTF-SB-S4H-RT
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Enhanced this app to configure a mini tile with Analysis Path Framework along with Generic option. The Generic option allows you to choose a tile format for visualization. The Analysis Path Framework option allows you to select a semantic object, action, configuration, and a tile format for visualization.
See Also
For more information, look for the section Configure Drill-Down, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics SAP Smart Business Modeler Apps .
11.4.3 Publish Report
With this app, you can create tile visualizations for an active evaluation.
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Technical Details
Table 335:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-SB-S4H-REP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Added Maintain Languages field to create and display tiles in multiple languages.
See Also
For more information, look for the section Publish Report, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics SAP Report Modeler Apps .
11.4.4 Configure Report Drill-Down
With this app, you can configure the generic drill-down application with various charts at design time and display the charts at runtime. The visualization can be sorted based on the measure and dimensions of the report.
Technical Details
Table 336:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-SB-S4H-REP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
Enhanced this app to include a maximum of 2 views in either chart or table format for a drill-down configuration.
See Also
For more information, look for the section Configure Report Drill-Down, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics SAP Report Modeler Apps .
11.4.5 View Browser
With this app, you can search, browse, and tag analytical and non-analytical queries.
Technical Details
Table 337:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-VDM-VB
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Enhanced the app with the following features:
● Included Maintain Languages field to maintain and view the title and description in other languages. You can also edit and delete the title and subtitle.
● Manage analytical queries [create, open, and copy] for SAP released and customer queries from View Browser.
Effects on Existing Data
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Effects on Data Transfer
Effects on System Administration
Effects on Customizing
See Also
For more information, look for the section View Browser, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics .
11.4.6 Date Function
This feature enables you to displays all the predefined (by SAP) and userdefined date functions.
Technical Details
Table 338:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-VDM-DF
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Enhanced this app with Maintain Languages which allows you to create and view the title and subtitle of the date functions in other languages.
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See Also
For more information, look for the section View Browser, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics .
11.4.7 Create Tile for SAP Analytics Cloud Stories
This feature enables you to create a tile in S/4HANA for the dashboard or Business Object Story. This feature allows you to launch the BOC stories directly from the app.
Technical Details
Table 339:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-VDM-BOC
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can use this app for the following:
● View Stories: Displays the BOC stories that you are authorized to access.● Create Fiori Application
You can create Fiori application ID for selected SAP Analytics Cloud Story and publish the same using Custom Catalog Extension app. The tile once published is available in the catalog and can be added to home page. You can edit the title and subtitle of analytic cloud story.You can delete the tile if the tile is not published to the catalog. If the tile is published to the catalog, you must remove and revoke the story from Custom Catalog Extension app.
● Analytics Cloud Story Status: The Published Status column displays the status of the created Analytics Cloud Story.
● You can preview the Analytics Cloud story by choosing a row and the story opens in a new tab.
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See Also
For more information, look for the section View Browser, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics .
11.5 SAP Best Practices Content
11.5.1 Output Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Extend or customize email form templates for SAP S/4HANA output management● Set up print queues in the Cloud● Use print queues in the output management business rule framework (BRF+)
Technical Details
Table 340:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1LQ
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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11.5.2 Engineering Change Management with Change Records
Use
SAP Engineering Change Management with Change Records flexibly supports the management of engineering changes with workflow support.
Technical Details
Table 341:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1NF
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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11.5.3 Key User Extensibility
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Add custom field to Web GUI for HTML● Translate custom field into another language● Code list● Create code list for reuse in business object● Assign custom code list to custom business object● Add custom node list to custom business object● Add and enable Core Data Services (CDS) view for use in custom analytic query● Create custom query with custom CDS view as a data view● Transport custom extensions to a production system
Technical Details
Table 342:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1N9
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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11.5.4 SAP Global Trade Services Integration - Contact Person
Use
This scope item synchronizes the Contact Person from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to GTS on-premise.
Technical Details
Table 343:
Technical Name of Scope Item 24F
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
11.5.5 Integration to SAP Global Trade Services
Use
With this scope item, you can synchronize master data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to SAP Global Trade Services on-premise for Customer, Supplier, Material Master, and Address.
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Technical Details
Table 344:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1WA
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
11.5.6 Integration with SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud
Use
The integration with SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud allows the automatic process of bills originating from SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud sent to SAP S/4HANA SD Billing as an external billing document request (EBDR).
Technical Details
Table 345:
Technical Name of Scope Item 2AP
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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11.5.7 SAP Global Trade Services Integration - Document Transfer
Use
This scope item facilitates document transfer from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to GTS on-premise.
Technical Details
Table 346:
Technical Name of Scope Item 24J
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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11.5.8 SAP Global Trade Services Integration - Bill of Materials
Use
This scope item synchronizes the Bill of Material from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to GTS on-premise.
Technical Details
Table 347:
Technical Name of Scope Item 24H
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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11.5.9 Side-by-Side Extensibility for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Display and write data through a whitelisted API● Develop and deploy Java application in SAP Cloud Platform
Technical Details
Table 348:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RW
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
11.5.10 Integration between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
Use
Configure integration between SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning to SAP S/4HANA in the Public Cloud.
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Technical Details
Table 349:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1YB
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
11.5.11 Responsibility Determination
Use
This scope item covers the process of determining the correct contact for various contexts to address tasks and activities along the working structure defined via Tasks, Activities, Workplaces, Location, Production Lines or other Enterprise Structure types.
Technical Details
Table 350:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1NJ
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Function Profiles (New)● Define Functions (New)● Define Team Categories (New)● Define Team Types (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
11.5.12 Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA from File
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New migration objects● Better documentation● Increased tool capabilities
Technical Details
Table 351:
Technical Name of Scope Item BH5
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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11.6 Custom CDS Views
● Standard fields added by extensibility can be used in the custom CDS view app.● Queries are not displayed in the CDS view list.● Status Released is displayed for SAP views.● Cardinality of on-condition can be overwritten manually.● Comparison operators can be used in the on-condition.● The alias of the primary data source can be changed.● Custom CDS views without a key can be created.
Technical Details
Table 352:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-GKE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
● Queries are not displayed in the CDS view list.● Status Released is displayed for SAP views.
See Also
For more information, look for the section Custom CDS Views for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708: Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User
Extensibility .
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11.7 Custom Analytical Queries
Use
● Support for unit and currency conversion● Display status of ICF node● Integration with View Browser application.
Technical Details
Table 353:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1572_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-AQD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
● Activation of ICF node takes sometime. Hence the updated status is now displayed on the UI.● Added a new option under Display section to Add Converted Measure for supporting unit and currency
conversions for the required fields.● You can now open, create, and copy analytical queries from View Browser application.
See Also
For more information about details to be aware of when and how to use these fields, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1611 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User ExtensibilityCustom Analytical Queries Configuring Fields of the Query
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11.8 Custom Fields and Logic
Technical Details
Table 354:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1481_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-FLD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
The app has been enhanced with the new Data Source Extensions tab. With this tab, users can now create their own data source extensions to retrieve the values of additional standard fields in data sources delivered by SAP.
The app has also been enhanced with the new field type Association to Business Object. When creating a new field, you can now use this field type to assign your field to an existing business object. When making this field visible in the runtime UI, value help is provided, allowing you to select from the existing business object instances. If the runtime UI switches to Display mode, the field becomes a link and allows forward navigation to the runtime UI of the associated business object instance. By clicking on the business object link in the editing screen for your field, you can open the associated business object in the Custom Business Objects app.
Effects on Data Transfer
None
Effects on System Administration
None
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Effects on Customizing
None
See Also
For more information, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic InformationGeneral Functions for the Key User Extensibility Custom Fields and Logic How to Create Data Source Extensions
11.9 Extensibility Inventory
This app enables you to display an overview of your extensibility items and to view associations or dependencies between various extensibility items. You can thus gauge how importing or exporting a given extensibility item would affect other extensibility items.
Technical Details
Table 355:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2587
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-SL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Extensibility Inventory for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key UserExtensibility Extensibility Inventory
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11.10 Business Role Templates
This app provides an overview of the business role templates delivered by SAP. You can see at a glance if any templates have changed, which roles are based on these templates and whether you need to update them accordingly.
Technical Details
Table 356:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-IAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Business Role Templates for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708: Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User
Identity and Acess Management .
11.11 Extensibility
11.11.1 Extensibility Cockpit
This app enables you to view all the extensible objects that correspond with a business context after you select an edition, solution scope, and one or more scope items.
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Technical Details
Table 357:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-EI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
A system administrator must complete the required configuration so that users can view data in the app. For more information, see the Customer Guide.
See Also
For more information about Extensibility Cockpit, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product AssistanceGeneric Information Extensibility Extensibility Cockpit
11.12 Responsibility Management
11.12.1 Manage Teams and Responsibilities
You can add values for responsibility definitions assigned to teams.
The name of the app is changed from Maintain Teams and Responsibilities to Manage Teams and Responsibilities.
Technical Details
Table 358:
Product Feature is New
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Country Dependency All
Application Component CA-GTF-RM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following self-service configuration apps are available under Manage Your Solution Configure Your Solution :
● Define Functions● Define Function Profiles● Define Team Categories● Define Team Types
See Also
For more information about Manage Teams and Responsibilities, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Manage Teams and Responsibilities .
11.13 Business Event Handling
The following APIs are available for business event handling:
● OData for Business Event Service Queue● OData for Subscription Management
11.13.1 APIs for Business Event Handling
● OData for Business Event Service QueueWith this service, you can read the event queue that contains a list of business events that have been triggered. The content of the event is limited to a generic base data, but does not contain any applicationspecific data due to security constraints. You can also view the data relevant to the business object type. Each business object type has one or more key fields.
● OData for Subscription Management
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With this service, you can subscribe to business event objects. You can also manage all the active and inactive subscriptions. It is based on the OData protocol and can be consumed in Fiori Apps and on other user interfaces.Managing the subscriptions include the following:○ Creating subscriptions○ Deleting subscriptions○ Activating subscriptions○ Deactivating subscriptions○ Changing the priority of subscriptions
If an event is triggered when you subscribe to a business object, then it is recorded in the event queue table.This service enables you to read the event queue that contains a list of triggered business events. The content of the event is limited to a generic base data but does not contain any applicationspecific data due to security constraints. You can also view the data relevant to the business object type. Each business object type has one or more key fields.
Technical Details
Table 359:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-BEH
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
These interfaces are also available on the SAP API Business Hub (https://api.sap.com/).
11.14 SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting
11.14.1 Run Advanced Compliance Reports
Name of app changed from Run Statutory Reports to Run Advanced Compliance Reports.
Technical Details
Table 360:
Product Feature is Changed
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Cross Components P U B L I C 309
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-LOC-SRF-RUN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Run Advanced Compliance Reports app is built on an extensive feature-rich framework that can support the compliance reporting requirements of several countries. Here is the list of new features enabled in Run Advanced Compliance Reports app:
● Flexible Reporting LevelsSAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allows you to submit tax reports at different reporting levels via the use of organizational units. The reporting levels currently supported in advanced compliance reporting, for both classic and enhanced modes, are - company code, business place, jurisdiction code, and section code. This feature allows you to use the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app to submit reports for countries that require reporting at these additional levels. For example, Canada tax authorities require tax reporting at company code and tax jurisdiction levels. You can set values for the reporting levels while configuring the reporting entity. The assigned values get defaulted when you run the reports. You can assign the organizational units to the report categories in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app.
● Data PreviewSAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting supports generation of multiple output formats, such as, XML, XBRL, TXT, and so on. The data preview option in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app allows you to visualize and interpret complex output formats in a user-friendly and consistent manner. With data preview feature, you can -○ View repeatable elements in a table format, and non-repeatable elements in a form layout. If a repeatable
element in a table has child nodes, the child node is displayed as a link. You can use the link to view the child node details in a separate view.
○ Mouse-over on labels, and view the documentation for the respective elements. Note, that you can view documentation for an element only if the relevant information is available in the schema.
○ View element attributes as links. You can see the attribute names and values using the available links.● Manual Adjustment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allows you can make manual changes to the document data after the document has been generated. With the manual adjustment feature, you can -○ Manually adjust the legal files before submitting it to the authorities. After the manual changes, you can
regenerate the output format.○ View a detailed log of all the changes made. You can use the change log for audit trail purposes.○ Easily identify the changed elements as the updated elements appear highlighted.○ Mouse over the changed elements to view details such as - last changed by, last changed value, and the
original value.○ At any point go back to the original version of the document, by choosing the Reset option.
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NoteAs you can manually adjust data only at the file level, we recommend that you do manual adjustment of data only in scenarios where you cannot modify data in the system, or if the data is not available in the system.
See Also
For more information about this app, see the product assistance of SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Generic Information Advanced Compliance Reporting .
11.14.2 Define Advanced Compliance Reports
Name of app changed from Define Statutory Reports to Define Advanced Compliance Reports.
Technical Details
Table 361:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-LOC-SRF-DEF
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Here is the list of new features enabled for the Define Advanced Compliance Reports are:
● Create Report CategoriesThe Define Advanced Compliance Reports app provides you with preconfigured report categories. You can choose to use the existing report categories, or create new report categories based on your business requirements. You can set properties, rules, and assign organizational units to the report category.
● Reference Report DefinitionsReference report definitions in SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allow you to extend an existing report definition, both SAP standard as well as the ones created in your namespace. You can extend a report definition by assigning a reference report definition to it. Extending a report definition allows you to reuse and modify the existing report definitions based on your own requirements, and also consistently get the out-of-the-box changes delivered by SAP.
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When you create a new report definition, you can choose to create a report with reference. The new report definition inherits the properties, parameters, queries, document definitions, correspondence definitions, events, and so on of the reference report definition. The inheritance status for each of the inherited attributes can be Inherited, Redefined, Not Inheritable, or New.○ Inherited: Indicates that the attribute has been inherited as is from the reference report definition. Any
change made in the inherited attribute in the reference report definition, gets reflected in the new report definition.
○ Redefined: Indicates that the attribute's inherited value has been changed in the new report definition. You can no longer inherit the values from the reference report definition, but you can change the status to Inherited anytime to inherit the values from the reference report definition.
○ Not Inheritable: Indicates that the attribute cannot be further inherited by any report definitions that extend this report definition. However, you can change the status to Inherited anytime to inherit the values from the reference report definition.
○ New: Indicates that the attribute has been created new in the new report definition.● Upload and Download Report Definitions
When you want to use your report definitions across multiple systems, you can use the upload and download feature of the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app. You can also use the download feature to create a backup of your report definition..
● Enable Data Preview ModeYou can configure your output documents to be viewed in a user-friendly and consistent format by using the Visualization Mode option. You can enable the data preview mode by setting the Visualization Mode as Read-Only in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app. You can enter labels for elements and attributes while performing the mapping for a report definition. The labels appear in the data preview mode in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports. Note that you can currently provide labels only in English.
● Enable Manual AdjustmentYou can configure your output documents to be manually editable in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app by using the Visualization Mode option. You can enable manual adjustment by setting the Visualization Mode as Editable in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app.
See Also
For more information, go to the product assistance of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Generic InformationAdvanced Compliance Reporting .
11.15 Legal Content Management
Legal Content Management (LCM) provides a suite of applications designed for the creation and the management of legal content in enterprises that can be integrated into all core business processes and stores all types of documents in a single repository.
Legal Content Management enables customers to manage all cross application processes related to the creation and governance of legal content. Legal content is produced as a result of various business scenarios in a company, such as procurement processes or sales and distribution as well as policies or intercompany agreements. LCM
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provides a central repository and single source of truth for all legal documents, such as contracts, policies, and non-disclosure agreements. LCM offers full traceability of signatures, and responsibilities (internal and external).
Technical Details
Table 362:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197687
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LCM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
To access the apps that are provided for Legal Content Management, perform the following steps:
1. Assign the user with the SAP_BR_BPC_EXPERT business role.2. Log on the Fiori Launchpad.3. Select Manage your Solution.4. Click the Realize phase.5. Click Configure Your Solution.6. Locate Account Determination and click Start.
Effects on Customizing
Before you can use the apps, you need to make some basic configuration settings to adapt the system to your specific requirements. You maintain these configuration in the SAP Fiori Launchpad of your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system under Implementation Cockpit Manage Your Solution Configure Your Solution .
11.16 Personalized Search
This feature enables you to track user(s) search activities. The search data is retained in the database and the data collected in the database will be used by the Enterprise Search to rank userspecific search results. You can also disable to track the search activities.
You can enable or disable the search by choosing an general option or with user's approval or rejection.
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Technical Details
Table 363:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-GTF-HSB
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Personalized Search, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Generic Information Search .
11.17 Application Jobs
The Application Jobs app now includes job templates that allow you to schedule and run jobs that send or print recurring correspondence documents such as open items lists and account statements.
Technical Details
Table 364:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-APJ
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
11.18 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 315].
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12 Country Specifics
12.1 China
12.1.1 Finance
12.1.1.1 Configuration for Cash Flow Statements
With this feature, you can make settings in the following self-service configuration apps for the Cash Flow Statements in China. These self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
● Define Sequence for Sorting Line Items by G/L Account NumberSpecify in which order the Cash Flow Statements app sorts the complex accounting document line items (by G/L account).
● Use Non-Leading Ledger for Offsetting Account DeterminationDefine and activate a non-leading ledger for offsetting account determination and other related reports.
Technical Details
Table 365:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for China
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-CN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
12.1.1.2 Configuration for Official Document Numbering
With this feature, you can make settings in the following self-service configuration apps for the Official Document Numbering in China. These self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
● Activate Document Numbering for Company CodeActivate the function of generating official document numbers for a company code.
● Maintain Settings for Clearing Documents Without Line ItemsMaintain settings so that the system does not generate official document for clearing accounting documents without line items.
● Maintain Number GroupsDefine number groups in order to maintain your official document number ranges in the system.
● Maintain Document ClassesMaintain settings so that the system numbers the Financial Accounting (FI) documents with an official document number from a year-dependent number range.
● Assign Number Group to Company CodeMaintain settings so that when you assign number range intervals to one or more document classes, the system issues official document numbers in accordance with the Chinese requirements.
● Assign Document Classes to Document TypesAssign each document class to the appropriate accounting document types.
Technical Details
Table 366:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for China
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-CN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
12.2 France
12.2.1 Finance
12.2.1.1 Configuration for Advanced Compliance Reporting
With this self-service configuration app, you can perform the actions required to set up your compliance reports using SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting.
Technical Details
Table 367:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for France
Application Component FI-LOC-SRF-DEF
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Using the self-service configuration app, you can:
● Define Reporting Entities for Statutory Reporting● Assign Report Categories to a Reporting Entity
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● Set Periodicity of Report Category● Change Use of Report Definition● Enter Parameters Specific to the Report Category● Set Validity of Organizational Unit● Assign Organizational Unit to a Reporting Entity● Enter Parameters Specific to Reporting Entities
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
12.3 Hungary
12.3.1 Finance
12.3.1.1 Configuration for Domestic Sales and Purchases List
This feature enables you to make settings in the Define Percentages for Sales Tax Codes self-service configuration app for the domestic sales and purchases list in Hungary. This self-service configuration app has been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 368:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
You can define proportional values in percentage for each sales tax code for the Domestic Sales and Purchases List app. You can make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app within the Manage Your Solution app.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
12.3.1.2 Calculate Exchange Rate for Cash Journal
With this feature, you can calculate a weighted average of exchange rate every working day for your cash journals. This calculated weighted average of exchange rate is used for the currency translation when posting your outgoing payments on the following working day.
Technical Details
Table 369:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197287
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for Calculate Exchange Rates for Cash Journals under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the product assistance, in section Country-Specific Functions Hungary .
12.3.1.3 Display Historical Data of Exchange Rates
With this feature you can display the exchange rates calculated and stored in the past for each posting date.
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Technical Details
Table 370:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197288
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Display Historical Data of Exchange Rates for Cash Journals under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the product assistance, in section Country-Specific Functions Hungary .
12.4 Ireland
12.4.1 Finance
12.4.1.1 EC Sales List
Technical Details
Table 371:
Technical Name of Product Feature IE_ECSL_DCL
Product Feature is Changed
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Country Specifics
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component XX-CSC-IE-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.4.1.2 VAT Return
Technical Details
Table 372:
Technical Name of Product Feature IE_VAT_DCL
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component XX-CSC-IE-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.4.1.3 Payment Formats and Bank Statements for Ireland
With this feature you can create and download the payment formats and you can import bank statements. The following countryspecific payment formats and bank statements are available for Ireland:
● IE_CGI_XML_CT (payment format)● IE_CGI_XML_DD (payment format)● IE_MT101 (payment format)● CAMT.053 (bank statement)● MT940 (bank statement)
Technical Details
Table 373:
Product Feature is New
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Country Specifics P U B L I C 321
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Manage Payment Media app has been enabled for the download of payment formats.
The Manage Incoming Payment Files app has been enabled for a manual import of bank statements.
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Ireland Payment Formats and Bank Statements (IE) .
12.5 Italy
12.5.1 Finance
12.5.1.1 Print Self Invoices
With this feature you can generate self invoices, create a list of all self invoices and print self invoices, for example, if you have acquired goods or services from countries outside the European Union (EU), according to the Italian regulations.
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Technical Details
Table 374:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid only for Italy
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IT
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Country-Specific Functions → Italy for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce1708 → Product Assistance
12.5.1.2 Payment-Related Updates
This feature enables you to use the following updates regarding payments in Italy:
● A new payment format, IT_CBI_RIB_001 is available for incoming payments (RIBA).● You can import the payment rejection (pain.002) files.● You can display bills of exchange presentation document based on the bills of exchange document.
Technical Details
Table 375:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IT
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Country Specifics P U B L I C 323
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Italy Payment Formats and Bank Statements (IT) .
12.5.1.3 Configuration for Bills of Exchange Receivable
This feature enables you to make settings for bills of exchange receivable in Italy in the following self-service configuration apps:
● Define Bank Subaccounts● Define Available Amounts● Enter Bank Assignments
The self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 376:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.5.1.4 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Italy.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Italy app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
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● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Italy app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Italy app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
Technical Details
Table 377:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.5.1.5 Extended BoE List - Italy
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Italy app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 378:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.6 Japan
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12.6.1 Finance
12.6.1.1 Manage Journal Entries - Japan
With this feature, you can analyze your journal entries and create reversals in order to make adjustments. Filtering and selection criteria enable you to quickly find journal entries. The information provided includes the G/L accounts posted, other account assignment objects, and any sales or purchase taxes. You can create new journal entries based on other journal entries. You can enter notes or add attachments to explain the posting. Information is shown on any related documents. Amounts can be displayed in different currencies, such as local currency or transaction currency. You can also split accounting data if an invoice in foreign currency is to be split into more than one but no more than three accounting line items.
Technical Details
Table 379:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-JP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Manage Journal Entries - Japan for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance.
12.6.1.2 Update Electronic BoE with EMC Number - Japan
With this feature, you can update the electronic bills of exchange (BoE) with the electronic monetary claim (EMC) numbers available in the XML file (notice_ACR.ASG.DIV) that you receive from the EMC organization.
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Technical Details
Table 380:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-JP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.6.1.3 Configuration for Bills of Exchange Receivable
This feature enables you to make settings for bills of exchange receivable in Japan in the following self-service configuration apps:
● Define Bank Subaccounts● Define Available Amounts● Enter Bank Assignments
The self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 381:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.6.1.4 Configuration for Bills of Exchange Payable
This feature enables you to make settings in the Define Account for Returned Bills of Exchange self-service configuration app for the bills of exchange payable in Japan. This self-service configuration app has been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
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Technical Details
Table 382:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AP-AP-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.6.1.5 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Japan.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Japan app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Japan app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Japan app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
Technical Details
Table 383:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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12.6.1.6 Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Japan
With this feature, you can use the Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Japan app to post the payment when the due date of a bill of exchange is reached and when your bank pays the bill of exchange.
Technical Details
Table 384:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AP-AP-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.6.1.7 Extended BoE List - Japan
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Japan app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 385:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.6.1.8 Withholding Tax using Blue Return (Invoice - Based)
You can use the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app to generate the withholding tax reports using blue return (invoice -based) system, that fulfills the requirements of the government in Japan.
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Technical Details
Table 386:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AP-AP-Q1
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.7 Netherlands
12.7.1 Finance
12.7.1.1 VAT Return
This feature enables you to create a VAT Return for the Netherlands.
Technical Details
Table 387:
Technical Name of Product Feature NL_VAT_DCL
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for the Netherlands
Application Component XX-CSC-NL-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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12.7.1.2 Update in Payment Formats
The NL_SEPA_CT and NL_SEPA_DD payment formats have been replaced by the NL_CGI_XML_CT and the NL_CGI_XML DD payment formats.
Technical Details
Table 388:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for the Netherlands
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-NL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Netherlands Payment Formats and Bank Statements (NL) .
12.8 New Zealand
12.8.1 Finance
12.8.1.1 New Payment Format Available
The NZ_MT101 new payment format is available for New Zealand. This payment format is used for requests for transfers.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Country Specifics P U B L I C 331
Technical Details
Table 389:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for New Zealand
Application Component FI-LOC-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions New Zealand Payment Formats and Bank Statements (NZ) .
12.9 Philippines
12.9.1 Finance
12.9.1.1 VAT Returns
The following changes have been made:
● A new report category PH_VAT_RTN has been introduced to enable you to generate quarterly VAT returns for Philippines.A new TXT output format has been added for both – the monthly as well as quarterly returns. This format generates a text file with the values that you need to specify while filing your VAT returns using the 2550M (Monthly Value-Added Tax Declaration) and 2550Q (Quarterly Value-Added Tax Return) forms. The analytical view of this format displays the relevant values grouped by the fields on the 2550M and 2500Q forms.
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Technical Details
Table 390:
Technical Name of Product Feature
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Philippines
Application Component XX-CSC-PH-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the VAT Return report for Philippines, see https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD > Product Assistance
12.10 Spain
12.10.1 Finance
12.10.1.1 Form 340: Informative VAT Return of Operations
With this feature you can extract data and generate a file in accordance with the Spanish Requirements (Modelo 340).
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Country Specifics P U B L I C 333
Technical Details
Table 391:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid only for Spain
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-ES
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Country-Specific Functions for the relevant cloud edition under http:// help.sap.com/s4hana → Product Assistance
12.10.1.2 Payment-Related Updates
This feature enables you to use the following updates regarding payments in Spain:
● A new bank statement, Cuaderno is available.● You can import the payment rejection (pain.002) files.● You can display bills of exchange presentation document based on the bills of exchange document.
Technical Details
Table 392:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-ES
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Spain Payment Formats and Bank Statements (ES) .
12.10.1.3 Configuration for Bills of Exchange Receivable
This feature enables you to make settings for bills of exchange receivable in Spain in the following self-service configuration apps:
● Define Bank Subaccounts● Define Available Amounts● Enter Bank Assignments
The self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 393:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.10.1.4 Configuration for Bills of Exchange Payable
This feature enables you to make settings in the Define Account for Returned Bills of Exchange self-service configuration app for the bills of exchange payable in Spain. This self-service configuration app has been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 394:
Product Feature is New
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Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-AP-AP-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.10.1.5 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Spain.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Spain app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Spain app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Spain app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
Technical Details
Table 395:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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12.10.1.6 Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Spain
With this feature, you can use the Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Spain app to post the payment when the due date of a bill of exchange is reached and when your bank pays the bill of exchange.
Technical Details
Table 396:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-AP-AP-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.10.1.7 Extended BoE List - Spain
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Spain app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 397:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.11 Sweden
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12.11.1 Finance
12.11.1.1 EC Sales List
Technical Details
Table 398:
Technical Name of Product Feature SE_ECSL_DLC
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Sweden
Application Component XX-CSC-SE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.11.1.2 Payment Formats and Bank Statements for Sweden
With this feature you can create and download the payment formats and you can import bank statements. The following countryspecific payment formats and bank statements are available for Sweden:
● SE_CGI_XML_CT (payment format)● SE_A_AUTOGIRO (payment format)● SE_BANKGIRO (payment format)● SE_MT101 (payment format)● CAMT.053 (bank statement)● MT940 (bank statement)
Technical Details
Table 399:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Sweden
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Application Component FI-LOC-FI-SCN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Manage Payment Media app has been enabled for the download of payment formats.
The Manage Incoming Payment Files app has been enabled for a manual import of bank statements.
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Sweden Payment Formats and Bank Statements (SE) .
12.12 Taiwan
12.12.1 Finance
12.12.1.1 Reversed/Cancelled Documents in DMEE File in VAT Declaration
With this feature, no matter whether the reversal and cancellation is happened in the same period or not, items in the electronic text file will be deleted for all the input tax invoice types and output tax invoice types 33, 34, and 36, rather than marked as deleted. And for output tax invoice types 31, 32, and 35, items in the electronic text file will be marked as deleted in case of reversal or cancellation.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Country Specifics P U B L I C 339
Technical Details
Table 400:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Taiwan
Application Component FI-LOC
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
12.13 United Kingdom
12.13.1 Finance
12.13.1.1 Update in Payment Formats
The GB_SEPA_CT and GB_SEPA_DD payment formats have been replaced by the GB_CGI_XML_CT and the GB_CGI_XML_ DD payment formats. The SEPA payment formats are no longer supported.
Technical Details
Table 401:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for the United Kingdom
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-GB
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions United Kingdom Payment Formats and Bank Statements (UK) .
12.14 United States
12.14.1 Finance
12.14.1.1 Configuration for Advanced Compliance Reporting
With this self-service configuration app, you can perform the actions required to set up your compliance reports using SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting.
Technical Details
Table 402:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for United States
Application Component FI-LOC-SRF-DEF
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Using the self-service configuration app, you can:
● Define Reporting Entities for Statutory Reporting● Assign Report Categories to a Reporting Entity
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● Set Periodicity of Report Category● Change Use of Report Definition● Enter Parameters Specific to the Report Category● Set Validity of Organizational Unit● Assign Organizational Unit to a Reporting Entity● Enter Parameters Specific to Reporting Entities
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
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13 Previous Cloud Editions
SAP S/4HANA Finance Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud are only available for customers who have licensed these cloud editions before SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1705.
13.1 SAP S/4HANA Finance Cloud
13.1.1 SAP Best Practices Content
13.1.1.1 Service Contract
Use
Lease contracts describe contractual agreements between two partners: the lessor and the lessee. This scope item helps you standardize and automate your lease service credit contract management activities, like creating and managing new contracts, setting helpful reminder rules and running reports that help you save time and effort and make more informed lease management decisions.
Technical Details
Table 403:
Technical Name of Scope Item 21R
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 343
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Japan, Spain, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.1.2 Lease-In Accounting
Use
Lease contracts describe contractual agreements between two partners: the lessor and the lessee. This scope item helps you standardize and automate your lease-in credit contract management activities, like creating and managing new contracts, setting helpful reminder rules and running reports that help you save time and effort and make more informed lease management decisions.
Technical Details
Table 404:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1T6
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Japan, Spain, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.1.3 Lease-Out Accounting
Use
Lease contracts describe contractual agreements between two partners: the lessor and the lessee. This scope item helps you standardize and automate your lease-out debit contract management activities, like creating and managing new contracts, setting helpful reminder rules and running reports that help you save time and effort and make more informed lease management decisions.
Technical Details
Table 405:
Technical Name of Scope Item 21Q
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Japan, Spain, USA
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 345
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.1.4 Lease-In Accounting - Parallel Ledger
Use
Lease contracts describe contractual agreements between two partners: the lessor and the lessee. This scope item helps you standardize and automate your lease-in credit contract management activities, like creating and managing new contracts, setting helpful reminder rules and running reports that help you save time and effort and make more informed lease management decisions.
Technical Details
Table 406:
Technical Name of Scope Item 21P
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Japan, Spain, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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13.1.2 Finance
13.1.2.1 New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps
Finance analytical apps with the Web Dynpro application type are also available as Design Studio apps. These Design Studio apps have a new look and feel.
Technical Details
Table 407:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI (Finance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
If the tile for an affected analytical app was available on a user's SAP Fiori Launchpad in a previous release and the user opens the app as of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708, the app opens with the new Design Studio look and feel. The Web Dynpro version of the app is still available and can be added to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
Please note the following differences in Design Studio apps:
● When you open a Design Studio app, you are prompted to enter criteria for filtering the data. These filter criteria are not automatically displayed in the Filter Bar.
To see the filter criteria, open the Settings dialog by clicking . Then click Information.● In the new Design Studio version of the apps, you have to re-create your filter variants. Use the Web Dynpro
version of the apps to find your variants for reference.● If you need a screen reader, please use it with the Web Dynpro version of the app for the best results. The
accessible tile has the same name as the Design Studio tile, but, on the SAP Fiori Launchpad, the word "Accessible" is included in the lower right corner.
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Effects on System Administration
The change in application type does not affect the set up of your business catalogs or business roles. Users who had access to the analytical apps before this release will also have the same access with the new Design Studio versions.
See Also
● To see which application type an app has, go to the SAP Fiori apps reference library.
● For more information about how Design Studio apps works, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics Using Analytical Reports .
13.1.2.2 Accounting and Financial Close
13.1.2.2.1 Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Accounting and Financial Close require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
Technical Details
Table 408:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types:
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NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
General Ledger Accounting
Table 409: G/L Accounting Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
General Ledger - Tax Declaration (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_TX_DCL_PC)
A new authorization object has been created for controlling the use of the Create Advance Return on Sales/Purchase Tax app. You must make settings for these additional restriction types.
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Customer Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BED)
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Supplier Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BEK)
● General Ledger Accounting - Planning (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PLN_PC)
● General Ledger - Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_PC)
To ensure that users with the General Ledger Accountant (SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
Check all of the new restriction types.
General Ledger - Cash Journal Entries (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_CASHJE_PC)
New business catalog. ● Authorization Groups for Changes to Customer Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BED)
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Supplier Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BEK)
● Authorization Groups for Cash Journal (BEGRU_FBCJ)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Segment for Segmental Reporting/Record Type (SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● General Ledger - Park Journal Entries (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_PARKDCPRE_PC
● General Ledger - Post Parked Journal Entries (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_PARKDCPST_PC)
A new transaction for displaying invoices has been added to the business catalog. You must make a setting for the new restriction type introduced by the authorization object related to the new transaction.
Plant (WERKS)
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 349
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
General Ledger Accounting – Planning ( SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PLN_PC
New business catalog. Check all of the new restriction types.
General Ledger - Posting Period Management (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PER_MGMT_PC)
You must make settings for new restriction types that replace the Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR ) restriction type.
● Authorization Group Maintenance by Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_BRG )
● Posting Period Variant Configuration (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_MPV )
● Posting Period Maintenance by Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_OPV )
Financials - Accounting Document Display ( SAP_FIN_BC_DSPL_ACDOC_PC )
New business catalog. Check all of the new restriction types.
Asset Accounting
Table 410: Asset Accounting Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Asset Accounting - Operational Processing (SAP_FIN_BC_AA_DOC_PROC_PC)
The Post Miscellaneous Transactions app was added. With this app you can post acquistions and retirements not affecting P&L as required for example by German law (Bilanzrichtlinienumsetzungsgesetz).
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Consoldiation
Table 411: Consolidation Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Consolidation - Maintain Product Fixed Configuration (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_CNFGFXD_PC)
New restriction types have been added. Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Rules Configuration (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_CNFGRLS_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Company Code (BUKRS)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
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Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Consolidation - Process (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_PROCESS_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Company Code (BUKRS)● Authorization Object for Consolida
tion Logs (CACTT_CONGR )● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Master Data Financial Statement Items Management (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_MDFSITM_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Master Data Organizational Unit Management (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_MDORG_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Data Preparation (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_PRDTPRE_PC)
New restriction types have been added. Ledger (GLRLDNR)
See Also
For more information about the business catalogs and their restriction types, read the business catalog description, which can be displayed for each catalog in the Maintain Business Roles app.
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
13.1.2.2.2 General Ledger Accounting
13.1.2.2.2.1 Account Determination
With this feature, you can select BI3 (Changed Reconciliation Accounts) as a transaction group. In this way, you define accounts for the automatic transfer postings when the reconciliation accounts are changed. Postings are made to these accounts to sort the open items.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 351
Technical Details
Table 412:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197360
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.2.2.2 Configuration for General Ledger Accounting
With this release, new self-service configuration apps for making settings related to General Ledger Accounting have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 413:
Feature is New
Application Component FI-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration apps for Accounting and Financial Close are available:
Cash Journals
● Define Amount Limits. You can set amount limits for new cash journals.● Maintain Business Transactions. You can specify the business transactions for new cash journals.● Set Up Cash Journals. You make other settings for new cash journals.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and
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adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.1.2.2.2.3 Manage Chart of Accounts
The Display Chart of Accounts app has been renamed to Manage Chart of Accounts. With this app, you can perform various tasks such as viewing G/L accounts in different views, creating accounts, and copying financial statement version assignment to accounts according to reference accounts.
Technical Details
Table 414:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.2.2.4 Manage Posting Periods
With this feature, you can set posting periods for business transactions in the controlling (CO) area, and view the open status of CO posting periods. The color bars in the posting period variant view differentiate the open status for each period type, green for the normal periods, orange for the adjustment periods, blue for the CO-related periods, and gray for closed periods.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 353
Technical Details
Table 415:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197524
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.2.2.5 Manage Posting Period Variants
This feature enables you to massively edit, copy, and delete existing items of a posting period variant, and hence quickly manage to open and close posting periods. You can also split an item or merge multiple items of a posting period variant.
Technical Details
Table 416:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197523
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Pay attention to the following notes when you edit items of posting period variants.
● A posting period variant must have only one item with account type "+".
● The account range of the item with account type "+" is from 0 to ZZZZZZZZZZ, and the range cannot be changed.
● Don't massively copy or edit items with account type "+" or "V".
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13.1.2.2.2.6 Verify General Journal Entries - For Requester
With this new feature, you can view journal entires with various status, and you can choose to copy or delete journal entries. You can even go to the journal entry detail page by clicking the journal entry number in the worklist.
Technical Details
Table 417:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2547_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new apps have been available as of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1705:
● Verify General Journal Entries - For Requester● Verify General Journal Entries - For Processor (Inbox)● Verify General Journal Entries - For Processor (Outbox)● Manage Workflows for General Journal Entry Verification
They are intended to replace the following HTML GUI apps:
● Park General Journal Entries (transaction code: FV50)● Change Parked Journal Entries (transaction code: FBV2)● Change Parked Journal Entries - Header (transaction code: FBV4)● Park General Journal Entries - For Ledger Group (transaction code:FV50L)● Post Parked Journal Entry (transaction code: FBV0)
These legacy apps are to be eventually discontinued.
13.1.2.2.2.7 Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View
In the results list of the Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View app, where the G/L account line items are listed, you can now display additional details for a specific line item in two different ways. You show the details such as chart of accounts, amounts in different currencies, details for cost accounting or fixed asset accounting and more by selecting a specific line item and clicking on the Status icon. Alternatively, you can select the row with the respective line item and click on the Line Item Details button.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 355
Technical Details
Table 418:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app together with the Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View app replaces the Display G/L Account Line Items app which is no longer available in the launchpad.
See Also
Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View [page 21]
13.1.2.2.2.8 Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View
With this app, you can display general ledger (G/L) account line items in the entry view: open and cleared line items for open-item managed accounts, or all line items of a G/L account. Additionally, you can display noted items (items that remind you of outstanding payments) parked journal entries, that is journal entries that you have created and saved, but that are not posted yet, or all items.
Technical Details
Table 419:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
Key features of the app include:
● Selecting line items according to specified time ranges, such as fiscal period, fiscal quarter, fiscal year and many more
● Creating an app variant and saving it● Creating a layout variant of the app, grouping the results list and saving these settings● Display amounts in different currencies● Export the results list to Microsoft Excel● Change the assignment (for sorting documents) and the items texts for line items
Effects on Existing Data
This app together with the Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View app replaces the Display G/L Account Line Items app which is no longer available in the launchpad.
13.1.2.2.2.9 Cash Journals
You can use cash journals to get a comprehensive picture of your daily cash transactions. Individual transactions can be checked at any time in real-time processing by displaying the original journal entries, line items, and transaction figures at various levels.
Technical Details
Table 420:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Two new apps are available for General Ledger accountants:
● Post Cash Journal Entries
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 357
● Display Cash Journal Entries
Effects on System Administration
Ensure that the restriction types for the new SAP_FIN_BC_GL_CASHJE_PC business catalog have been set up properly and that the catalog is assigned to the role for your General Ledger accountant. For more information about business catalog changes in this release, see Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close [page 13].
Effects on Customizing
Preconfigured content is delivered to get you started with the functions and features for using cash journals. For more information about additional settings needed, see Configuration for General Ledger Accounting [page 17].
See Also
For more information about the new apps, search for Cash Journals in the product assistance on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708.
13.1.2.2.2.10 Reset Cleared Items
With this app, you can reset the clearing of line items as well as reverse the clearing entry if required. You can use this feature for line items of customer accounts or supplier accounts as well as for line items of G/L accounts that are managed on an open item basis.
Technical Details
Table 421:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Reset Cleared Items FBRA app. The Reset Cleared Items FBRA app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
See Also
For more information about the Reset Cleared Items app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance English Finance Receivables Management Accounts Receivable Accounting
Clearing of Open Item Reset Cleared Items .
13.1.2.2.2.11 Manage Flexible Hierarchies
With this app, you can create and change master data hierarchies for cost center and profit center reporting. You can customize these hierarchies to your personal reporting needs and adapt them to your business requirements. Furthermore, you can extend this app and add fields to include company specific reporting fields in the hierarchy.
Technical Details
Table 422:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.2.3 Asset Accounting
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 359
13.1.2.2.3.1 Additional Fields for Asset Accounting in the Universal Journal Entry
Additional subledgerspecific characteristics for Asset Accounting were included in the universal journal entry. This involves the following characteristics:
● Account Group (KTOGR),● Asset Class (ANLKL) and● Partner asset (PANL1, PANL2)
This opens up new options in reporting and facilitates a better integration and navigation within the new analytical apps.
Technical Details
Table 423:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
Available As Of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
Inventory data is not changed. The new characteristics are only filled with new asset-relevant journal entries.
13.1.2.2.3.2 Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs
The job template Fill Master Data for Segment Reporting is now available in the Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs app. By running a schedule job using this template, you can fill the Profit Center and Segment fields in existing asset master data. This is a mandatory activity to post further transactions to existing asset master records and to report on fixed assets consistently by profit center and segment.
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Technical Details
Table 424:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1914_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.2.3.3 Asset Transactions
In the filter panel of the app, the following changes have been made:
● The Transaction Variant field was replaced by the Key Figure Group field.The Key Figure Group search criterion enables you to select specific types of asset transactions, such as acquisitions, retirements, or transfers. The result set of your report is restricted based on the key figure group you’ve selected.
● The Currency Type field was renamed Display Currency.The Display Currency search criterion enables you to display amounts in currency types other than the local currency. Depending on your configuration settings, additional currency types, such as group currency, can be chosen so that amounts for different company codes can be reported using a common currency.
● If you’ve set a default company code in your user settings, the other mandatory parameters are defaulted automatically. The default values are based on the following rule:
Table 425:
Parameter Default
Key Figure Group TRANS_ALL (All Transactions)
Ledger Leading ledger
Depreciation Area Realtime posting area assigned to the leading ledger
Fiscal Year Last open fiscal year for the chosen company code
Display Currency Currency configured as local currency in company code
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 361
Technical Details
Table 426:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1614_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.2.3.4 Depreciation Lists
In the filter panel of the app, the following changes have been made:
● The Currency Type field was renamed Display Currency.The Display Currency search criterion enables you to display amounts in currency types other than the local currency. Depending on your configuration settings, additional currency types, such as group currency, can be chosen so that amounts for different company codes can be reported using a common currency.
● If you’ve set a default company code in your user settings, the other mandatory parameters are defaulted automatically. The default values are based on the following rule:
Table 427:
Parameter Default
Depreciation Variant Ordinary Depreciation
Fiscal Year Last open fiscal year for the chosen company code
To-Period Last operative period in fiscal year
Ledger Leading ledger
Depreciation Area Realtime posting area assigned to the leading ledger
Display Currency Currency configured as local currency in company code
Technical Details
Table 428:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1616_S4CE
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Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.2.3.5 Asset Balances
This app now include an extended set of characteristics, such as master data attributes and depreciation parameters.
Technical Details
Table 429:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1617_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
● More changes have been delivered for this app with this release. Please also see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
13.1.2.2.3.6 Asset History Sheet
This app now include an extended set of characteristics, such as master data attributes and depreciation parameters.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 363
Technical Details
Table 430:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1615_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
● More changes have been delivered for this app with this release. Please also see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
13.1.2.2.3.7 Asset History Sheet with Data in Accordance with the German Accounting Directive Implementation Act ((Bilanzrichtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz, BilRUG)
In Asset Accounting, you can now post in accordance with the German Accounting Directive Implementation Act and report in the asset history sheet: You can display changes in depreciation in their full amount in the context of acquisitions and retirements; the same applies to transfer postings during the fiscal year.
The new analytical app Asset History Sheet and the corresponding key figure groups provided have been enhanced in such a way that the acquisition costs (APC) and depreciation value adjustments are displayed separately automatically.
Technical Details
Table 431:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for Germany;
However, new product feature can be used internationally
Application Component Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
364 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Available As Of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can use the app Other Transactions to enter acquisitions and retirements not affecting profit/loss; this is necessary for mergers and takeovers.
Effects on Existing Data
None.
Effects on Data Transfer
For a legacy data transfer, you may have to use different transaction types if the transfer occurs during the year. This is not necessary if the transfer takes place at the end of the fiscal year.
Effects on Customizing
New transaction types support you with making the correct entry for acquisitions and retirements not affecting profit/loss in the context of mergers and takeovers.
13.1.2.2.3.8 Segment Reporting for Fixed Assets
In the asset master record, you can enter the profit center and segment. In addition, the profit center and the corresponding segment are derived automatically if a cost center or internal order is entered in the asset master record. This enables you to consistently create asset reports at the profit center or segment level.
Technical Details
Table 432:
Product Feature is New
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 365
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
For the profit center and the segment to be derived consistently and for postings to be made correctly on this basis, the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:
● If there is only a cost center in the asset master record, the profit center is derived from it.● If there is a simultaneous assignment, both of a cost center and an internal order and any other CO object in
the asset master record, it must be possible to uniquely derive one profit center.
Any segment stored is derived from the profit center.
If a reorganization of a capitalized asset master record causes a change in the profit center and segment information, the corresponding asset balances, such as acquisition and production costs and cumulative depreciation, are automatically transferred to the new profit center and segment.
Required Activities
To derive the profit center or segment for previously existing fixed assets, schedule a productive run in the Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs application using the Fill Master Data for Segment Reporting template.
NoteYou only need to resolve conflicts manually in case of missing or conflicting time-dependent assignments, for example if no cost center is assigned or if an internal order or cost center with different profit center information is assigned to the same asset master record.
13.1.2.2.4 Consolidation
13.1.2.2.4.1 Rule-Based Reporting
With Consolidation, you can now define your own reporting rules by grouping financial statement items in your custom consolidation chart of accounts hierarchy. In this way, the consolidation reporting package becomes more comprehensive.
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Technical Details
Table 433:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
With the reporting rules defined based on your business requirements, more flexible consolidation reports can be derived, for example, cash flow statement, income statements by cost of sales, and interunit reconciliation.
The following table lists the consolidation reports that are introduced with this release.
Table 434:
Rule-Based Reports Report Name
Rule-based Reports Transaction Type as Subitem Category
● Statement of Comprehensive Income● Cash Flow Statement● Statement of Changes in Equity
Function Area as Subitem Category
● Consolidated Income Statement Year Comparison - Cost of Sales● Income Statement Consolidated by Subgroups - Cost of Sales● Income Statements by Consolidation Units - Cost of Sales
Using Additional Reporting Items
● Interunit Reconciliation - Group View● Interunit Reconciliation - Subsidiary View
Income Statements ● Income Statements by Consolidation Units● Income Statement Consolidated by Functional Areas● Income Statement Consolidated by Subgroups● Consolidated Income Statement Year Comparison
Balance Sheets ● Balance Sheet by Consolidation Units● Balance Sheet Consolidated by Movements● Balance Sheet Consolidated by Subgroups● Consolidated Balance Sheet Year Comparison
Analysis Reports ● Currency Translation Reserve Analysis● Currency Translation Difference Analysis
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 367
In addition, the following analytical apps are delivered as Web Dynpro apps with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1705, and are now available as both Web Dynpro apps and Design Studio apps. These Design Studio apps have a new look and feel. See also New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
● Database List● Database List - Reporting Logic● Consolidated Balance Sheet● Consolidated Income Statement● Consolidated Income Statement - Cost of Sales
See Also
For more information, see Consolidation Reports at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance English [your edition] Finance Accounting and Financial Close Consolidation .
13.1.2.2.4.2 New Monitor Tasks
A new task Release Universal Journals is now included in the Data Monitor app, replacing the former data submission/lock process and related Fiori apps. With this task, you can release reported financial data that resides in the S/4HANA system for post-processing and consolidation.
A new task Integration of Transaction Data into Consolidation Group is added to the Consolidation Monitor app, so that transaction data read from a database can have the reporting logic applied before transferring to group-close reporting.
Technical Details
Table 435:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, see Consolidation Process under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 -> Product Assistance English [your edition] Finance Accounting and Financial Close Consolidation .
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13.1.2.2.4.3 Configuration for Consolidation
With this release, new self-service configuration apps for making settings related to Consolidation have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 436:
Feature is New
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration apps for Consolidation are available:
● Define Reclassification Methods. You can define methods that are used to reclassify the values on certain trigger data in automatic postings, from source to target accounts.
● Define Consolidation Ledgers. You define currencies and valuation options for ledgers.● Specify Selected FS Items. You can specify certain financial statement (FS) items for automatic posting to
clear imbalances and deferred taxes.● Define Consolidation Chart of Accounts Hierarchy. You maintain FS items, item hierarchies, and their master
data within consolidation chart of accounts.● Define Subitem Categories and Subitems. You can define subassignments for FS items for categorization
purposes.● Define Consolidation Cycle. You can define a consolidation cycle and specify its frequency for multi-period
consolidation.● Assign Consolidation Cycle to Version. You assign defined consolidation cycles to versions and specify the
effective year/period.
These self-service configuration apps are grouped in the Manage Your Solution app under the Finance application area.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 369
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.1.2.2.5 Revenue and Cost Accounting
13.1.2.2.5.1 Target Revenue
This feature enables detailed margin reporting for fixedprice projects. For example, you can see margin by individual employee. The reported revenues are calculated by simulating T&E billing. The simulated revenues are posted to a target revenue account.
Technical Details
Table 437:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CO-PC-OBJ-EBR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Target revenue can only be calculated for SAP CPM (Commercial Project Management) projects.
Calculation of target revenue for fixedprice projects is activated through the recognition key. A recognition key can only be assigned to a project before any actual postings have been made. Hence it is not possible to calculate target revenue for postings that existed before the recognition key was assigned.
Postings
Both line items for the target revenue are posted to the same G/L account, so the balance posted to the account is zero.
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The line items are assigned to different profit centers:
● The target revenue is assigned to the employee’s profit center.● The offsetting posting is assigned to the project profit center.
The fixedprice revenue is assigned to the project profit center.
NoteFor performance reasons, target revenue is only calculated in event-based processing, not in period-end closing. Therefore, error messages from event-based processing have to be resolved and cannot be deleted, otherwise target revenue postings would be missing.
However, if you aren't using target revenue, you can decide whether to process period-end closing separately by journal entry or whether it is sufficient to post the revenue as a total. If the revenue is posted as a total, the error messages from event-based processing can be deleted.
13.1.2.3 Treasury and Financial Risk Management
13.1.2.3.1 Cash and Liquidity Management
13.1.2.3.1.1 Cash Flow Analyzer
With the Working Day Shift function, you can now shift the amounts in non-working days to the next or previous working days.
With the Period Ending function, you can get an end-of-period report.
● If you choose By Calendar, the period end falls to the calendar end of the period, such as month end, and year end.
● If you choose By Interval, the period end falls to the end of the interval in a time period.
Technical Details
Table 438:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 371
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.3.1.2 Payment Order Integration
With the Payment Order integration, you can now get an updated forecasted cash flows whenever payment data is updated using the house banks specified in the payment order details. This new feature is now available in cash management apps, for example:
● Cash Flow Analyzer● Check Cash Flow Items
Technical Details
Table 439:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.3.1.3 Promise to Pay Integration
With the Promise to Pay (Collections Management) integration, you can now get an updated forecasted cash flows whenever there's the creation of promise to pay document on customer invoice and the updates of its follow-up activity.
This new feature is now available in cash management apps, for example:
● Cash Flow Analyzer● Check Cash Flow Items
Technical Details
Table 440:
Product Feature is New
372 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.3.1.4 Bank Account in Memo Record
With this function, you can use bank accounts to create and display memo records manually. You can also use the offsetting bank accounts for deposits when cash is invested and cash transfers when cash is concentrated.
This new feature is now available in the following apps:
● Create Memo Record● Display Memo Records
Technical Details
Table 441:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Account Name field has been replaced by the Bank Account field.
The Offsetting Account field has been replaced by the Offsetting Bank Account field.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 373
13.1.2.3.1.5 Making Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statements
Technical Details
Table 442:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-BL (Bank Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration app for Cash and Liquidity Management is available:
● Making Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statements . You can make settings for electronic bank statements.
This self-service configuration app is in the Manage Your Solution app under the Finance application area.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
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13.1.2.3.1.6 Manage Bank Accounts (SAP S/4HANA Cloud Edition)
With this release, the following features have changed for this app:
● Settings for bank statements have been added to bank account master data.● A new field for financial object numbers has been added and allows for integration with Treasury and Risk
Management.The system automatically generates a financial object number for each bank account.
● A new field for transaction type is available for processing this account's electronic bank statements.● You can delete inactive bank accounts and bank account drafts from the account list using the new Delete
button.Note that bank accounts that are in workflow processes cannot be deleted.
● You can use the Show Changes button to see what has been changed in the dual control mode or in the workflow mode to decide whether to approve the change request.
● This app no longer supports defining cash pools or performing cash concentration.
Technical Details
Table 443:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
● Settings for Bank Statement MonitorYou can now make settings directly in this app for the bank accounts that you want to view using the Bank Statement Monitor app. You can define whether a bank account is to be monitored, how often the bank statements are to be imported to your system, and other settings for monitoring your bank statements.You can find the relevant fields on the Bank Relationship tab, in the Bank Statement Data section.
● Financial objectYou can find this field on the General Data tab, in the Account Details section.Financial objects are created automatically when creating financial data, but you must first enable this by activating automatic financial object integration.
● Transaction typeYou can find the relevant fields on the Bank Relationship tab, in the Bank Statement Data section.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 375
Effects on Existing Data
With this release, the following existing data is impacted:
● Cash pools that were defined before this release can no longer be used.● The configuration app Bank Statement Monitor has been deleted.
To continue using the analytical app Bank Statement Monitor, maintain the settings for relevant bank accounts in the Manage Bank Accounts app.
13.1.2.3.1.7 Manage Workflows for Bank Account Management (S4CE)
With this feature you can do the following:
● View the predefined workflow for maintaining bank accounts● Check workflow details, such as status, validity period, and preconditions for starting the workflow● Create new workflows by copying existing ones
You can define workflow processes for bank account management according to your own business requirements by defining preconditions, step sequence, and recipients.
● Activate and deactivate workflows● Define an order for activated workflows
The system evaluates the order and the preconditions of each activated workflow to determine which workflow to trigger for different bank accounts and scenarios.
● Delete an existing workflow that is deactivated
Technical Details
Table 444:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
Consider the following if you use workflows for bank account management before upgrading to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708:
● The workflow for creating a new bank account has changed with this release. If necessary, you can use this app to extend the predefined workflow to suit your business requirements.
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NoteEditing bank accounts already in workflows is not supported as of this release.
Table 445:
Steps Old Workflow Template New Workflow Template
Step 1 A cash specialist submits a request. A cash specialist submits a request.
Step 2 A cash manager approves or rejects the request.
A cash manager approves or rejects the request.
The workflow ends.
Step 3 The cash specialist enters data received from the bank, for example bank account number and IBAN.
Not applicable
Step 4 A key user maintains necessary settings for the bank account, for example the connectivity path.
The workflow ends.
Not applicable
● Workflow for reviewing bank accounts:If you need a workflow for reviewing bank accounts, you can create one by following the steps in the Test Script document at https://rapid.sap.com/bp/scopeitems/J77 .
13.1.2.3.1.8 My Inbox for Bank Account Management (S4CE)
With this feature you can do the following:
● Check your workflow tasks for the following scenarios:○ Opening a bank account○ Modifying a bank account○ Maintaining a signatory in multiple bank accounts○ Reviewing bank accounts○ Closing a bank account○ Reopening a bank account
● Approve, reject, claim, release, suspend, or forward a request● Add attachments and comments● Get notifications of workflow requests:
○ Launchpad notifications: You receive a notification on the top right corner of your SAP Fiori launchpad when you receive a workflow request that is waiting for your action, such as approving bank account changes or reviewing bank accounts.
○ Email notifications: You receive an email notification when a workflow request that you initiated is completed. For example, you are notified when requests are approved or rejected.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 377
Technical Details
Table 446:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the My Bank Account Worklist app, which will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
If you have workflow requests that are not yet completed before the upgrade to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708, you can still check and complete the requests using the My Bank Account Worklist app.
13.1.2.3.1.9 My Sent Requests (SAP S/4HANA Cloud UI5 Edition)
You can now use the app to do the following:
● Track the workflow requests that you have created for the following scenarios:○ Opening a bank account○ Modifying a bank account○ Maintaining a signatory in multiple bank accounts○ Reviewing bank accounts○ Closing a bank account○ Reopening a bank account
● Check your requests in terms of request status, next processor, bank account details, and so on.
Technical Details
Table 447:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
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Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
There are two tiles available:
● My Sent Requests – To Be Discontinued○ This tile was originally named My Sent Request – For Bank Accounts.○ The app offers Web Dynpro user interfaces.○ Starting from this release, this app can only be used to track bank account change requests that were
initiated before the upgrade to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708. The app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
○ Change request statuses include: To Be Approved, To Be Completed, Rejected, and Completed.● My Sent Requests – For Bank Accounts:
○ This is the new tile on SAP Fiori UI5 user interfaces.○ You can use this tile to access all of your bank account change requests created after the upgrade to SAP
S/4HANA 1708.○ Change request statuses include: In Process, Approved, Rejected.
13.1.2.3.2 Treasury and Risk Management
13.1.2.3.2.1 TRM, Debt and Investment Management (E2E)
With this feature, you can portray the process for managing your liabilities and capital investments using the following financial instruments:
● Deposits at notice● Commercial papers● Cash flow transactions● Interest rate instruments (for example, fixedterm deposits)● Bilateral facilities● Interest rate swaps● Cross-currency interest rate swaps
The following functional areas are covered: Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, and Accounting. In addition, integrated posting and payment processes and integrated position reporting are available.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 379
Technical Details
Table 448:
Product Feature is New
Application Component FIN-FSCM-TRM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
In Finance, a new application type for analytical apps has been introduced: Design Studio.
For more information, see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
NoteFor the Treasury Position Analysis, Credit Line Analysis, and Financial Status apps, the Web Dynpro application type is set as a default on the SAP Fiori Launchpad. However, you can add the Design Studio version to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
See Also
For more information about Debt and Investment Management, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the Feature Scope Description and Product Assistance under Finance Treasury and Financial Risk ManagementTreasury and Risk Management .
Under SAP Best Practices, you find the following scope items for the Debt and Investment Management process:
● 1WV Debt and Investment Management (E2E)○ 1S4 Currency Service○ 1XN Market Data Management○ 1X3 Interest Rate Derivatives
13.1.2.3.2.2 TRM, Financial Risk Management (E2E)
With this feature, you can deploy robust analytical functions that perform thorough checks for foreign exchange risks and counterparty risks.
You can model a range of scenarios to gain insights into the extent of risks at the time of the analysis.
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The system provides support throughout the hedging process, from identifying risks and quantifying and analyzing them through to hedging risks with the following financial instruments:
● FX spot/forward transactions● FX non-deliverable forward transactions● FX swap● FX options
For financial transactions used for hedging, the complete process is covered, from front office, middle office, and back office through to accounting.
Technical Details
Table 449:
Product Feature is New
Application Component FIN-FSCM-TRM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
In Finance, a new application type for analytical apps has been introduced: Design Studio.
For more information, see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
NoteFor the Treasury Position Analysis and Financial Status apps, the Web Dynpro application type is set as a default on the SAP Fiori Launchpad. However, you can add the Design Studio version to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
See Also
For more information about the Financial Risk Management, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the Feature Scope Description and Product Assistance under Finance Treasury and Financial Risk ManagementTreasury and Risk Management .
Under SAP Best Practices, you will find the following scope items for the Debt and Investment Management process:
● 1X1 Foreign Currency Risk Management (E2E)○ 1S4 Currency Service
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 381
○ 1XN Market Data Management
13.1.2.4 Receivables Management
13.1.2.4.1 My Dunning Proposals
With this feature you can now send dunning notices by email directly within the app.
Technical Details
Table 450:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2435_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
To Email Dunning Notices
The user has to have their own email address maintained to be able to send email.
For the customer's email address, the system checks the following in sequence:
● The Internet Address of Partner Company Clerk field (KNB1-INTAD) in the role FI Customer>Company Code Data>Correspondence
● The standard email address of the Business Partner● The email address listed under Address-Independent Communication.
If those three fields are empty, the mail is sent to the user to be forwarded manually.
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13.1.2.4.2 Display Customer List
This feature enables you to see master data for all your customers in one place, and gives you a simple and efficient way to check that no key data is missing.
For example, if you want to check that all your customers have data entered for dunning procedure, dunning clerk, and dunning level, select those filters in the 'Check Empty Fields' function, and the app will show you any customers for whom that information is missing.
You can also see who in your company to contact regarding a particular customer, and of course SAP CoPilot gives you an efficient channel for this communication.
● All your customer master data displayed in one table, with a wide range of filtering options● Check data is present in multiple fields across all of your customers in one step● Quick access to contact information
Technical Details
Table 451:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2640_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Note: the field In-House Contact gives you the name of the person in your company to contact regarding a particular customer, and a pop-up will show that person's Partner Function. As the app is relevant to Accounts Receivable, only data for two default values is displayed:
● Employee Responsible (ER)● Sales Employee (SE)
13.1.2.4.3 Display Item Change Log - Customer
With this feature you can see details of changes made to all journal entries relevant to your role. The app displays changes to all log-enabled fields in the relevant documents, and you can easily see what was changed, by whom, and when.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 383
This gives you demonstrable oversight of all changes made to journal entries within your area, which can be useful in relation to auditing.
● Customer / Supplier items automatically filtered based on your role assignment● See changes to general documents, parked documents, previously parked documents, recurring entry
documents, and sample documents● Use with SAP CoPilot for a quick way to contact colleagues to clarify the reasons for changes to documents
Technical Details
Table 452:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2681_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR / FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.4.4 Assign Open Items
With this app you can view open items related to a customer, assign credit items to matching debit items, and clear open items based on this assignment.
This app enables you to:
● View open items related to a customer.● Find matching credit and debit items and assign them to one another.● Clear assigned items.
Technical Details
Table 453:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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13.1.2.4.5 Manage Payment Advices
With this app you can create payment advices manually. You can also view, edit, and delete existing payment advices.
This app enables you to:
● Create new payment advices manually.● View payment advices.● Edit payment advices that were created manually.● Delete payment advices that are no longer needed.
Technical Details
Table 454:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Create Payment Advices, Change Payment Advices, Display Payment Advices, and Delete Payment Advices apps. The apps Create Payment Advices, Change Payment Advices, Display Payment Advices, and Delete Payment Advices will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
13.1.2.5 Invoice Management
13.1.2.5.1 Business Catalogs for Accounts Payable
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Accounts Payable require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 385
Technical Details
Table 455:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types:
NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
Accounts Payable Accountant
Table 456: Business Catalogs for Accounts Payable Accountant
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Accounts Payable - Operational Processing (SAP_FIN_BC_AP_DOC_PROC_PC)
A new authorization object has been created for the Manage Payment Blocks app. You must make settings for these additional restriction types.
Account group (Supplier Accounts) (KTOKK)
See Also
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
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13.1.2.5.2 Monitor Payments
With this feature you can now see any incoming status messages which are sent by the bank regarding individual payments.
Technical Details
Table 457:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2388_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries.
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.5.3 Display Item Change Log - Supplier
With this feature you can see details of changes made to all journal entries relevant to your role. The app displays changes to all log-enabled fields in the relevant documents, and you can easily see what was changed, by whom, and when.
This gives you demonstrable oversight of all changes made to journal entries within your area, which can be useful in relation to auditing.
● Customer / Supplier items automatically filtered based on your role assignment● See changes to general documents, parked documents, previously parked documents, recurring entry
documents, and sample documents● Use with SAP CoPilot for a quick way to contact colleagues to clarify the reasons for changes to documents
Technical Details
Table 458:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2681_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR / FI-FIO-AP
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 387
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.2.5.4 Supplier Accounting Document
This fact sheet is no longer available. Its functionality has been replaced by the Manage Journal Entries app.
Technical Details
Table 459:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1732_S4CE
Product Feature is Deleted
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Manage Journal Entries app, see: http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Cloud Editions Enterprise Management Finance Receivables Management Manage Journal Entries
13.1.2.5.5 Create Positive Pay Files
With this app, you can create a file that includes information about all the checks that belong to a paying company code. The data in the file is sorted according to account number and check number.
Technical Details
Table 460:
Product Feature is New
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Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You must have the authorization to display check information in the specified company code.
About the selection of checks, you have the following options:
● Checks not extractedIf you specify no further selection criteria, all the checks with the specified currency and house bank that are not yet extracted are outputted. Further selections include payment methods, amounts, and void reason codes.
NoteA check is categorized as not yet extracted in the following cases:
○ The check is new in the system.○ The check was extracted in a previous run, but has since been changed, for example voided. The bank
must be informed about the new status of the check.
● Checks from payment runBy specifying a payment run date and an identification, you can limit the number of checks to be selected.
● Checks from an extractIf you want to make a further copy of an extract, enter the extract date and time. If an extract is copied, the database is not updated.
● All checks according to further selection criteriaThe output covers all the checks unless you specify further selection criteria.
If you enter the initial value 00 in the Void reason code field, only valid checks are outputted. A positive payment file is then created. To select all the checks, remove 00 from the field.
Effects on System Administration
Ensure that the restriction types for the new Accounts Payable - Checks (SAP_FIN_BC_AP_CHECK_PC) business catalog have been set up properly and that the catalog is assigned to the role for your accounts payable accountant. For more information about business catalog changes in this release, see Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close [page 13].
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 389
13.1.2.6 Financial Planning and Analysis
13.1.2.6.1 Business Catalogs for Financial Planning and Analysis
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Financial Planning and Analysis require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
Technical Details
Table 461:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types.
NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
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Overhead Cost Accounting
Table 462: Business Catalogs in Overhead Cost Accounting
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Overhead Cost Accounting - General Posting Activities (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_PER_GPA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Cost Center Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_CCA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Internal Order Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_OPA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Profit Center Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PCA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - P and L Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PLR_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Project Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PSE_PC)
To ensure that users with the Cost Accountant - Overhead (SAP_BR_OVERHEAD_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Order Type (AUFART)
Sales Accounting
Table 463: Business Catalogs in Sales Accounting
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Sales Accounting -Planning (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_PLN_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_BSC_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Product Profitability Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_PRD_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Professional Services Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_PRO_PC)
To ensure that users with the Cost Accountant - Sales (SAP_BR_SALES_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Business Area (GSBER)
● Segment/Record Type (GL_SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● Company Organizational Area (COMPANY_ORG_AREA)
● Profit Center (PRCTR)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Sales Document Type (AUART)
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 391
Projects
Table 464: Business Catalogs in Projects
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Project Systems - Project Financial Controlling (SAP_PS_BC_PROJ_CONTRL_MC)
● Project Systems - Project Financial Analytics ( SAP_PS_BC_PROJ_FIN_ANLYTC_MC)
To ensure that users with the Project Financial Controller (SAP_BR_PROJ_FIN_CONTROLLER) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Business Area (GSBER)
● Segment/Record Type (GL_SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● Company Organizational Area (COMPANY_ORG_AREA)
● Profit Center (PRCTR)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Sales Document Type (AUART)
See Also
For more information about the business catalogs and their restriction types, read the business catalog description, which can be displayed for each business catalog in the Maintain Business Roles app.
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
13.1.2.7 SAP Best Practices Content
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13.1.2.7.1 Market Data for Treasury and Risk Management
Use
With this scope item, you can manually enter the relevant market data or import market data from spreadsheet needed for the processes in Treasury and Risk Management.
Technical Details
Table 465:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XN
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 393
13.1.2.7.2 Debt and Investment Management
Use
With the debt and investment management process, you manage your short-, medium- and long-term loans and investments, from the analysis of financial status to the final accounting postings when the financial transactions mature.
Technical Details
Table 466:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1WV
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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13.1.2.7.3 Market Data Feed from SAP Cloud Platform
Use
With this process, market data is automatically imported from the Currency Service provided by SAP Hybris as a Service on SAP Cloud Platform.
Technical Details
Table 467:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1S4
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 395
13.1.2.7.4 Inventory Valuation for Year-End Closing
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● FIFO valuation
Technical Details
Table 468:
Technical Name of Scope Item BEJ
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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13.1.2.7.5 Direct Debit
Use
In this scope item, you utilize the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) direct debit to collect payments from your customers in Euro. This scope item is enabled for US and other non-SEPA countries.
Technical Details
Table 469:
Technical Name of Scope Item 19M
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 397
13.1.2.7.6 Advanced Cash Operations
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Cash Flow Analyzer has been enhanced: Integration for payment order and promise to pay, Calendar Data Setting option, Actual Data function
Technical Details
Table 470:
Technical Name of Scope Item J78
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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13.1.2.7.7 Basic Cash Operations
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhancement of Memo Record, for example, copy feature, distribute feature, change planning type● Maintain manual planned items (memo records) directly for bank account instead of setting up cash
management account
Technical Details
Table 471:
Technical Name of Scope Item BFB
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 399
13.1.2.7.8 Interest Rate Derivatives Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Interest Rate Derivatives according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 472:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XB
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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13.1.2.7.9 Intercompany Stock Transfer
Use
This scope item includes four use cases for stock transfer within one country, between two companies.
Technical Details
Table 473:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1P9
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 401
13.1.2.7.10 Accounts Receivable
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
New SAP Fiori apps for the following process steps:
● Display Customer List● Display Process Flow for Accounts Receivable● Manage Payment Advice● Analyze Days Sales Outstanding - Detailed Analysis● Display Item Change Log
Technical Details
Table 474:
Technical Name of Scope Item J59
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Leading Currency (New)● Define Percentages for Sales Tax Codes (New)● Define Reference Interest Rates (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
402 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.11 Invoice Processing by OpenText
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
In addition to PDF, new file formats supported are TIFF and JPEG
Technical Details
Table 475:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1LE
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 403
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.12 Advanced Credit Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
The credit limit request can now also be created by the Internal Sales Representative. Therefore, a sales employee can directly request a higher credit limit for his potential sale with a customer.
Technical Details
Table 476:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1QM
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Deactivate SAP Credit Management (New)● Define Blocking Reasons (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
404 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.13 Plan Consolidation for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Use
This scope item allows the consolidation of plan data. The user can then run a full consolidation process including currency translation, intercompany and investments eliminations and reporting.
Technical Details
Table 477:
Technical Name of Scope Item 28B
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 405
13.1.2.7.14 Accounting and Financial Close
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Display G/L account line items - posting view
Technical Details
Table 478:
Technical Name of Scope Item J58
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Assign Document Classes to Document Types (New)● Assign Number Group to Company Code (New)● Create Receipt Lots and Assign to Business Places (New)● Define Account for Returned Bills of Exchange (New)● Define Amount Limit (New)● Define Available Amounts (New)● Define Bank Subaccounts (New)● Define Sequence for Sorting Line Items by G/L Account Number (New)● Enter Bank Assignment (New)● Group Tax Balances (New)● Group Tax Base Balances (New)● Maintain Business Transactions (New)● Maintain Document Classes (New)● Maintain Number Groups (New)● Maintain Settings for Clearing Documents Without Line Items (New)● Make Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statement (New)● Map Tax Code (New)
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Previous Cloud Editions
● Set Up Cash Journal (New)● Setting Up Your Compliance Reporting (New)● Use Non-Leading Ledger for Offsetting Account Determination (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.15 Interest Rate Derivatives Management
Use
The interest rate derivatives management process helps you manage the interest rate risks that you are exposed to due to debt or investments, from the analysis of financial status to the final accounting postings when the financial transactions mature.
Technical Details
Table 479:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X3
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 407
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.16 Managing Material Price Changes and Inventory Values
Use
This scope item provides users with an example of a process description that they can use to change material prices, mark prices for change, and release prices for material valuation.
Technical Details
Table 480:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1ZT
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
408 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.17 SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Treasury and Risk Management
Use
This scope item provides an overview page for the treasury and risk management related scenarios.
Technical Details
Table 481:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1MN
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 409
13.1.2.7.18 Foreign Currency Risk Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Foreign Currency Risk Management according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 482:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X9
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
410 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.1.2.7.19 Integration with SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center
Use
The scope item establishes the integration of SAP CoPilot within SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center. It provides the functionality to generate a service ticket from an SAP CoPilot collection and send it to an SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center instance where it is processed by a service agent. Service tickets may include links to SAP S/4HANA business objects.
Technical Details
Table 483:
Technical Name of Scope Item 23D
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.20 Cash Journal
Use
The FI Cash Journal is a type of subsidiary ledger for Financial Accounting used for managing a company’s cash transactions. It can perform posting to G/L accounts, supplier accounts, and customer accounts.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 411
Technical Details
Table 484:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1GO
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
Account determination app
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.21 Financial Consolidation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Additional reports: Cash Flow, Statement of Change in Equity● Intercompany reconciliation report
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Previous Cloud Editions
● Extended group chart of account mapping management using the Manage G/L Accounts SAP Fiori application● Additional reports such as Statement of Income, Statement of Change in Equity, Cash Flow
Technical Details
Table 485:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1SG
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activation of SAP Digital Payments Add-on (New)● Assign Consolidation Cycle to Version (New)● Central Finance Subsidiary - General Settings (New)● Define Consolidation Cycle (New)● Define Subitem Categories and Subitems (New)● Define Versions (New)● Edit Item Hierarchies of Consolidation Chart of Accounts (New)● Specify Selected Items for Posting (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 413
13.1.2.7.22 Digital Payments
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Extended payment capability of payment document generated from original source of SAP S/4HANA SD
Technical Details
Table 486:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1S2
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
414 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.1.2.7.23 Foreign Currency Risk Management
Use
The foreign currency risk management process helps you to better manage and mitigate FX risks arising from your operative business. The foreign currency risk management process helps you to better manage and mitigate FX risks arising from your operative business.
Technical Details
Table 487:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X1
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 415
13.1.2.7.24 Customer Payments
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Dispute case creation from Customer Payments
Technical Details
Table 488:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1S0
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
416 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.1.2.7.25 Asset Accounting
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Segment Reporting● BilRuG change (Germany only)
Technical Details
Table 489:
Technical Name of Scope Item J62
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 417
13.1.2.7.26 Accounts Payable
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New process and applications to perform free form payments that are used for urgent payments● New process to handle "One-time-suppliers" for which you can enter the master data and payment
information of the supplier directly before paying the invoice● New feature for "positive pay", which is a bank service used to identify fraudulent checks and presenters● New analytical SAP Fiori apps, such as Days Payable Outstanding - Detailed Analysis, Process Flow for AP
Technical Details
Table 490:
Technical Name of Scope Item J60
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Leading Currency (New)● Define Reference Interest Rates (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
418 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.27 Debt and Investment Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Debt and Investment Management according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 491:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X7
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 419
13.1.2.7.28 Machine Learning - SAP Cash Application Integration
Use
The integration to SAP Cash Application Solution intends to automate the invoice-matching process and provide the prediction results back to SAP S/4HANA with the help of Machine Learning.
Technical Details
Table 492:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1MV
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● SAP Cash Application (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
420 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.1.2.7.29 Basic Bank Account Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● The standard workflow features for receiving and handling bank account requests have been added to the inbox
● Integration of bank account balance with the credit risk analyzer● Bank account master data has been enriched to have more fields by integrating some existing Customizing
related to bank account, including bank statement configurations and CRA connections
Technical Details
Table 493:
Technical Name of Scope Item BFA
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Assign Attributes for Business Partner Groups (New)● Define Business Partner Group (New)● Define Planning Groups (New)● Define Planning Levels (New)● Define Planning Types (New)● Define Portfolio (New)● Maintain Blocked Levels (New)
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 421
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.30 Subsidiary Integration of SAP S/4HANA Cloud to Central Finance
Use
With this scope item, you can integrate your subsidiary running on SAP S/4HANA Cloud to your corporate SAP S/4HANA Central Finance system to centralize financial processes.
Technical Details
Table 494:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1W4
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
422 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
Configuration user interfaces for th activation of company codes relevant for replication
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.7.31 Bill of Exchange
Use
This scope item utilizes the payment method bill of exchange for incoming and outgoing payments. As a customer (debtor), you can pay your open invoices with bill of exchange. If you are the supplier (creditor) and receive a bill of exchange, you can either collect the receivables at due date (collection) or cash the outstanding receivables before due date (discounting).
Technical Details
Table 495:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1WQ
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Italy, Japan, Spain
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 423
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.2.8 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 467].
13.1.3 Sales
13.1.3.1 Order and Contract Management
13.1.3.1.1 Sales Order Management and Processing
13.1.3.1.1.1 Customer - 360 Degree View
In this app, you can now display information about relevant credit memo requests and debit memo requests.
You can also get an easy overview of the process flow of relevant billing documents.
To find a specific document that is relevant for the displayed customer, you can now search the displayed lists of documents.
Technical Details
Table 496:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_196580
Product Feature is Changed
424 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS (Sales)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information on the Customer - 360° View app, look for the relevant section under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Sales Order Management and Processing .
13.1.3.1.1.2 App Extensibility for Sales Documents
This feature enables you to extend various sales apps according to your business needs and implement logic for the following Enhancement Options:
Table 497:
Enhancement Option Business Context
Sales Item Deletion Check Sales Document Item
Technical Details
Table 498:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant Cloud edition underhttp://help.sap.com/s4hanaProduct Assistance .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 425
13.1.3.1.2 Billing and Invoicing
13.1.3.1.2.1 External Billing Document Request
With this object page, you can display the details of external billing document requests (EBDRs).
EBDRs are request objects that serve to transform and persist billing data that your SAP S/4HANA system has received from an external source (such as an external SAP system). EBDRs enable you to bill external billing data from different sources. Moreover, you can converge external billing data (for example, pay-per-use data) with internal billing data (for example, billable items from a delivery). This enables you to bill customers for offerings that combine different billing types through a combined, single invoice.
Technical Details
Table 499:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-BIL (SD Billing)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
After external billing data is received by your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system and persisted in the form of EBDRs, these EBDRs appear in the billing due list of the Create Billing Documents app. From the billing due list, they can be billed independently or converged with other billing due list items.
See Also
For more information about the External Billing Document Request object page, look for the section External Billing Document Request under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Billing and Invoicing .
For more information about the Create Billing Documents app, look for the section Create Billing Documentsunder http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract ManagementBilling and Invoicing .
426 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.1.3.1.2.2 Create Billing Documents
The worklist in the Create Billing Documents app now also lists external billing document requests (EBDRs). EBDRs contain billing data from external sources, such as external SAP systems. EBDRs can be billed independently or converged with billable sales and distribution documents (such as deliveries and debit memo requests) to produce combined customer invoices. This process is called omnichannel convergent billing.
One major advantage of the omnichannel approach to billing is that it greatly reduces the administrative overhead that is traditionally associated with the combined billing of solution-centric offerings.
NoteThe following two new fields have been added to the app to provide you with information about EBDRs that appear in your worklist. You can use them as filters and additional worklist columns.
● The billing document request (BDR) reference field provides a reference number that uniquely identifies the billing data within the external system from which it originates.
● The BDR reference system field provides the name of this external system.
Technical Details
Table 500:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-BIL (SD Billing)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Create Billing Documents app, look for the section Create Billing Documentsunder http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract ManagementBilling and Invoicing .
For more information about external billing document requests, look for the section External Billing Document Request under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Billing and Invoicing .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 427
13.1.3.1.3 Sales Monitoring and Analytics
13.1.3.1.3.1 Sales Order Fulfillment - Analyze and Resolve Issues
The app offers renewed functionality to the Sales Order Fulfillment app, using an analytical list page application. The presentation of the app has been refreshed, and the personalization options have been enhanced.
The app will be enhanced in further releases.
The app displays a combination of transactional and analytical data using chart and table visualization.
The app starts with a tile with the top 3 issue types.
You can filter on sales documents, issues, and issue categories, and also add more filters, such as potential issues. You can also use the fuzzy search to search for sales document, customer reference, created by user, and sold-to party.
A donut chart displays your filter results with the total issues for each issue type.
The app displays a list of sales orders with issues, depending on what you have filtered on. From here, you can navigate to resolve these issues and to the relevant follow-up document object pages.
Note that if you want to use the app, you need to add it to your home page manually. You do this by choosing Edit Home Page in the Me Area. Next, search for the app in Sales Order Processing and add it to your home page.
Technical Details
Table 501:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197094
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-FIO-HBA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance .
428 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.1.3.1.3.2 App Extensibility: Quotation Conversion Rates
This feature enables you to extend the Quotation Conversion Rates - Valid and Not Completed app according to your business needs.
Key users can extend the app in the Custom Fields and Logic app using the business context Sales Document Item.
You can add fields to the following queries using the Custom Fields and Logic app:
Table 502:
Query Element Business Context
C_SlsQtanConversionRateQ Sales Document Item
Technical Details
Table 503:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
13.1.3.1.3.3 App Extensibility: Track Sales Orders
This feature enables you to extend the Track Sales Orders app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 504:
Product Feature is New
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 429
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
13.1.3.1.4 Process Extensibility for Sales and Billing Documents
You can make custom fields available in several apps including handing over data by using business scenarios. After enabling the extension field for a business scenario, the value of this field will be copied between the corresponding documents.
For the business context Sales Document, the following business scenarios are available:
● Sales Document to Pricing Communication on header level
For the business context Sales Document Item, the following business scenarios are available:
● Sales Document to Pricing Communication on item level
For the business context Billing Document, the following business scenarios are available:
● Billing Document to Pricing Communication on header level
For the business context Billing Document Item, the following business scenarios are available:
● Billing Document to Pricing Communication on item level
Technical Details
Table 505:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
430 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
13.1.3.1.5 Extensibility in Pricing for Sales and Billing
This feature enables you to extend pricing procedures according to your business needs by defining price dependencies to use custom field values for pricing.
Technical Details
Table 506:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
13.1.3.1.6 Term "Accounting Document" Changed to "Journal Entry"
The term Accounting Document has been changed to Journal Entry.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 431
Technical Details
Table 507:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.3.2 SAP Best Practices Content
13.1.3.2.1 Accelerated Customer Returns
Use
Technical Details
Table 508:
Technical Name of Scope Item BKP
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
432 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.3.2.2 Sell from Stock
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Item proposal
Technical Details
Table 509:
Technical Name of Scope Item BD9
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Sales Scheduling by Sales Document Type (New)● Set Customer Pricing Procedures - Sales (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Sales (New)● Set Pricing Groups for Customers - Sales (New)● Set Pricing Material Groups - Sales (New)● Set Pricing Procedures - Sales (New)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 433
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.3.3 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 467].
13.1.4 Sourcing and Procurement
13.1.4.1 Sourcing
13.1.4.1.1 App Extensibility: Manage Purchasing Info Records
This feature enables you to extend the Manage Purchasing Info Records app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 510:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
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Previous Cloud Editions
Application Component MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
13.1.4.2 Contract Management
13.1.4.3 Operational Procurement
13.1.4.3.1 Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders
With this feature, you can use the flexible workflow for purchase orders, enabling you to optimize the approval process. The flexible workflow allows you to use either the automatic, one-step, or even multi-step approval.
You can use the app Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders to determine the approver of the workflow, for example the manager of the last approver, or to directly assign a specific user. You can define start conditions for a workflow and for each approval step, and the order in which the start conditions of existing workflows are checked. You can add new steps to a workflow at any time.
You can add new workflows, and you can copy existing ones and modify them according to your requirements.
Technical Details
Table 511:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-PO (Fiori UI for Purchase Orders)
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 435
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
On the Fiori launchpad, you can find the configuration app Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders under Manage Your Solution Configure Your Solution .
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Operational Procurement Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance.
13.1.4.4 Invoice Management
13.1.4.4.1 Supplier Invoice Items by Account Assignment
With this feature, you can display supplier invoice items based on their account assignments. This concerns the relevant account types within invoice verification.
Technical Details
Table 512:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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13.1.4.4.2 Supplier Invoices List
With this feature, you can now do the following:
● Select and delete supplier invoices (for example with status Draft) in the list● Use date ranges for the Posting Date and Invoice Date fields
The account assignment data (for example Cost Center, WBS Element) was deleted from the Supplier Invoices List app. However, you can now use the Supplier Invoice Items by Account Assignment app.
Technical Details
Table 513:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.4.4.3 Manage Supplier Invoices
This feature enables you now to park invoice documents or to save invoice documents as complete.
Technical Details
Table 514:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.4.4.4 Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices
With this feature, you can use the flexible workflow for supplier invoices, enabling you to optimize the approval process. The flexible workflow allows you to use either the automatic, one-step, or even multi-step approval.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 437
You can use the app Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices to determine the approver of the workflow, for example the cost center responsible, or to directly assign a specific user. You can define start conditions for a workflow and for each approval step, and the order in which the start conditions of existing workflows are checked. You can add new steps to a workflow at any time.
You can add new workflows, or copy existing ones and modify them according to your requirements.
Technical Details
Table 515:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
On the Fiori launchpad, you can find the configuration app Activate Flexible Workflow for Supplier Invoices under Manage Your Solution Configure Your Solution .
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Invoice Management Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance.
13.1.4.4.5 Upload Supplier Invoices
With this feature, you can upload electronic invoice documents that you have stored as files on your directory. You can now activate SAP S/4HANA Cloud for invoice processing by OpenText. If so, the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to extract the invoice data from the uploaded files. The system either automatically posts one supplier invoice per file, or if posting is not possible, the system creates one draft invoice per file. Each uploaded file is linked as an attachment to the corresponding invoice.
NoteYou require an additional license to be able to use SAP S/4HANA Cloud for invoice processing by OpenText.
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Technical Details
Table 516:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency The supported countries for this solution are a subset of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud supported countries. Please check the Customer Guide for scope item Invoice processing by OpenText (1LE) for details.
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.4.5 SAP Best Practices Content
13.1.4.5.1 Procurement of Direct Materials
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhance general limits: Enter service product during service entry● New SAP Fiori App for mass changes to purchasing info records● New SAP Fiori App to monitor supplier confirmations conversion to ALP● Park invoices functionality● Fast overview of all supplier invoices with new supplier invoices list● Find supplier invoice line items based on accounting information● Fixed exchanged rate flag on PO header● Flexible workflow for purchase order
Technical Details
Table 517:
Technical Name of Scope Item J45
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 439
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Plants (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)● Enablement of purchasing value key into material group
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.4.5.2 Requisitioning
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
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Technical Details
Table 518:
Technical Name of Scope Item 18J
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
New configuration user interface for flexible workflow of purchase requisition
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.4.6 App Extensibility for Classic Applications
13.1.4.6.1 Extensibility for Purchase Order Apps
This feature enables you to extend the following classic apps according to your business needs:
● Create Purchase Order - Advanced● Change Purchase Order - Advanced
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 441
● Display Purchase Order
Technical Details
Table 519:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
13.1.4.7 Process Extensibility for Purchasing Documents
This feature enables you to make custom fields available in several apps including handing over data by using Business Scenarios for the following apps:
● Create Purchase Order - Advanced● Change Purchase Order - Advanced
Technical Details
Table 520:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR-PO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
442 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
13.1.4.8 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 467].
13.1.5 Supply Chain
13.1.5.1 Logistics and Order Fulfillment
13.1.5.1.1 Create Outbound Deliveries – From Sales Orders
This feature helps you ensure timely and error-free shipment of goods to your customers. You can create outbound delivery runs from a list of sales orders. This app also allows you to display logs with information related to your sales orders or deliveries. For example, if errors occur while you are creating deliveries, the system issues a message to the log. Similarly, the system issues a message to the log if you successfully create a delivery.
Technical Details
Table 521:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197384
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 443
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Create Outbound Deliveries app. The Create Outbound Deliveries app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
See Also
For more information, go to http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under -> Product Assistance Cloud EditionsSAP S/4HANA Enterprise Cloud Edition Supply Chain Logistics and Order Fulfilment Create Outbound
Deliveries – From Sales Orders .
13.1.5.1.2 Analyze Delivery Logs
This feature helps you ensure timely and error-free shipment of goods to your customers. You can check the system messages that have been logged during the collective creation run of deliveries. If your attempt to create a delivery is unsuccessful, you can correct the issues that are mentioned in the log and then create a new delivery for the respective sales order using another app.
Technical Details
Table 522:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197387
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Analyze Outbound Delivery Logs app. The Analyze Outbound Delivery Logs app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
444 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
See Also
For more information, go to http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under -> Product Assistance Cloud EditionsSAP S/4HANA Enterprise Cloud Edition Supply Chain Logistics and Order Fulfilment Analyze Delivery
Logs .
13.1.5.1.3 Manage Outbound Deliveries
This feature helps you ensure timely and error-free shipment of goods to your customers. You can display a list of all your outbound deliveries and click on each delivery to see its details, such as its weight and volume. Depending on the current goods issue status, you can post a goods issue for a delivery. If you need to make corrections to a delivery, you can easily reverse the goods issue posting and edit the respective documents. You can apply these actions to all selected deliveries at once. For deliveries that need to be picked, you can navigate to another app to perform this step.
Technical Details
Table 523:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197359
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, go to http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under -> Product Assistance Cloud EditionsSAP S/4HANA Enterprise Cloud Edition Supply Chain Logistics and Order Fulfilment Manage Outbound
Deliveries .
13.1.5.1.4 Pick Outbound Delivery
This feature helps you ensure timely and error-free shipment of goods to your customers. You can enter the results of the picking process for a specific delivery. The picking process involves taking goods from various storage bins
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 445
and moving them to a staging area where they can be prepared for loading and shipping. This app shows you how many items are in the delivery, the delivery’s overall details, such as the gross weight, and the details of individual delivery items. Once you have entered the picking quantity of an item and the system has set the picking status to Completely Processed, you can then post a goods issue.
Technical Details
Table 524:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197358
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LE-SHP-FIO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, go to http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under -> Product Assistance Cloud EditionsSAP S/4HANA Enterprise Cloud Edition Supply Chain Logistics and Order Fulfilment Pick Outbound
Delivery .
13.1.5.2 SAP Best Practices Content
13.1.5.3 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 467].
13.1.5.4 Extensibility in Supply Chain
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13.1.6 Human Resources
13.1.6.1 Core HR and Payroll
13.1.6.2 Time and Attendance Management
13.1.6.2.1 Manage My Timesheet
This feature enables you to use the timesheet for:
● Recording time in smaller slots lesser than 30 minutes● Revoke approved time entries in case of contingent workers
You can now have a prefilled task list for the contingent workers.
Technical Details
Table 525:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1823
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-TS-S4
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about Manage My Timesheet , see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance > Cloud editions > SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud > Human Resources > Time and Attendance Management.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 447
13.1.6.3 SAP Best Practices Content
13.1.6.3.1 Business Event Handling
Use
Business event handling can enable applications, partners and customers to consume events related to all SAP S/4HANA business objects. This is based on publish-subscribe pattern where a central event handling component receives events from multiple senders.
Technical Details
Table 526:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1NN
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.6.4 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 467].
13.1.7 Integration
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13.1.7.1 Master Data Replication
13.1.7.2 SAP Best Practices Content
13.1.7.2.1 Mass Maintenance for Business Partner
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Mass maintenance for business partner relationships● Technical mechanisms to avoid concurrent changes within the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system
Technical Details
Table 527:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RK
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 449
13.1.7.2.2 Mass Maintenance for Product
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Technical mechanisms to avoid concurrent changes within the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system
Technical Details
Table 528:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RM
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.8 Cross Components
13.1.8.1 Product Master
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13.1.8.1.1 Create Alternate UoM for Product
Create Alternate UoM for Product using SAP CoPilot
Use
You can use the SAP CoPilot app to create alternate unit of measure (UoM) for an existing product from anywhere within the Fiori launchpad. This gives the user the benefit of creating alternate UoM's for a product without navigating to the Product Master app. To create alternate UoM for an existing product, you must mandatorily specify values such as product number, conversion factor for the alternate UoM, and the numeric value for the base UoM.
You can perform this task if you have the business catalog role SAP_CMD_BC_PR_MAINT_PC:
Technical Details
Table 529:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Create Alternate UoM for Product, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Master Data Product Master Create Alternate UoM for Product
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 451
13.1.8.1.2 CoPilot: Product Quick View
CoPilot App for Product Quick View
Use
You can use the SAP CoPilot app for a quick view of a specified product. Using this feature, a user can view the basic details about a product (Product Number, Product Type, Product Category, Product Group, and Base Unit of Measure). You can perform the task if you have the business catalog SAP_CMD_BC_PR_MAINT_PC.
Technical Details
Table 530:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Quick View see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product AssistanceMaster Data Product Master CoPilot: Product Quick View
13.1.8.2 Business Partner, Customer, and Supplier
13.1.8.2.1 Payment Hub Integration
With Payment Hub integration, you can maintain payment card master data in Customer Master. You can add, edit and delete Payment Cards by using Payments Cards facet.
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Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 531:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP-CM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the this feature, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product AssistanceMaster Data Business Partner Customer Master .
13.1.8.2.2 Compressed Create
When you create a customer or supplier master data, you will be presented with a dialog box that contains a set of mandatory fields for ease of creation. This saves your time in creating new master records. You can maintain the details of the customer master or supplier master on the details page.
Technical Details
Table 532:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.8.2.3 OData for Business Partner
The OData service for Business Partner (API_BUSINESS_PARTNER) supports extensibility. You can extend certain entities by using the app Custom Fields and Logic (available on SAP Fiori Launchpad). It is also possible to perform mass processing in multiple change-set requests.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 453
Technical Details
Table 533:
Technical Name of Product Feature
Product Feature is
Country Dependency
Application Component
Availability
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
Effects on Data Transfer
Effects on System Administration
Effects on Customizing
See Also
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Previous Cloud Editions
13.1.8.2.4 Search Terms
Search Term 1 and Search Term 2 denote the terms that you define for a business partner, and via which you can restrict the search for a business partner in the search, or in the locator. You can enable search terms in Customer Master and Supplier Master using Adapt Filters General Information - Name .
Technical Details
Table 534:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.8.3 Mass Maintenance of Master Data
This feature enables you to use mass maintenance for business partner relationships. You can do this with the relationships of business partners that are already in the system.
Technical Details
Table 535:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197366
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-MDG-CMP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.8.4 SAP Best Practices Content
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 455
13.1.8.4.1 Output Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Extend or customize email form templates for SAP S/4HANA output management● Set up print queues in the Cloud● Use print queues in the output management business rule framework (BRF+)
Technical Details
Table 536:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1LQ
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.8.4.2 Key User Extensibility
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Add custom field to Web GUI for HTML● Translate custom field into another language● Code list● Create code list for reuse in business object
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Previous Cloud Editions
● Assign custom code list to custom business object● Add custom node list to custom business object● Add and enable Core Data Services (CDS) view for use in custom analytic query● Create custom query with custom CDS view as a data view● Transport custom extensions to a production system
Technical Details
Table 537:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1N9
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.8.4.3 Side-by-Side Extensibility for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Display and write data through a whitelisted API● Develop and deploy Java application in SAP Cloud Platform
Technical Details
Table 538:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RW
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 457
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.8.4.4 Integration between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
Use
Configure integration between SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning to SAP S/4HANA in the Public Cloud.
Technical Details
Table 539:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1YB
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
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13.1.8.4.5 Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA from File
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New migration objects● Better documentation● Increased tool capabilities
Technical Details
Table 540:
Technical Name of Scope Item BH5
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.1.8.5 Custom Analytical Queries
Use
● Support for unit and currency conversion● Display status of ICF node● Integration with View Browser application.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 459
Technical Details
Table 541:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1572_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-AQD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
● Activation of ICF node takes sometime. Hence the updated status is now displayed on the UI.● Added a new option under Display section to Add Converted Measure for supporting unit and currency
conversions for the required fields.● You can now open, create, and copy analytical queries from View Browser application.
See Also
For more information about details to be aware of when and how to use these fields, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1611 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User ExtensibilityCustom Analytical Queries Configuring Fields of the Query
13.1.8.6 Custom CDS Views
● Standard fields added by extensibility can be used in the custom CDS view app.● Queries are not displayed in the CDS view list.● Status Released is displayed for SAP views.● Cardinality of on-condition can be overwritten manually.● Comparison operators can be used in the on-condition.● The alias of the primary data source can be changed.● Custom CDS views without a key can be created.
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Technical Details
Table 542:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-GKE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
● Queries are not displayed in the CDS view list.● Status Released is displayed for SAP views.
See Also
For more information, look for the section Custom CDS Views for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708: Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User
Extensibility .
13.1.8.7 Custom Fields and Logic
Technical Details
Table 543:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1481_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-FLD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 461
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
The app has been enhanced with the new Data Source Extensions tab. With this tab, users can now create their own data source extensions to retrieve the values of additional standard fields in data sources delivered by SAP.
The app has also been enhanced with the new field type Association to Business Object. When creating a new field, you can now use this field type to assign your field to an existing business object. When making this field visible in the runtime UI, value help is provided, allowing you to select from the existing business object instances. If the runtime UI switches to Display mode, the field becomes a link and allows forward navigation to the runtime UI of the associated business object instance. By clicking on the business object link in the editing screen for your field, you can open the associated business object in the Custom Business Objects app.
Effects on Data Transfer
None
Effects on System Administration
None
Effects on Customizing
None
See Also
For more information, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic InformationGeneral Functions for the Key User Extensibility Custom Fields and Logic How to Create Data Source Extensions
13.1.8.8 Extensibility Inventory
This app enables you to display an overview of your extensibility items and to view associations or dependencies between various extensibility items. You can thus gauge how importing or exporting a given extensibility item would affect other extensibility items.
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Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 544:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2587
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-SL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Extensibility Inventory for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key UserExtensibility Extensibility Inventory
13.1.8.9 Business Role Templates
This app provides an overview of the business role templates delivered by SAP. You can see at a glance if any templates have changed, which roles are based on these templates and whether you need to update them accordingly.
Technical Details
Table 545:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-IAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 463
See Also
For more information, look for the section Business Role Templates for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708: Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User
Identity and Acess Management .
13.1.8.10 SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting
13.1.8.10.1 Run Advanced Compliance Reports
Name of app changed from Run Statutory Reports to Run Advanced Compliance Reports.
Technical Details
Table 546:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-LOC-SRF-RUN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Run Advanced Compliance Reports app is built on an extensive feature-rich framework that can support the compliance reporting requirements of several countries. Here is the list of new features enabled in Run Advanced Compliance Reports app:
● Flexible Reporting LevelsSAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allows you to submit tax reports at different reporting levels via the use of organizational units. The reporting levels currently supported in advanced compliance reporting, for both classic and enhanced modes, are - company code, business place, jurisdiction code, and section code. This feature allows you to use the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app to submit reports for countries that require reporting at these additional levels. For example, Canada tax authorities require tax reporting at company code and tax jurisdiction levels. You can set values for the reporting levels while
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configuring the reporting entity. The assigned values get defaulted when you run the reports. You can assign the organizational units to the report categories in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app.
● Data PreviewSAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting supports generation of multiple output formats, such as, XML, XBRL, TXT, and so on. The data preview option in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app allows you to visualize and interpret complex output formats in a user-friendly and consistent manner. With data preview feature, you can -○ View repeatable elements in a table format, and non-repeatable elements in a form layout. If a repeatable
element in a table has child nodes, the child node is displayed as a link. You can use the link to view the child node details in a separate view.
○ Mouse-over on labels, and view the documentation for the respective elements. Note, that you can view documentation for an element only if the relevant information is available in the schema.
○ View element attributes as links. You can see the attribute names and values using the available links.● Manual Adjustment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allows you can make manual changes to the document data after the document has been generated. With the manual adjustment feature, you can -○ Manually adjust the legal files before submitting it to the authorities. After the manual changes, you can
regenerate the output format.○ View a detailed log of all the changes made. You can use the change log for audit trail purposes.○ Easily identify the changed elements as the updated elements appear highlighted.○ Mouse over the changed elements to view details such as - last changed by, last changed value, and the
original value.○ At any point go back to the original version of the document, by choosing the Reset option.
NoteAs you can manually adjust data only at the file level, we recommend that you do manual adjustment of data only in scenarios where you cannot modify data in the system, or if the data is not available in the system.
See Also
For more information about this app, see the product assistance of SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Generic Information Advanced Compliance Reporting .
13.1.8.10.2 Define Advanced Compliance Reports
Name of app changed from Define Statutory Reports to Define Advanced Compliance Reports.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 465
Technical Details
Table 547:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-LOC-SRF-DEF
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Here is the list of new features enabled for the Define Advanced Compliance Reports are:
● Create Report CategoriesThe Define Advanced Compliance Reports app provides you with preconfigured report categories. You can choose to use the existing report categories, or create new report categories based on your business requirements. You can set properties, rules, and assign organizational units to the report category.
● Reference Report DefinitionsReference report definitions in SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allow you to extend an existing report definition, both SAP standard as well as the ones created in your namespace. You can extend a report definition by assigning a reference report definition to it. Extending a report definition allows you to reuse and modify the existing report definitions based on your own requirements, and also consistently get the out-of-the-box changes delivered by SAP.When you create a new report definition, you can choose to create a report with reference. The new report definition inherits the properties, parameters, queries, document definitions, correspondence definitions, events, and so on of the reference report definition. The inheritance status for each of the inherited attributes can be Inherited, Redefined, Not Inheritable, or New.○ Inherited: Indicates that the attribute has been inherited as is from the reference report definition. Any
change made in the inherited attribute in the reference report definition, gets reflected in the new report definition.
○ Redefined: Indicates that the attribute's inherited value has been changed in the new report definition. You can no longer inherit the values from the reference report definition, but you can change the status to Inherited anytime to inherit the values from the reference report definition.
○ Not Inheritable: Indicates that the attribute cannot be further inherited by any report definitions that extend this report definition. However, you can change the status to Inherited anytime to inherit the values from the reference report definition.
○ New: Indicates that the attribute has been created new in the new report definition.● Upload and Download Report Definitions
When you want to use your report definitions across multiple systems, you can use the upload and download feature of the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app. You can also use the download feature to create a backup of your report definition..
● Enable Data Preview ModeYou can configure your output documents to be viewed in a user-friendly and consistent format by using the Visualization Mode option. You can enable the data preview mode by setting the Visualization Mode as Read-Only in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app. You can enter labels for elements and attributes while
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performing the mapping for a report definition. The labels appear in the data preview mode in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports. Note that you can currently provide labels only in English.
● Enable Manual AdjustmentYou can configure your output documents to be manually editable in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app by using the Visualization Mode option. You can enable manual adjustment by setting the Visualization Mode as Editable in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app.
See Also
For more information, go to the product assistance of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Generic InformationAdvanced Compliance Reporting .
13.1.8.11 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 467].
13.1.9 Country Specifics
13.1.9.1 China
13.1.9.1.1 Finance
13.1.9.1.1.1 Configuration for Cash Flow Statements
With this feature, you can make settings in the following self-service configuration apps for the Cash Flow Statements in China. These self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
● Define Sequence for Sorting Line Items by G/L Account NumberSpecify in which order the Cash Flow Statements app sorts the complex accounting document line items (by G/L account).
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 467
● Use Non-Leading Ledger for Offsetting Account DeterminationDefine and activate a non-leading ledger for offsetting account determination and other related reports.
Technical Details
Table 548:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for China
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-CN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.1.9.1.1.2 Configuration for Official Document Numbering
With this feature, you can make settings in the following self-service configuration apps for the Official Document Numbering in China. These self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
● Activate Document Numbering for Company CodeActivate the function of generating official document numbers for a company code.
● Maintain Settings for Clearing Documents Without Line ItemsMaintain settings so that the system does not generate official document for clearing accounting documents without line items.
● Maintain Number GroupsDefine number groups in order to maintain your official document number ranges in the system.
● Maintain Document ClassesMaintain settings so that the system numbers the Financial Accounting (FI) documents with an official document number from a year-dependent number range.
● Assign Number Group to Company CodeMaintain settings so that when you assign number range intervals to one or more document classes, the system issues official document numbers in accordance with the Chinese requirements.
● Assign Document Classes to Document TypesAssign each document class to the appropriate accounting document types.
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Technical Details
Table 549:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for China
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-CN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.1.9.2 Hungary
13.1.9.2.1 Finance
13.1.9.2.1.1 Configuration for Domestic Sales and Purchases List
This feature enables you to make settings in the Define Percentages for Sales Tax Codes self-service configuration app for the domestic sales and purchases list in Hungary. This self-service configuration app has been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 469
Technical Details
Table 550:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can define proportional values in percentage for each sales tax code for the Domestic Sales and Purchases List app. You can make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app within the Manage Your Solution app.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.1.9.2.1.2 Calculate Exchange Rate for Cash Journal
With this feature, you can calculate a weighted average of exchange rate every working day for your cash journals. This calculated weighted average of exchange rate is used for the currency translation when posting your outgoing payments on the following working day.
Technical Details
Table 551:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197287
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
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Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for Calculate Exchange Rates for Cash Journals under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the product assistance, in section Country-Specific Functions Hungary .
13.1.9.2.1.3 Display Historical Data of Exchange Rates
With this feature you can display the exchange rates calculated and stored in the past for each posting date.
Technical Details
Table 552:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197288
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Display Historical Data of Exchange Rates for Cash Journals under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the product assistance, in section Country-Specific Functions Hungary .
13.1.9.3 Ireland
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 471
13.1.9.3.1 Finance
13.1.9.3.1.1 EC Sales List
Technical Details
Table 553:
Technical Name of Product Feature IE_ECSL_DCL
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component XX-CSC-IE-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.3.1.2 VAT Return
Technical Details
Table 554:
Technical Name of Product Feature IE_VAT_DCL
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component XX-CSC-IE-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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13.1.9.3.1.3 Payment Formats and Bank Statements for Ireland
With this feature you can create and download the payment formats and you can import bank statements. The following countryspecific payment formats and bank statements are available for Ireland:
● IE_CGI_XML_CT (payment format)● IE_CGI_XML_DD (payment format)● IE_MT101 (payment format)● CAMT.053 (bank statement)● MT940 (bank statement)
Technical Details
Table 555:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Manage Payment Media app has been enabled for the download of payment formats.
The Manage Incoming Payment Files app has been enabled for a manual import of bank statements.
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Ireland Payment Formats and Bank Statements (IE) .
13.1.9.4 Italy
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 473
13.1.9.4.1 Finance
13.1.9.4.1.1 Print Self Invoices
With this feature you can generate self invoices, create a list of all self invoices and print self invoices, for example, if you have acquired goods or services from countries outside the European Union (EU), according to the Italian regulations.
Technical Details
Table 556:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid only for Italy
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IT
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Country-Specific Functions → Italy for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce1708 → Product Assistance
13.1.9.4.1.2 Payment-Related Updates
This feature enables you to use the following updates regarding payments in Italy:
● A new payment format, IT_CBI_RIB_001 is available for incoming payments (RIBA).● You can import the payment rejection (pain.002) files.● You can display bills of exchange presentation document based on the bills of exchange document.
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Technical Details
Table 557:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IT
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Italy Payment Formats and Bank Statements (IT) .
13.1.9.4.1.3 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Italy.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Italy app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Italy app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Italy app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 475
Technical Details
Table 558:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.4.1.4 Extended BoE List - Italy
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Italy app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 559:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.5 Japan
13.1.9.5.1 Finance
13.1.9.5.1.1 Manage Journal Entries - Japan
With this feature, you can analyze your journal entries and create reversals in order to make adjustments. Filtering and selection criteria enable you to quickly find journal entries. The information provided includes the G/L
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accounts posted, other account assignment objects, and any sales or purchase taxes. You can create new journal entries based on other journal entries. You can enter notes or add attachments to explain the posting. Information is shown on any related documents. Amounts can be displayed in different currencies, such as local currency or transaction currency. You can also split accounting data if an invoice in foreign currency is to be split into more than one but no more than three accounting line items.
Technical Details
Table 560:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-JP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Manage Journal Entries - Japan for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance.
13.1.9.5.1.2 Update Electronic BoE with EMC Number - Japan
With this feature, you can update the electronic bills of exchange (BoE) with the electronic monetary claim (EMC) numbers available in the XML file (notice_ACR.ASG.DIV) that you receive from the EMC organization.
Technical Details
Table 561:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-JP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 477
13.1.9.5.1.3 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Japan.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Japan app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Japan app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Japan app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
Technical Details
Table 562:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.5.1.4 Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Japan
With this feature, you can use the Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Japan app to post the payment when the due date of a bill of exchange is reached and when your bank pays the bill of exchange.
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Technical Details
Table 563:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AP-AP-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.5.1.5 Extended BoE List - Japan
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Japan app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 564:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.5.1.6 Withholding Tax using Blue Return (Invoice - Based)
You can use the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app to generate the withholding tax reports using blue return (invoice -based) system, that fulfills the requirements of the government in Japan.
Technical Details
Table 565:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 479
Application Component FI-AP-AP-Q1
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.6 Netherlands
13.1.9.6.1 Finance
13.1.9.6.1.1 Update in Payment Formats
The NL_SEPA_CT and NL_SEPA_DD payment formats have been replaced by the NL_CGI_XML_CT and the NL_CGI_XML DD payment formats.
Technical Details
Table 566:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for the Netherlands
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-NL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Netherlands Payment Formats and Bank Statements (NL) .
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13.1.9.7 New Zealand
13.1.9.7.1 Finance
13.1.9.7.1.1 New Payment Format Available
The NZ_MT101 new payment format is available for New Zealand. This payment format is used for requests for transfers.
Technical Details
Table 567:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for New Zealand
Application Component FI-LOC-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions New Zealand Payment Formats and Bank Statements (NZ) .
13.1.9.8 Spain
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 481
13.1.9.8.1 Finance
13.1.9.8.1.1 Form 340: Informative VAT Return of Operations
With this feature you can extract data and generate a file in accordance with the Spanish Requirements (Modelo 340).
Technical Details
Table 568:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid only for Spain
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-ES
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Country-Specific Functions for the relevant cloud edition under http:// help.sap.com/s4hana → Product Assistance
13.1.9.8.1.2 Payment-Related Updates
This feature enables you to use the following updates regarding payments in Spain:
● A new bank statement, Cuaderno is available.● You can import the payment rejection (pain.002) files.● You can display bills of exchange presentation document based on the bills of exchange document.
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Technical Details
Table 569:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-ES
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Spain Payment Formats and Bank Statements (ES) .
13.1.9.8.1.3 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Spain.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Spain app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Spain app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Spain app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 483
Technical Details
Table 570:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.8.1.4 Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Spain
With this feature, you can use the Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Spain app to post the payment when the due date of a bill of exchange is reached and when your bank pays the bill of exchange.
Technical Details
Table 571:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-AP-AP-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.8.1.5 Extended BoE List - Spain
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Spain app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 572:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
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Previous Cloud Editions
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.9 Sweden
13.1.9.9.1 Finance
13.1.9.9.1.1 EC Sales List
Technical Details
Table 573:
Technical Name of Product Feature SE_ECSL_DLC
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Sweden
Application Component XX-CSC-SE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.9.1.2 Payment Formats and Bank Statements for Sweden
With this feature you can create and download the payment formats and you can import bank statements. The following countryspecific payment formats and bank statements are available for Sweden:
● SE_CGI_XML_CT (payment format)● SE_A_AUTOGIRO (payment format)● SE_BANKGIRO (payment format)● SE_MT101 (payment format)
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 485
● CAMT.053 (bank statement)● MT940 (bank statement)
Technical Details
Table 574:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Sweden
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-SCN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Manage Payment Media app has been enabled for the download of payment formats.
The Manage Incoming Payment Files app has been enabled for a manual import of bank statements.
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Sweden Payment Formats and Bank Statements (SE) .
13.1.9.10 Taiwan
13.1.9.10.1 Finance
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13.1.9.10.1.1 Reversed/Cancelled Documents in DMEE File in VAT Declaration
With this feature, no matter whether the reversal and cancellation is happened in the same period or not, items in the electronic text file will be deleted for all the input tax invoice types and output tax invoice types 33, 34, and 36, rather than marked as deleted. And for output tax invoice types 31, 32, and 35, items in the electronic text file will be marked as deleted in case of reversal or cancellation.
Technical Details
Table 575:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Taiwan
Application Component FI-LOC
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.1.9.11 United Kingdom
13.1.9.11.1 Finance
13.1.9.11.1.1 Update in Payment Formats
The GB_SEPA_CT and GB_SEPA_DD payment formats have been replaced by the GB_CGI_XML_CT and the GB_CGI_XML_ DD payment formats. The SEPA payment formats are no longer supported.
Technical Details
Table 576:
Product Feature is Changed
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 487
Country Dependency Valid for the United Kingdom
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-GB
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions United Kingdom Payment Formats and Bank Statements (UK) .
13.2 SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud
13.2.1 Finance
13.2.1.1 New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps
Finance analytical apps with the Web Dynpro application type are also available as Design Studio apps. These Design Studio apps have a new look and feel.
Technical Details
Table 577:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI (Finance)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Effects on Existing Data
If the tile for an affected analytical app was available on a user's SAP Fiori Launchpad in a previous release and the user opens the app as of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708, the app opens with the new Design Studio look and feel. The Web Dynpro version of the app is still available and can be added to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
Please note the following differences in Design Studio apps:
● When you open a Design Studio app, you are prompted to enter criteria for filtering the data. These filter criteria are not automatically displayed in the Filter Bar.
To see the filter criteria, open the Settings dialog by clicking . Then click Information.● In the new Design Studio version of the apps, you have to re-create your filter variants. Use the Web Dynpro
version of the apps to find your variants for reference.● If you need a screen reader, please use it with the Web Dynpro version of the app for the best results. The
accessible tile has the same name as the Design Studio tile, but, on the SAP Fiori Launchpad, the word "Accessible" is included in the lower right corner.
Effects on System Administration
The change in application type does not affect the set up of your business catalogs or business roles. Users who had access to the analytical apps before this release will also have the same access with the new Design Studio versions.
See Also
● To see which application type an app has, go to the SAP Fiori apps reference library.
● For more information about how Design Studio apps works, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Generic Information Analytics Using Analytical Reports .
13.2.1.2 Accounting and Financial Close
13.2.1.2.1 Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Accounting and Financial Close require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 489
Technical Details
Table 578:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types:
NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
General Ledger Accounting
Table 579: G/L Accounting Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
General Ledger - Tax Declaration (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_TX_DCL_PC)
A new authorization object has been created for controlling the use of the Create Advance Return on Sales/Purchase Tax app. You must make settings for these additional restriction types.
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Customer Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BED)
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Supplier Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BEK)
● General Ledger Accounting - Planning (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PLN_PC)
● General Ledger - Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_PC)
To ensure that users with the General Ledger Accountant (SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
Check all of the new restriction types.
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Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
General Ledger - Cash Journal Entries (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_CASHJE_PC)
New business catalog. ● Authorization Groups for Changes to Customer Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BED)
● Authorization Groups for Changes to Supplier Accounts (BEGRU_BKPF_BEK)
● Authorization Groups for Cash Journal (BEGRU_FBCJ)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Segment for Segmental Reporting/Record Type (SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● General Ledger - Park Journal Entries (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_PARKDCPRE_PC
● General Ledger - Post Parked Journal Entries (SAP_BCR_FIN_GL_PARKDCPST_PC)
A new transaction for displaying invoices has been added to the business catalog. You must make a setting for the new restriction type introduced by the authorization object related to the new transaction.
Plant (WERKS)
General Ledger Accounting – Planning ( SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PLN_PC
New business catalog. Check all of the new restriction types.
General Ledger - Posting Period Management (SAP_FIN_BC_GL_PER_MGMT_PC)
You must make settings for new restriction types that replace the Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR ) restriction type.
● Authorization Group Maintenance by Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_BRG )
● Posting Period Variant Configuration (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_MPV )
● Posting Period Maintenance by Posting Period Variant (FAGL_OPVAR_FAGL_OPV )
Financials - Accounting Document Display ( SAP_FIN_BC_DSPL_ACDOC_PC )
New business catalog. Check all of the new restriction types.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 491
Asset Accounting
Table 580: Asset Accounting Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Asset Accounting - Operational Processing (SAP_FIN_BC_AA_DOC_PROC_PC)
The Post Miscellaneous Transactions app was added. With this app you can post acquistions and retirements not affecting P&L as required for example by German law (Bilanzrichtlinienumsetzungsgesetz).
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Consoldiation
Table 581: Consolidation Business Catalogs
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Consolidation - Maintain Product Fixed Configuration (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_CNFGFXD_PC)
New restriction types have been added. Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Rules Configuration (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_CNFGRLS_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Company Code (BUKRS)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Process (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_PROCESS_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Company Code (BUKRS)● Authorization Object for Consolida
tion Logs (CACTT_CONGR )● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Master Data Financial Statement Items Management (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_MDFSITM_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Master Data Organizational Unit Management (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_MDORG_PC)
New restriction types have been added. ● Authorization Group (BRGRU)● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
Consolidation - Data Preparation (SAP_FIN_BC_CCON_PRDTPRE_PC)
New restriction types have been added. Ledger (GLRLDNR)
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See Also
For more information about the business catalogs and their restriction types, read the business catalog description, which can be displayed for each catalog in the Maintain Business Roles app.
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
13.2.1.2.2 General Ledger Accounting
13.2.1.2.2.1 Account Determination
With this feature, you can select BI3 (Changed Reconciliation Accounts) as a transaction group. In this way, you define accounts for the automatic transfer postings when the reconciliation accounts are changed. Postings are made to these accounts to sort the open items.
Technical Details
Table 582:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197360
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.2.2.2 Configuration for General Ledger Accounting
With this release, new self-service configuration apps for making settings related to General Ledger Accounting have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 493
Technical Details
Table 583:
Feature is New
Application Component FI-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration apps for Accounting and Financial Close are available:
Cash Journals
● Define Amount Limits. You can set amount limits for new cash journals.● Maintain Business Transactions. You can specify the business transactions for new cash journals.● Set Up Cash Journals. You make other settings for new cash journals.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.2.1.2.2.3 Manage Chart of Accounts
The Display Chart of Accounts app has been renamed to Manage Chart of Accounts. With this app, you can perform various tasks such as viewing G/L accounts in different views, creating accounts, and copying financial statement version assignment to accounts according to reference accounts.
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Technical Details
Table 584:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.2.2.4 Manage Posting Periods
With this feature, you can set posting periods for business transactions in the controlling (CO) area, and view the open status of CO posting periods. The color bars in the posting period variant view differentiate the open status for each period type, green for the normal periods, orange for the adjustment periods, blue for the CO-related periods, and gray for closed periods.
Technical Details
Table 585:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197524
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.2.2.5 Manage Posting Period Variants
This feature enables you to massively edit, copy, and delete existing items of a posting period variant, and hence quickly manage to open and close posting periods. You can also split an item or merge multiple items of a posting period variant.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 495
Technical Details
Table 586:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197523
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Pay attention to the following notes when you edit items of posting period variants.
● A posting period variant must have only one item with account type "+".
● The account range of the item with account type "+" is from 0 to ZZZZZZZZZZ, and the range cannot be changed.
● Don't massively copy or edit items with account type "+" or "V".
13.2.1.2.2.6 Verify General Journal Entries - For Requester
With this new feature, you can view journal entires with various status, and you can choose to copy or delete journal entries. You can even go to the journal entry detail page by clicking the journal entry number in the worklist.
Technical Details
Table 587:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2547_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
The following new apps have been available as of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1705:
● Verify General Journal Entries - For Requester● Verify General Journal Entries - For Processor (Inbox)● Verify General Journal Entries - For Processor (Outbox)● Manage Workflows for General Journal Entry Verification
They are intended to replace the following HTML GUI apps:
● Park General Journal Entries (transaction code: FV50)● Change Parked Journal Entries (transaction code: FBV2)● Change Parked Journal Entries - Header (transaction code: FBV4)● Park General Journal Entries - For Ledger Group (transaction code:FV50L)● Post Parked Journal Entry (transaction code: FBV0)
These legacy apps are to be eventually discontinued.
13.2.1.2.2.7 Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View
In the results list of the Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View app, where the G/L account line items are listed, you can now display additional details for a specific line item in two different ways. You show the details such as chart of accounts, amounts in different currencies, details for cost accounting or fixed asset accounting and more by selecting a specific line item and clicking on the Status icon. Alternatively, you can select the row with the respective line item and click on the Line Item Details button.
Technical Details
Table 588:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app together with the Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View app replaces the Display G/L Account Line Items app which is no longer available in the launchpad.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 497
See Also
Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View [page 21]
13.2.1.2.2.8 Display G/L Account Line Items - Posting View
With this app, you can display general ledger (G/L) account line items in the entry view: open and cleared line items for open-item managed accounts, or all line items of a G/L account. Additionally, you can display noted items (items that remind you of outstanding payments) parked journal entries, that is journal entries that you have created and saved, but that are not posted yet, or all items.
Technical Details
Table 589:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL (General Ledger Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Key features of the app include:
● Selecting line items according to specified time ranges, such as fiscal period, fiscal quarter, fiscal year and many more
● Creating an app variant and saving it● Creating a layout variant of the app, grouping the results list and saving these settings● Display amounts in different currencies● Export the results list to Microsoft Excel● Change the assignment (for sorting documents) and the items texts for line items
Effects on Existing Data
This app together with the Display G/L Account Line Items - Reporting View app replaces the Display G/L Account Line Items app which is no longer available in the launchpad.
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13.2.1.2.2.9 Cash Journals
You can use cash journals to get a comprehensive picture of your daily cash transactions. Individual transactions can be checked at any time in real-time processing by displaying the original journal entries, line items, and transaction figures at various levels.
Technical Details
Table 590:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Two new apps are available for General Ledger accountants:
● Post Cash Journal Entries● Display Cash Journal Entries
Effects on System Administration
Ensure that the restriction types for the new SAP_FIN_BC_GL_CASHJE_PC business catalog have been set up properly and that the catalog is assigned to the role for your General Ledger accountant. For more information about business catalog changes in this release, see Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close [page 13].
Effects on Customizing
Preconfigured content is delivered to get you started with the functions and features for using cash journals. For more information about additional settings needed, see Configuration for General Ledger Accounting [page 17].
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 499
See Also
For more information about the new apps, search for Cash Journals in the product assistance on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708.
13.2.1.2.2.10 Reset Cleared Items
With this app, you can reset the clearing of line items as well as reverse the clearing entry if required. You can use this feature for line items of customer accounts or supplier accounts as well as for line items of G/L accounts that are managed on an open item basis.
Technical Details
Table 591:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Reset Cleared Items FBRA app. The Reset Cleared Items FBRA app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
See Also
For more information about the Reset Cleared Items app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance English Finance Receivables Management Accounts Receivable Accounting
Clearing of Open Item Reset Cleared Items .
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13.2.1.2.2.11 Manage Flexible Hierarchies
With this app, you can create and change master data hierarchies for cost center and profit center reporting. You can customize these hierarchies to your personal reporting needs and adapt them to your business requirements. Furthermore, you can extend this app and add fields to include company specific reporting fields in the hierarchy.
Technical Details
Table 592:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-GL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.2.3 Asset Accounting
13.2.1.2.3.1 Additional Fields for Asset Accounting in the Universal Journal Entry
Additional subledgerspecific characteristics for Asset Accounting were included in the universal journal entry. This involves the following characteristics:
● Account Group (KTOGR),● Asset Class (ANLKL) and● Partner asset (PANL1, PANL2)
This opens up new options in reporting and facilitates a better integration and navigation within the new analytical apps.
Technical Details
Table 593:
Product Feature Is New
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 501
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
Available As Of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
Inventory data is not changed. The new characteristics are only filled with new asset-relevant journal entries.
13.2.1.2.3.2 Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs
The job template Fill Master Data for Segment Reporting is now available in the Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs app. By running a schedule job using this template, you can fill the Profit Center and Segment fields in existing asset master data. This is a mandatory activity to post further transactions to existing asset master records and to report on fixed assets consistently by profit center and segment.
Technical Details
Table 594:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1914_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.2.3.3 Asset Transactions
In the filter panel of the app, the following changes have been made:
● The Transaction Variant field was replaced by the Key Figure Group field.The Key Figure Group search criterion enables you to select specific types of asset transactions, such as acquisitions, retirements, or transfers. The result set of your report is restricted based on the key figure group you’ve selected.
● The Currency Type field was renamed Display Currency.
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The Display Currency search criterion enables you to display amounts in currency types other than the local currency. Depending on your configuration settings, additional currency types, such as group currency, can be chosen so that amounts for different company codes can be reported using a common currency.
● If you’ve set a default company code in your user settings, the other mandatory parameters are defaulted automatically. The default values are based on the following rule:
Table 595:
Parameter Default
Key Figure Group TRANS_ALL (All Transactions)
Ledger Leading ledger
Depreciation Area Realtime posting area assigned to the leading ledger
Fiscal Year Last open fiscal year for the chosen company code
Display Currency Currency configured as local currency in company code
Technical Details
Table 596:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1614_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.2.3.4 Depreciation Lists
In the filter panel of the app, the following changes have been made:
● The Currency Type field was renamed Display Currency.The Display Currency search criterion enables you to display amounts in currency types other than the local currency. Depending on your configuration settings, additional currency types, such as group currency, can be chosen so that amounts for different company codes can be reported using a common currency.
● If you’ve set a default company code in your user settings, the other mandatory parameters are defaulted automatically. The default values are based on the following rule:
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 503
Table 597:
Parameter Default
Depreciation Variant Ordinary Depreciation
Fiscal Year Last open fiscal year for the chosen company code
To-Period Last operative period in fiscal year
Ledger Leading ledger
Depreciation Area Realtime posting area assigned to the leading ledger
Display Currency Currency configured as local currency in company code
Technical Details
Table 598:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1616_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.2.3.5 Asset Balances
This app now include an extended set of characteristics, such as master data attributes and depreciation parameters.
Technical Details
Table 599:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1617_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
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Previous Cloud Editions
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
● More changes have been delivered for this app with this release. Please also see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
13.2.1.2.3.6 Asset History Sheet
This app now include an extended set of characteristics, such as master data attributes and depreciation parameters.
Technical Details
Table 600:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1615_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
● More changes have been delivered for this app with this release. Please also see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 505
13.2.1.2.3.7 Asset History Sheet with Data in Accordance with the German Accounting Directive Implementation Act ((Bilanzrichtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz, BilRUG)
In Asset Accounting, you can now post in accordance with the German Accounting Directive Implementation Act and report in the asset history sheet: You can display changes in depreciation in their full amount in the context of acquisitions and retirements; the same applies to transfer postings during the fiscal year.
The new analytical app Asset History Sheet and the corresponding key figure groups provided have been enhanced in such a way that the acquisition costs (APC) and depreciation value adjustments are displayed separately automatically.
Technical Details
Table 601:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for Germany;
However, new product feature can be used internationally
Application Component Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
Available As Of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can use the app Other Transactions to enter acquisitions and retirements not affecting profit/loss; this is necessary for mergers and takeovers.
Effects on Existing Data
None.
Effects on Data Transfer
For a legacy data transfer, you may have to use different transaction types if the transfer occurs during the year. This is not necessary if the transfer takes place at the end of the fiscal year.
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Effects on Customizing
New transaction types support you with making the correct entry for acquisitions and retirements not affecting profit/loss in the context of mergers and takeovers.
13.2.1.2.3.8 Segment Reporting for Fixed Assets
In the asset master record, you can enter the profit center and segment. In addition, the profit center and the corresponding segment are derived automatically if a cost center or internal order is entered in the asset master record. This enables you to consistently create asset reports at the profit center or segment level.
Technical Details
Table 602:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-AA
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
For the profit center and the segment to be derived consistently and for postings to be made correctly on this basis, the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:
● If there is only a cost center in the asset master record, the profit center is derived from it.● If there is a simultaneous assignment, both of a cost center and an internal order and any other CO object in
the asset master record, it must be possible to uniquely derive one profit center.
Any segment stored is derived from the profit center.
If a reorganization of a capitalized asset master record causes a change in the profit center and segment information, the corresponding asset balances, such as acquisition and production costs and cumulative depreciation, are automatically transferred to the new profit center and segment.
Required Activities
To derive the profit center or segment for previously existing fixed assets, schedule a productive run in the Schedule Fixed Asset Accounting Jobs application using the Fill Master Data for Segment Reporting template.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 507
NoteYou only need to resolve conflicts manually in case of missing or conflicting time-dependent assignments, for example if no cost center is assigned or if an internal order or cost center with different profit center information is assigned to the same asset master record.
13.2.1.2.4 Consolidation
13.2.1.2.4.1 Rule-Based Reporting
With Consolidation, you can now define your own reporting rules by grouping financial statement items in your custom consolidation chart of accounts hierarchy. In this way, the consolidation reporting package becomes more comprehensive.
Technical Details
Table 603:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
With the reporting rules defined based on your business requirements, more flexible consolidation reports can be derived, for example, cash flow statement, income statements by cost of sales, and interunit reconciliation.
The following table lists the consolidation reports that are introduced with this release.
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Table 604:
Rule-Based Reports Report Name
Rule-based Reports Transaction Type as Subitem Category
● Statement of Comprehensive Income● Cash Flow Statement● Statement of Changes in Equity
Function Area as Subitem Category
● Consolidated Income Statement Year Comparison - Cost of Sales● Income Statement Consolidated by Subgroups - Cost of Sales● Income Statements by Consolidation Units - Cost of Sales
Using Additional Reporting Items
● Interunit Reconciliation - Group View● Interunit Reconciliation - Subsidiary View
Income Statements ● Income Statements by Consolidation Units● Income Statement Consolidated by Functional Areas● Income Statement Consolidated by Subgroups● Consolidated Income Statement Year Comparison
Balance Sheets ● Balance Sheet by Consolidation Units● Balance Sheet Consolidated by Movements● Balance Sheet Consolidated by Subgroups● Consolidated Balance Sheet Year Comparison
Analysis Reports ● Currency Translation Reserve Analysis● Currency Translation Difference Analysis
In addition, the following analytical apps are delivered as Web Dynpro apps with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1705, and are now available as both Web Dynpro apps and Design Studio apps. These Design Studio apps have a new look and feel. See also New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
● Database List● Database List - Reporting Logic● Consolidated Balance Sheet● Consolidated Income Statement● Consolidated Income Statement - Cost of Sales
See Also
For more information, see Consolidation Reports at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Product Assistance English [your edition] Finance Accounting and Financial Close Consolidation .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 509
13.2.1.2.4.2 New Monitor Tasks
A new task Release Universal Journals is now included in the Data Monitor app, replacing the former data submission/lock process and related Fiori apps. With this task, you can release reported financial data that resides in the S/4HANA system for post-processing and consolidation.
A new task Integration of Transaction Data into Consolidation Group is added to the Consolidation Monitor app, so that transaction data read from a database can have the reporting logic applied before transferring to group-close reporting.
Technical Details
Table 605:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, see Consolidation Process under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 -> Product Assistance English [your edition] Finance Accounting and Financial Close Consolidation .
13.2.1.2.4.3 Configuration for Consolidation
With this release, new self-service configuration apps for making settings related to Consolidation have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
Technical Details
Table 606:
Feature is New
Application Component FIN-CS (Consolidation)
510 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration apps for Consolidation are available:
● Define Reclassification Methods. You can define methods that are used to reclassify the values on certain trigger data in automatic postings, from source to target accounts.
● Define Consolidation Ledgers. You define currencies and valuation options for ledgers.● Specify Selected FS Items. You can specify certain financial statement (FS) items for automatic posting to
clear imbalances and deferred taxes.● Define Consolidation Chart of Accounts Hierarchy. You maintain FS items, item hierarchies, and their master
data within consolidation chart of accounts.● Define Subitem Categories and Subitems. You can define subassignments for FS items for categorization
purposes.● Define Consolidation Cycle. You can define a consolidation cycle and specify its frequency for multi-period
consolidation.● Assign Consolidation Cycle to Version. You assign defined consolidation cycles to versions and specify the
effective year/period.
These self-service configuration apps are grouped in the Manage Your Solution app under the Finance application area.
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.2.1.2.5 Revenue and Cost Accounting
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 511
13.2.1.2.5.1 Target Revenue
This feature enables detailed margin reporting for fixedprice projects. For example, you can see margin by individual employee. The reported revenues are calculated by simulating T&E billing. The simulated revenues are posted to a target revenue account.
Technical Details
Table 607:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CO-PC-OBJ-EBR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Target revenue can only be calculated for SAP CPM (Commercial Project Management) projects.
Calculation of target revenue for fixedprice projects is activated through the recognition key. A recognition key can only be assigned to a project before any actual postings have been made. Hence it is not possible to calculate target revenue for postings that existed before the recognition key was assigned.
Postings
Both line items for the target revenue are posted to the same G/L account, so the balance posted to the account is zero.
The line items are assigned to different profit centers:
● The target revenue is assigned to the employee’s profit center.● The offsetting posting is assigned to the project profit center.
The fixedprice revenue is assigned to the project profit center.
NoteFor performance reasons, target revenue is only calculated in event-based processing, not in period-end closing. Therefore, error messages from event-based processing have to be resolved and cannot be deleted, otherwise target revenue postings would be missing.
However, if you aren't using target revenue, you can decide whether to process period-end closing separately by journal entry or whether it is sufficient to post the revenue as a total. If the revenue is posted as a total, the error messages from event-based processing can be deleted.
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13.2.1.3 Treasury and Financial Risk Management
13.2.1.3.1 Cash and Liquidity Management
13.2.1.3.1.1 Cash Flow Analyzer
With the Working Day Shift function, you can now shift the amounts in non-working days to the next or previous working days.
With the Period Ending function, you can get an end-of-period report.
● If you choose By Calendar, the period end falls to the calendar end of the period, such as month end, and year end.
● If you choose By Interval, the period end falls to the end of the interval in a time period.
Technical Details
Table 608:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.3.1.2 Payment Order Integration
With the Payment Order integration, you can now get an updated forecasted cash flows whenever payment data is updated using the house banks specified in the payment order details. This new feature is now available in cash management apps, for example:
● Cash Flow Analyzer● Check Cash Flow Items
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 513
Technical Details
Table 609:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.3.1.3 Promise to Pay Integration
With the Promise to Pay (Collections Management) integration, you can now get an updated forecasted cash flows whenever there's the creation of promise to pay document on customer invoice and the updates of its follow-up activity.
This new feature is now available in cash management apps, for example:
● Cash Flow Analyzer● Check Cash Flow Items
Technical Details
Table 610:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.3.1.4 Bank Account in Memo Record
With this function, you can use bank accounts to create and display memo records manually. You can also use the offsetting bank accounts for deposits when cash is invested and cash transfers when cash is concentrated.
This new feature is now available in the following apps:
● Create Memo Record● Display Memo Records
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Technical Details
Table 611:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Account Name field has been replaced by the Bank Account field.
The Offsetting Account field has been replaced by the Offsetting Bank Account field.
13.2.1.3.1.5 Making Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statements
Technical Details
Table 612:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-BL (Bank Accounting)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The following new self-service configuration app for Cash and Liquidity Management is available:
● Making Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statements . You can make settings for electronic bank statements.
This self-service configuration app is in the Manage Your Solution app under the Finance application area.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 515
Effects on Existing Data
Make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app. In the Realize phase, make changes to pre-delivered configuration settings or create new settings. It is possible to create new settings by copying existing settings and adapting them. Note that the changes that you can make to pre-delivered configuration settings may be limited to ensure data consistency.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.2.1.3.1.6 Manage Bank Accounts (SAP S/4HANA Cloud Edition)
With this release, the following features have changed for this app:
● Settings for bank statements have been added to bank account master data.● A new field for financial object numbers has been added and allows for integration with Treasury and Risk
Management.The system automatically generates a financial object number for each bank account.
● A new field for transaction type is available for processing this account's electronic bank statements.● You can delete inactive bank accounts and bank account drafts from the account list using the new Delete
button.Note that bank accounts that are in workflow processes cannot be deleted.
● You can use the Show Changes button to see what has been changed in the dual control mode or in the workflow mode to decide whether to approve the change request.
● This app no longer supports defining cash pools or performing cash concentration.
Technical Details
Table 613:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Additional Details
● Settings for Bank Statement MonitorYou can now make settings directly in this app for the bank accounts that you want to view using the Bank Statement Monitor app. You can define whether a bank account is to be monitored, how often the bank statements are to be imported to your system, and other settings for monitoring your bank statements.You can find the relevant fields on the Bank Relationship tab, in the Bank Statement Data section.
● Financial objectYou can find this field on the General Data tab, in the Account Details section.Financial objects are created automatically when creating financial data, but you must first enable this by activating automatic financial object integration.
● Transaction typeYou can find the relevant fields on the Bank Relationship tab, in the Bank Statement Data section.
Effects on Existing Data
With this release, the following existing data is impacted:
● Cash pools that were defined before this release can no longer be used.● The configuration app Bank Statement Monitor has been deleted.
To continue using the analytical app Bank Statement Monitor, maintain the settings for relevant bank accounts in the Manage Bank Accounts app.
13.2.1.3.1.7 Manage Workflows for Bank Account Management (S4CE)
With this feature you can do the following:
● View the predefined workflow for maintaining bank accounts● Check workflow details, such as status, validity period, and preconditions for starting the workflow● Create new workflows by copying existing ones
You can define workflow processes for bank account management according to your own business requirements by defining preconditions, step sequence, and recipients.
● Activate and deactivate workflows● Define an order for activated workflows
The system evaluates the order and the preconditions of each activated workflow to determine which workflow to trigger for different bank accounts and scenarios.
● Delete an existing workflow that is deactivated
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 517
Technical Details
Table 614:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
Consider the following if you use workflows for bank account management before upgrading to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708:
● The workflow for creating a new bank account has changed with this release. If necessary, you can use this app to extend the predefined workflow to suit your business requirements.
NoteEditing bank accounts already in workflows is not supported as of this release.
Table 615:
Steps Old Workflow Template New Workflow Template
Step 1 A cash specialist submits a request. A cash specialist submits a request.
Step 2 A cash manager approves or rejects the request.
A cash manager approves or rejects the request.
The workflow ends.
Step 3 The cash specialist enters data received from the bank, for example bank account number and IBAN.
Not applicable
Step 4 A key user maintains necessary settings for the bank account, for example the connectivity path.
The workflow ends.
Not applicable
● Workflow for reviewing bank accounts:If you need a workflow for reviewing bank accounts, you can create one by following the steps in the Test Script document at https://rapid.sap.com/bp/scopeitems/J77 .
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13.2.1.3.1.8 My Inbox for Bank Account Management (S4CE)
With this feature you can do the following:
● Check your workflow tasks for the following scenarios:○ Opening a bank account○ Modifying a bank account○ Maintaining a signatory in multiple bank accounts○ Reviewing bank accounts○ Closing a bank account○ Reopening a bank account
● Approve, reject, claim, release, suspend, or forward a request● Add attachments and comments● Get notifications of workflow requests:
○ Launchpad notifications: You receive a notification on the top right corner of your SAP Fiori launchpad when you receive a workflow request that is waiting for your action, such as approving bank account changes or reviewing bank accounts.
○ Email notifications: You receive an email notification when a workflow request that you initiated is completed. For example, you are notified when requests are approved or rejected.
Technical Details
Table 616:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the My Bank Account Worklist app, which will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
If you have workflow requests that are not yet completed before the upgrade to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708, you can still check and complete the requests using the My Bank Account Worklist app.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 519
13.2.1.3.1.9 My Sent Requests (SAP S/4HANA Cloud UI5 Edition)
You can now use the app to do the following:
● Track the workflow requests that you have created for the following scenarios:○ Opening a bank account○ Modifying a bank account○ Maintaining a signatory in multiple bank accounts○ Reviewing bank accounts○ Closing a bank account○ Reopening a bank account
● Check your requests in terms of request status, next processor, bank account details, and so on.
Technical Details
Table 617:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
There are two tiles available:
● My Sent Requests – To Be Discontinued○ This tile was originally named My Sent Request – For Bank Accounts.○ The app offers Web Dynpro user interfaces.○ Starting from this release, this app can only be used to track bank account change requests that were
initiated before the upgrade to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708. The app will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
○ Change request statuses include: To Be Approved, To Be Completed, Rejected, and Completed.● My Sent Requests – For Bank Accounts:
○ This is the new tile on SAP Fiori UI5 user interfaces.○ You can use this tile to access all of your bank account change requests created after the upgrade to SAP
S/4HANA 1708.○ Change request statuses include: In Process, Approved, Rejected.
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13.2.1.3.2 Treasury and Risk Management
13.2.1.3.2.1 TRM, Debt and Investment Management (E2E)
With this feature, you can portray the process for managing your liabilities and capital investments using the following financial instruments:
● Deposits at notice● Commercial papers● Cash flow transactions● Interest rate instruments (for example, fixedterm deposits)● Bilateral facilities● Interest rate swaps● Cross-currency interest rate swaps
The following functional areas are covered: Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, and Accounting. In addition, integrated posting and payment processes and integrated position reporting are available.
Technical Details
Table 618:
Product Feature is New
Application Component FIN-FSCM-TRM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
In Finance, a new application type for analytical apps has been introduced: Design Studio.
For more information, see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
NoteFor the Treasury Position Analysis, Credit Line Analysis, and Financial Status apps, the Web Dynpro application type is set as a default on the SAP Fiori Launchpad. However, you can add the Design Studio version to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 521
See Also
For more information about Debt and Investment Management, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the Feature Scope Description and Product Assistance under Finance Treasury and Financial Risk ManagementTreasury and Risk Management .
Under SAP Best Practices, you find the following scope items for the Debt and Investment Management process:
● 1WV Debt and Investment Management (E2E)○ 1S4 Currency Service○ 1XN Market Data Management○ 1X3 Interest Rate Derivatives
13.2.1.3.2.2 TRM, Financial Risk Management (E2E)
With this feature, you can deploy robust analytical functions that perform thorough checks for foreign exchange risks and counterparty risks.
You can model a range of scenarios to gain insights into the extent of risks at the time of the analysis.
The system provides support throughout the hedging process, from identifying risks and quantifying and analyzing them through to hedging risks with the following financial instruments:
● FX spot/forward transactions● FX non-deliverable forward transactions● FX swap● FX options
For financial transactions used for hedging, the complete process is covered, from front office, middle office, and back office through to accounting.
Technical Details
Table 619:
Product Feature is New
Application Component FIN-FSCM-TRM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
In Finance, a new application type for analytical apps has been introduced: Design Studio.
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For more information, see New Application Type for Finance Analytical Apps [page 12].
NoteFor the Treasury Position Analysis and Financial Status apps, the Web Dynpro application type is set as a default on the SAP Fiori Launchpad. However, you can add the Design Studio version to the SAP Fiori Launchpad using the App Finder.
See Also
For more information about the Financial Risk Management, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the Feature Scope Description and Product Assistance under Finance Treasury and Financial Risk ManagementTreasury and Risk Management .
Under SAP Best Practices, you will find the following scope items for the Debt and Investment Management process:
● 1X1 Foreign Currency Risk Management (E2E)○ 1S4 Currency Service○ 1XN Market Data Management
13.2.1.4 Receivables Management
13.2.1.4.1 Assign Open Items
With this app you can view open items related to a customer, assign credit items to matching debit items, and clear open items based on this assignment.
This app enables you to:
● View open items related to a customer.● Find matching credit and debit items and assign them to one another.● Clear assigned items.
Technical Details
Table 620:
Product Feature is New
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 523
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.4.2 Manage Payment Advices
With this app you can create payment advices manually. You can also view, edit, and delete existing payment advices.
This app enables you to:
● Create new payment advices manually.● View payment advices.● Edit payment advices that were created manually.● Delete payment advices that are no longer needed.
Technical Details
Table 621:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
This app replaces the Create Payment Advices, Change Payment Advices, Display Payment Advices, and Delete Payment Advices apps. The apps Create Payment Advices, Change Payment Advices, Display Payment Advices, and Delete Payment Advices will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1802.
13.2.1.4.3 My Dunning Proposals
With this feature you can now send dunning notices by email directly within the app.
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Technical Details
Table 622:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2435_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
To Email Dunning Notices
The user has to have their own email address maintained to be able to send email.
For the customer's email address, the system checks the following in sequence:
● The Internet Address of Partner Company Clerk field (KNB1-INTAD) in the role FI Customer>Company Code Data>Correspondence
● The standard email address of the Business Partner● The email address listed under Address-Independent Communication.
If those three fields are empty, the mail is sent to the user to be forwarded manually.
13.2.1.4.4 Display Customer List
This feature enables you to see master data for all your customers in one place, and gives you a simple and efficient way to check that no key data is missing.
For example, if you want to check that all your customers have data entered for dunning procedure, dunning clerk, and dunning level, select those filters in the 'Check Empty Fields' function, and the app will show you any customers for whom that information is missing.
You can also see who in your company to contact regarding a particular customer, and of course SAP CoPilot gives you an efficient channel for this communication.
● All your customer master data displayed in one table, with a wide range of filtering options● Check data is present in multiple fields across all of your customers in one step● Quick access to contact information
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 525
Technical Details
Table 623:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2640_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Note: the field In-House Contact gives you the name of the person in your company to contact regarding a particular customer, and a pop-up will show that person's Partner Function. As the app is relevant to Accounts Receivable, only data for two default values is displayed:
● Employee Responsible (ER)● Sales Employee (SE)
13.2.1.4.5 Display Item Change Log - Customer
With this feature you can see details of changes made to all journal entries relevant to your role. The app displays changes to all log-enabled fields in the relevant documents, and you can easily see what was changed, by whom, and when.
This gives you demonstrable oversight of all changes made to journal entries within your area, which can be useful in relation to auditing.
● Customer / Supplier items automatically filtered based on your role assignment● See changes to general documents, parked documents, previously parked documents, recurring entry
documents, and sample documents● Use with SAP CoPilot for a quick way to contact colleagues to clarify the reasons for changes to documents
Technical Details
Table 624:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2681_S4CE
Product Feature is New
526 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR / FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.5 Invoice Management
13.2.1.5.1 Business Catalogs for Accounts Payable
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Accounts Payable require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
Technical Details
Table 625:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types:
NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 527
Accounts Payable Accountant
Table 626: Business Catalogs for Accounts Payable Accountant
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
Accounts Payable - Operational Processing (SAP_FIN_BC_AP_DOC_PROC_PC)
A new authorization object has been created for the Manage Payment Blocks app. You must make settings for these additional restriction types.
Account group (Supplier Accounts) (KTOKK)
See Also
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
13.2.1.5.2 Supplier Accounting Document
This fact sheet is no longer available. Its functionality has been replaced by the Manage Journal Entries app.
Technical Details
Table 627:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1732_S4CE
Product Feature is Deleted
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Manage Journal Entries app, see: http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Cloud Editions Enterprise Management Finance Receivables Management Manage Journal Entries
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13.2.1.5.3 Create Positive Pay Files
With this app, you can create a file that includes information about all the checks that belong to a paying company code. The data in the file is sorted according to account number and check number.
Technical Details
Table 628:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You must have the authorization to display check information in the specified company code.
About the selection of checks, you have the following options:
● Checks not extractedIf you specify no further selection criteria, all the checks with the specified currency and house bank that are not yet extracted are outputted. Further selections include payment methods, amounts, and void reason codes.
NoteA check is categorized as not yet extracted in the following cases:
○ The check is new in the system.○ The check was extracted in a previous run, but has since been changed, for example voided. The bank
must be informed about the new status of the check.
● Checks from payment runBy specifying a payment run date and an identification, you can limit the number of checks to be selected.
● Checks from an extractIf you want to make a further copy of an extract, enter the extract date and time. If an extract is copied, the database is not updated.
● All checks according to further selection criteriaThe output covers all the checks unless you specify further selection criteria.
If you enter the initial value 00 in the Void reason code field, only valid checks are outputted. A positive payment file is then created. To select all the checks, remove 00 from the field.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 529
Effects on System Administration
Ensure that the restriction types for the new Accounts Payable - Checks (SAP_FIN_BC_AP_CHECK_PC) business catalog have been set up properly and that the catalog is assigned to the role for your accounts payable accountant. For more information about business catalog changes in this release, see Business Catalogs for Accounting and Financial Close [page 13].
13.2.1.5.4 Display Item Change Log - Supplier
With this feature you can see details of changes made to all journal entries relevant to your role. The app displays changes to all log-enabled fields in the relevant documents, and you can easily see what was changed, by whom, and when.
This gives you demonstrable oversight of all changes made to journal entries within your area, which can be useful in relation to auditing.
● Customer / Supplier items automatically filtered based on your role assignment● See changes to general documents, parked documents, previously parked documents, recurring entry
documents, and sample documents● Use with SAP CoPilot for a quick way to contact colleagues to clarify the reasons for changes to documents
Technical Details
Table 629:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2681_S4CE
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-FIO-AR / FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.5.5 Monitor Payments
With this feature you can now see any incoming status messages which are sent by the bank regarding individual payments.
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Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 630:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2388_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries.
Application Component FI-FIO-AP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.1.6 Governance, Risk and Compliance for Finance
13.2.1.6.1 International Trade for Professional Cloud Edition 1708
The apps for International Trade assist you in transferring master data, generating Intrastat declarations, and classifying products with their respective nomenclature.
13.2.1.7 Financial Planning and Analysis
13.2.1.7.1 Business Catalogs for Financial Planning and Analysis
Changes to the set of business catalogs delivered for Financial Planning and Analysis require you to recheck business catalogs assigned to your business roles. Ensure that the restriction types included in the business catalogs are set correctly to allow your users to use their business apps as needed.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 531
Technical Details
Table 631:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on System Administration
Use the Maintain Business Roles app to check the following catalogs and the restriction types.
NoteYou can also see which business catalogs have changed in the Business Catalogs app.
Overhead Cost Accounting
Table 632: Business Catalogs in Overhead Cost Accounting
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Overhead Cost Accounting - General Posting Activities (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_PER_GPA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Cost Center Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_CCA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Internal Order Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_OPA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Profit Center Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PCA_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - P and L Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PLR_PC)
● Overhead Cost Accounting - Project Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_OH_REP_PSE_PC)
To ensure that users with the Cost Accountant - Overhead (SAP_BR_OVERHEAD_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Order Type (AUFART)
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Sales Accounting
Table 633: Business Catalogs in Sales Accounting
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Sales Accounting -Planning (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_PLN_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_BSC_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Product Profitability Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_PRD_PC)
● Sales Accounting - Professional Services Reporting (SAP_FIN_BC_SA_REP_PRO_PC)
To ensure that users with the Cost Accountant - Sales (SAP_BR_SALES_ACCOUNTANT) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Business Area (GSBER)
● Segment/Record Type (GL_SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● Company Organizational Area (COMPANY_ORG_AREA)
● Profit Center (PRCTR)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Sales Document Type (AUART)
Projects
Table 634: Business Catalogs in Projects
Business Catalog Changes with This Release Restriction Types
● Project Systems - Project Financial Controlling (SAP_PS_BC_PROJ_CONTRL_MC)
● Project Systems - Project Financial Analytics ( SAP_PS_BC_PROJ_FIN_ANLYTC_MC)
To ensure that users with the Project Financial Controller (SAP_BR_PROJ_FIN_CONTROLLER) business role have correct access to data in reporting, you must ensure that the following restriction types have been correctly maintained.
● Company Code/Category (BUKRS_CATEGORY_P)
● Ledger (GLRLDNR)
● Company Code (BUKRS)
● Account Type (KOART)
● Business Area (GSBER)
● Segment/Record Type (GL_SEGMENT_GLRRCTY)
● Company Organizational Area (COMPANY_ORG_AREA)
● Profit Center (PRCTR)
● Controlling Area/Cost Center/Cost Element (KOKRS_KOSTL_KSTAR)
● Sales Document Type (AUART)
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 533
See Also
For more information about the business catalogs and their restriction types, read the business catalog description, which can be displayed for each business catalog in the Maintain Business Roles app.
For more information about the Maintain Business Roles and Business Catalogs apps, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Identity and Access Management .
13.2.1.8 SAP Best Practices Content
13.2.1.8.1 Market Data for Treasury and Risk Management
Use
With this scope item, you can manually enter the relevant market data or import market data from spreadsheet needed for the processes in Treasury and Risk Management.
Technical Details
Table 635:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XN
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
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See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.2 Debt and Investment Management
Use
With the debt and investment management process, you manage your short-, medium- and long-term loans and investments, from the analysis of financial status to the final accounting postings when the financial transactions mature.
Technical Details
Table 636:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1WV
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 535
13.2.1.8.3 Market Data Feed from SAP Cloud Platform
Use
With this process, market data is automatically imported from the Currency Service provided by SAP Hybris as a Service on SAP Cloud Platform.
Technical Details
Table 637:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1S4
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
536 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.1.8.4 Event-Based Revenue Recognition - Project-Based Services
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Target revenue for fixed price projects● New overview page for Project Accountant
Technical Details
Table 638:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1IL
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 537
13.2.1.8.5 Direct Debit
Use
In this scope item, you utilize the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) direct debit to collect payments from your customers in Euro. This scope item is enabled for US and other non-SEPA countries.
Technical Details
Table 639:
Technical Name of Scope Item 19M
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
538 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.1.8.6 Advanced Cash Operations
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Cash Flow Analyzer has been enhanced: Integration for payment order and promise to pay, Calendar Data Setting option, Actual Data function
Technical Details
Table 640:
Technical Name of Scope Item J78
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 539
13.2.1.8.7 Basic Cash Operations
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhancement of Memo Record, for example, copy feature, distribute feature, change planning type● Maintain manual planned items (memo records) directly for bank account instead of setting up cash
management account
Technical Details
Table 641:
Technical Name of Scope Item BFB
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
540 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.1.8.8 Interest Rate Derivatives Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Interest Rate Derivatives according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 642:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1XB
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 541
13.2.1.8.9 Accounts Receivable
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
New SAP Fiori apps for the following process steps:
● Display Customer List● Display Process Flow for Accounts Receivable● Manage Payment Advice● Analyze Days Sales Outstanding - Detailed Analysis● Display Item Change Log
Technical Details
Table 643:
Technical Name of Scope Item J59
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Leading Currency (New)● Define Percentages for Sales Tax Codes (New)● Define Reference Interest Rates (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
542 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.10 Invoice Processing by OpenText
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
In addition to PDF, new file formats supported are TIFF and JPEG
Technical Details
Table 644:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1LE
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 543
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.11 Advanced Credit Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
The credit limit request can now also be created by the Internal Sales Representative. Therefore, a sales employee can directly request a higher credit limit for his potential sale with a customer.
Technical Details
Table 645:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1QM
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Deactivate SAP Credit Management (New)● Define Blocking Reasons (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
544 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.12 Event-Based Revenue Recognition - Project-Based Services - PL
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Target revenue for fixed price projects● New overview page for Project Accountant
Technical Details
Table 646:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1P0
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 545
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.13 Accounting and Financial Close
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Display G/L account line items - posting view
Technical Details
Table 647:
Technical Name of Scope Item J58
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Assign Document Classes to Document Types (New)● Assign Number Group to Company Code (New)● Create Receipt Lots and Assign to Business Places (New)● Define Account for Returned Bills of Exchange (New)● Define Amount Limit (New)● Define Available Amounts (New)● Define Bank Subaccounts (New)● Define Sequence for Sorting Line Items by G/L Account Number (New)● Enter Bank Assignment (New)● Group Tax Balances (New)● Group Tax Base Balances (New)
546 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
● Maintain Business Transactions (New)● Maintain Document Classes (New)● Maintain Number Groups (New)● Maintain Settings for Clearing Documents Without Line Items (New)● Make Global Settings for Electronic Bank Statement (New)● Map Tax Code (New)● Set Up Cash Journal (New)● Setting Up Your Compliance Reporting (New)● Use Non-Leading Ledger for Offsetting Account Determination (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.14 Interest Rate Derivatives Management
Use
The interest rate derivatives management process helps you manage the interest rate risks that you are exposed to due to debt or investments, from the analysis of financial status to the final accounting postings when the financial transactions mature.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 547
Technical Details
Table 648:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X3
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.15 Foreign Currency Risk Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Foreign Currency Risk Management according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 649:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X9
548 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.16 Integration with SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center
Use
The scope item establishes the integration of SAP CoPilot within SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center. It provides the functionality to generate a service ticket from an SAP CoPilot collection and send it to an SAP Hybris Service Engagement Center instance where it is processed by a service agent. Service tickets may include links to SAP S/4HANA business objects.
Technical Details
Table 650:
Technical Name of Scope Item 23D
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 549
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.17 Financial Consolidation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Additional reports: Cash Flow, Statement of Change in Equity● Intercompany reconciliation report● Extended group chart of account mapping management using the Manage G/L Accounts SAP Fiori application● Additional reports such as Statement of Income, Statement of Change in Equity, Cash Flow
Technical Details
Table 651:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1SG
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activation of SAP Digital Payments Add-on (New)● Assign Consolidation Cycle to Version (New)● Central Finance Subsidiary - General Settings (New)
550 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
● Define Consolidation Cycle (New)● Define Subitem Categories and Subitems (New)● Define Versions (New)● Edit Item Hierarchies of Consolidation Chart of Accounts (New)● Specify Selected Items for Posting (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.18 Foreign Currency Risk Management
Use
The foreign currency risk management process helps you to better manage and mitigate FX risks arising from your operative business. The foreign currency risk management process helps you to better manage and mitigate FX risks arising from your operative business.
Technical Details
Table 652:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X1
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 551
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.19 Asset Accounting
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Segment Reporting● BilRuG change (Germany only)
Technical Details
Table 653:
Technical Name of Scope Item J62
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
552 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.1.8.20 Accounts Payable
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New process and applications to perform free form payments that are used for urgent payments● New process to handle "One-time-suppliers" for which you can enter the master data and payment
information of the supplier directly before paying the invoice● New feature for "positive pay", which is a bank service used to identify fraudulent checks and presenters● New analytical SAP Fiori apps, such as Days Payable Outstanding - Detailed Analysis, Process Flow for AP
Technical Details
Table 654:
Technical Name of Scope Item J60
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Leading Currency (New)● Define Reference Interest Rates (New)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 553
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.21 Debt and Investment Management - Parallel Ledger
Use
The parallel valuation process enables you to post the values calculated in Debt and Investment Management according to IFRS9 phase I (Classification and Measurement).
Technical Details
Table 655:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1X7
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
554 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.1.8.22 Machine Learning - SAP Cash Application Integration
Use
The integration to SAP Cash Application Solution intends to automate the invoice-matching process and provide the prediction results back to SAP S/4HANA with the help of Machine Learning.
Technical Details
Table 656:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1MV
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● SAP Cash Application (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 555
13.2.1.8.23 Basic Bank Account Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● The standard workflow features for receiving and handling bank account requests have been added to the inbox
● Integration of bank account balance with the credit risk analyzer● Bank account master data has been enriched to have more fields by integrating some existing Customizing
related to bank account, including bank statement configurations and CRA connections
Technical Details
Table 657:
Technical Name of Scope Item BFA
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Assign Attributes for Business Partner Groups (New)● Define Business Partner Group (New)● Define Planning Groups (New)● Define Planning Levels (New)● Define Planning Types (New)● Define Portfolio (New)● Maintain Blocked Levels (New)
556 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.8.24 Subsidiary Integration of SAP S/4HANA Cloud to Central Finance
Use
With this scope item, you can integrate your subsidiary running on SAP S/4HANA Cloud to your corporate SAP S/4HANA Central Finance system to centralize financial processes.
Technical Details
Table 658:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1W4
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 557
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
Configuration user interfaces for th activation of company codes relevant for replication
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.1.9 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 610].
13.2.2 Human Resources
13.2.2.1 Core HR and Payroll
13.2.2.2 Time and Attendance Management
13.2.2.2.1 Team Utilization
This feature enables you as line manager to use this app to view the average utilization of your team. It also gives you an overview of the team’s utilization and allows you to take actions on resources who are not utilized completely. You as line manager can further edit the timesheet of employee using this app.
558 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 659:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197304
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-TS-S4
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about Team Utilization, seehttp://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance > Generic Information > Search > Starting Apps from the Search Results > Object Page Apps > Apps for Human Resources.
13.2.2.2.2 Timesheet on Behalf
With this feature, you as a project manager or line manager can record time on behalf of an employee (internal employee or contingent worker).
Technical Details
Table 660:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-TS-S4
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about Notify Missing Time or Team Utilization, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance > Cloud editions > SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud > Human Resources > Time and Attendance Management.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 559
13.2.2.2.3 Manage My Timesheet
This feature enables you to use the timesheet for:
● Recording time in smaller slots lesser than 30 minutes● Revoke approved time entries in case of contingent workers
You can now have a prefilled task list for the contingent workers.
Technical Details
Table 661:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1823
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-TS-S4
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about Manage My Timesheet , see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance > Cloud editions > SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud > Human Resources > Time and Attendance Management.
13.2.2.3 SAP Best Practices Content
560 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.2.3.1 Business Event Handling
Use
Business event handling can enable applications, partners and customers to consume events related to all SAP S/4HANA business objects. This is based on publish-subscribe pattern where a central event handling component receives events from multiple senders.
Technical Details
Table 662:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1NN
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.2.3.2 Time Recording - Project-Based Services
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Team utilization for the Line Manager role● Flexible time slots to support additional time entries● Time Sheet on behalf of surrogate timesheets
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 561
Technical Details
Table 663:
Technical Name of Scope Item J12
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Set Project Status Area of Project Brief (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)● Plants (Updated)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
562 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.2.4 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 610].
13.2.3 Professional Services
13.2.3.1 Customer Project Management
13.2.3.2 Resource Management
13.2.3.2.1 Business Catalogs for Resource Management Apps
Two new business catalogs are available for SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud for resource management. Business catalog SAP_CA_BC_RSH_RES_MNG_PSP_PC must be assigned to all users of the resource management apps. Business catalog SAP_CA_BC_RSH_INTEG_PSP_PC must be assigned to key users who are allowed to run the Transfer of Staffing Assignments application job.
The new catalogs are included in the delivered business role template SAP_BR_RESOURCE_MANAGER.
Technical Details
Table 664:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 563
Effects on Existing Data
The SAP_CA_BC_RSH_RES_MNG_PSP_PC business catalog replaces the SAP_CA_BC_RSH_RES_MANAG_PS_PC business catalog.
Effects on System Administration
Please reassign your roles and users to the new SAP_CA_BC_RSH_RES_MNG_PSP_PC business catalog. To do so, use the Business Catalogs app.
See also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Information for Key Users .
Related Information
Transfer of Staffing Assignments [page 134]
13.2.3.2.2 Transfer of Staffing Assignments
A new tile is provided in the SAP Fiori launchpad. As a key user, you use this tile to set up an application job for transferring staffing assignments from customer and internal project management to the resource management apps.
Technical Details
Table 665:
Product Feature Is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
564 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You use the Transfer of Staffing Assignments tile to open the Application Jobs app.
An application job template is provided. Based on this job template, you schedule a job to transfer existing staffing assignments from customer and internal project management to the resource management apps after SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud for resource management has been activated. This transfer is required so that assignments and key figures are shown correctly in the apps.
NoteOnce resource management has been activated, project managers can no longer staff resources using the customer and internal project management apps.
To use the Transfer of Staffing Assignments tile, you need to be assigned business catalog SAP_CA_BC_RSH_INTEG_PSP_PC. This business catalog is included in the delivered business role template SAP_BR_RESOURCE_MANAGER.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Information for Key Users .
Related Information
Business Catalogs for Resource Management Apps [page 133]
13.2.3.2.3 Assignment Board
As a resource manager, you use the Assignment Board app to show detailed assignment information for resources in a Gantt chart. For example, you can see how assignments are distributed over a specified period of time.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 565
Technical Details
Table 666:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197450
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Assignment Board app is supported for desktop only. You access the app via the Manage Resource Utilization app.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Apps for Resource Management .
Related Information
Manage Resource Utilization [page 137]
13.2.3.2.4 Manage Assignments
As a resource manager, you use the Manage Assignments app to create, change, and delete assignments for resources and resource requests.
When creating or changing assignments, you can define a distribution rule for the hours to be assigned. In addition, you can simulate how the assignment creation, change, or deletion would affect key figures, such as resource utilization, staffed hours, and available hours.
566 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 667:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197455
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA 1708
Additional Details
You can access the app via the Manage Resource Utilization app and the Manage Project Staffing app.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Apps for Resource Management .
Related Information
Manage Resource Utilization [page 137]Manage Project Staffing [page 139]
13.2.3.2.5 Manage Resource Utilization
The Analyze Resource Utilization app has been renamed to Manage Resource Utilization. As a resource manager, you can now use this app to trigger the creation, change, and deletion of assignments for resources.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 567
Technical Details
Table 668:
Product Feature Is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Manage Resource Utilization app provides access to the Manage Assignments app and to the Assignment Board app.
Effects on Existing Data
The user interface now includes buttons for creating, changing, and deleting assignments and for navigating to the Assignment Board app.
Effects on System Administration
In order for the app to show assignments that were created prior to the activation of the resource management apps, key users must transfer existing assignments from customer and internal project management to resource management using the provided application job template.
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Apps for Resource Management .
Related Information
Transfer of Staffing Assignments [page 134]
568 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Manage Assignments [page 136]Assignment Board [page 136]
13.2.3.2.6 Manage Project Staffing
The Analyze Project Staffing app has been renamed to Manage Project Staffing. As a resource manager, you can now use this app to trigger the creation, change, and deletion of assignments for resource requests.
Technical Details
Table 669:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Manage Project Staffing app provides access to the Manage Assignments app.
Effects on Existing Data
The user interface now includes buttons for creating, changing, and deleting assignments.
Effects on System Administration
In order for the app to show assignments that were created prior to the activation of the resource management apps, key users must transfer existing assignments from customer and internal project management to resource management using the provided application job template.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 569
See Also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Apps for Resource Management .
Related Information
Transfer of Staffing Assignments [page 134]Manage Assignments [page 136]
13.2.3.2.7 Status Management for Resource Requests
In the resource management apps, two new resource request statuses have been introduced to indicate that a resource request was staffed for fewer hours (Partially Staffed) or for more hours (Overstaffed) than specified in the resource request.
Technical Details
Table 670:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197512
Product Feature Is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-RSH-PS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
In the Resource Management for Projects app, requests that have the status Partially Staffed or Overstaffed are included in the All Resource Requests card.
570 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
See also
For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance . Open the product assistance and go to Professional ServicesResource Management Monitoring Key Figures for Resources and Resource Requests .
13.2.3.3 SAP Best Practices Content
13.2.3.3.1 Internal Project Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Central staffing for project-based services: The integration to resource management scenario allows project and resource managers optimal resource utilization and efficient project staffing based on suitability matching by project information and maintained skills.
Technical Details
Table 671:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1A8
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 571
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.3.3.2 Customer Project Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
Central staffing for project-based services: The integration to resource management scenario allows project and resource managers optimal resource utilization and efficient project staffing based on suitability matching by project information and maintained skills.
Technical Details
Table 672:
Technical Name of Scope Item J11
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
572 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Set Project Status Area of Project Brief (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)● Plants (Updated)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.3.3.3 Service and Material Procurement - Project-Based Services
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhancement of general limits: Enter service product during service entry
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 573
● Park invoices functionality● Fast overview of all supplier invoices with new supplier invoices list● Find supplier invoice line items based on accounting information● Fixed exchanged rate flag on PO header● Flexible workflow for purchase order
Technical Details
Table 673:
Technical Name of Scope Item J13
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Set Project Status Area of Project Brief (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)● Plants (Updated)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated) ● Enablement of purchasing value key into material group
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
574 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.3.3.4 Resource Management - Project-Based Services
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Gain transparency about resource utilization and the status of resource requests● Discover the most requested project roles● Match available resources and open resource requests based on suitability● Manage changes in resource supply and demand quickly by dynamically creating, changing, and deleting
assignments● Review an up-to-date overview of current resource assignments in a Gantt Chart● Provide optimal resource utilization and efficient project staffing
Technical Details
Table 674:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1KC
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 575
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.3.3.5 Sales Order Processing - Project-Based Services
Use
This scope item describes the entire process sequence for the sales order maintenance and the billing process within the project-based services scenario.
The scope item now includes the following:
● Convergent Billing
Technical Details
Table 675:
Technical Name of Scope Item J14
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
576 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders (New)● Define Company Code, Plant and Logical System (New)● Define Material Group (New)● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing (New)● Set Project Status Area of Project Brief (New)● Company Code Master Data (Updated)● Plants (Updated)● Sales Offices (Updated)● Sales Organizations (Updated)● Shipping Points (Updated)● Storage Locations (Updated)
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.3.4 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 610].
13.2.4 Sales
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 577
13.2.4.1 Order Management
13.2.4.1.1 Billing and Invoicing
13.2.4.1.1.1 External Billing Document Request
With this object page, you can display the details of external billing document requests (EBDRs).
EBDRs are request objects that serve to transform and persist billing data that your SAP S/4HANA system has received from an external source (such as an external SAP system). EBDRs enable you to bill external billing data from different sources. Moreover, you can converge external billing data (for example, pay-per-use data) with internal billing data (for example, billable items from a delivery). This enables you to bill customers for offerings that combine different billing types through a combined, single invoice.
Technical Details
Table 676:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-BIL (SD Billing)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
After external billing data is received by your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system and persisted in the form of EBDRs, these EBDRs appear in the billing due list of the Create Billing Documents app. From the billing due list, they can be billed independently or converged with other billing due list items.
578 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
See Also
For more information about the External Billing Document Request object page, look for the section External Billing Document Request under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Billing and Invoicing .
For more information about the Create Billing Documents app, look for the section Create Billing Documentsunder http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract ManagementBilling and Invoicing .
13.2.4.1.1.2 Create Billing Documents
The worklist in the Create Billing Documents app now also lists external billing document requests (EBDRs). EBDRs contain billing data from external sources, such as external SAP systems. EBDRs can be billed independently or converged with billable sales and distribution documents (such as deliveries and debit memo requests) to produce combined customer invoices. This process is called omnichannel convergent billing.
One major advantage of the omnichannel approach to billing is that it greatly reduces the administrative overhead that is traditionally associated with the combined billing of solution-centric offerings.
NoteThe following two new fields have been added to the app to provide you with information about EBDRs that appear in your worklist. You can use them as filters and additional worklist columns.
● The billing document request (BDR) reference field provides a reference number that uniquely identifies the billing data within the external system from which it originates.
● The BDR reference system field provides the name of this external system.
Technical Details
Table 677:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-BIL (SD Billing)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 579
See Also
For more information about the Create Billing Documents app, look for the section Create Billing Documentsunder http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract ManagementBilling and Invoicing .
For more information about external billing document requests, look for the section External Billing Document Request under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance Sales Order and Contract Management Billing and Invoicing .
13.2.4.1.2 Sales Monitoring and Analytics
13.2.4.1.2.1 App Extensibility: Track Sales Orders
This feature enables you to extend the Track Sales Orders app according to your business needs.
Technical Details
Table 678:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD-SLS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sales for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana<Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
580 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.4.1.3 Term "Accounting Document" Changed to "Journal Entry"
The term Accounting Document has been changed to Journal Entry.
Technical Details
Table 679:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component SD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.4.2 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 610].
13.2.5 Sourcing and Procurement
13.2.5.1 Sourcing
13.2.5.1.1 App Extensibility: Manage Purchasing Info Records
This feature enables you to extend the Manage Purchasing Info Records app according to your business needs.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 581
Technical Details
Table 680:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
13.2.5.2 Contract Management
13.2.5.3 Operational Procurement
13.2.5.3.1 Pricing Configuration for Purchasing
This feature enables you to configure pricing for purchasing.
Technical Details
Table 681:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR (Purchasing)
582 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can find the following apps in the Manage Your Solution app:
● Set Calculation Schema - Purchasing● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing
You can find the following apps directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Purchasing:
● Create Condition Tables - Purchasing● Change Condition Tables - Purchasing● Change Access Sequences - Purchasing
Effects on System Administration
To access the apps found directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Purchasing, use the business catalog SAP_MM_BC_PRICING_CONFIG_PC, which is assigned to the business role BPC_EXPERT (Configuration Expert - Business Process Configuration).
After successful testing of the settings in the quality system, you can export the adaptation transport organizer (ATO) items as a software collection from the quality system and import them into the production system. For more information, see the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/s4hana > <choose release> Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key UserExtensibility Export Software Collection .
Make sure that the changes have been imported into the production system before the related changes from the Manage Your Solution app under Configure Your Solution are transferred to the production system.
To export the software collection to the transport for export into your production system, you need the Export Software Collection app.
The following is a similar business catalog: Sales - Pricing Configuration (SAP_SD_BC_PRICING_CONFIG_PC).
The following is a related business catalog group: Pricing Configuration for Sales (SAP_SD_BCG_PRICING_CONFIG_PC)
Related Configuration Apps
In addition to the configuration apps provided directly on the launchpad under Pricing Configuration for Sales, you can find related configuration apps in the Manage Your Solution app, which includes the following related apps:
● Set Pricing Condition Types - Purchasing● Set Calculation Schema - Purchasing
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 583
See Also
● For more information about apps in the Manage Your Solution app, see the help provided directly in the apps.● For more information about the pricing configuration apps found directly on the launchpad, see Roadmap
Viewer.
13.2.5.3.2 Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders
With this feature, you can use the flexible workflow for purchase orders, enabling you to optimize the approval process. The flexible workflow allows you to use either the automatic, one-step, or even multi-step approval.
You can use the app Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders to determine the approver of the workflow, for example the manager of the last approver, or to directly assign a specific user. You can define start conditions for a workflow and for each approval step, and the order in which the start conditions of existing workflows are checked. You can add new steps to a workflow at any time.
You can add new workflows, and you can copy existing ones and modify them according to your requirements.
Technical Details
Table 682:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-PUR-PO (Fiori UI for Purchase Orders)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
On the Fiori launchpad, you can find the configuration app Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders under Manage Your Solution Configure Your Solution .
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Operational Procurement Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance.
584 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.5.4 Invoice Management
13.2.5.4.1 Supplier Invoice Items by Account Assignment
With this feature, you can display supplier invoice items based on their account assignments. This concerns the relevant account types within invoice verification.
Technical Details
Table 683:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.5.4.2 Supplier Invoices List
With this feature, you can now do the following:
● Select and delete supplier invoices (for example with status Draft) in the list● Use date ranges for the Posting Date and Invoice Date fields
The account assignment data (for example Cost Center, WBS Element) was deleted from the Supplier Invoices List app. However, you can now use the Supplier Invoice Items by Account Assignment app.
Technical Details
Table 684:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 585
13.2.5.4.3 Manage Supplier Invoices
This feature enables you now to park invoice documents or to save invoice documents as complete.
Technical Details
Table 685:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.5.4.4 Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices
With this feature, you can use the flexible workflow for supplier invoices, enabling you to optimize the approval process. The flexible workflow allows you to use either the automatic, one-step, or even multi-step approval.
You can use the app Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices to determine the approver of the workflow, for example the cost center responsible, or to directly assign a specific user. You can define start conditions for a workflow and for each approval step, and the order in which the start conditions of existing workflows are checked. You can add new steps to a workflow at any time.
You can add new workflows, or copy existing ones and modify them according to your requirements.
Technical Details
Table 686:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
586 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Effects on Customizing
On the Fiori launchpad, you can find the configuration app Activate Flexible Workflow for Supplier Invoices under Manage Your Solution Configure Your Solution .
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement Invoice Management Manage Workflows for Supplier Invoices for the relevant cloud edition under SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Product Assistance.
13.2.5.4.5 Upload Supplier Invoices
With this feature, you can upload electronic invoice documents that you have stored as files on your directory. You can now activate SAP S/4HANA Cloud for invoice processing by OpenText. If so, the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to extract the invoice data from the uploaded files. The system either automatically posts one supplier invoice per file, or if posting is not possible, the system creates one draft invoice per file. Each uploaded file is linked as an attachment to the corresponding invoice.
NoteYou require an additional license to be able to use SAP S/4HANA Cloud for invoice processing by OpenText.
Technical Details
Table 687:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency The supported countries for this solution are a subset of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud supported countries. Please check the Customer Guide for scope item Invoice processing by OpenText (1LE) for details.
Application Component MM-FIO-IV (Fiori UI for Invoice Verification)
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 587
13.2.5.5 SAP Best Practices Content
13.2.5.5.1 Consumable Purchasing
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Enhancement of general limits: Enter service product during service entry● Park invoices functionality● Fast overview of all supplier invoices with new supplier invoices list● Find supplier invoice line items based on accounting information● Fixed exchanged rate flag on PO header● Flexible workflow for purchase order
Technical Details
Table 688:
Technical Name of Scope Item BNX
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Plants (Updated)● Enablement of purchasing value key into material group
588 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Additional Details
A localized version of this scope item is available for the following countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Only in scope for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Professional Services: Brazil
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.5.6 Process Extensibility for Purchasing Documents
This feature enables you to make custom fields available in several apps including handing over data by using Business Scenarios for the following apps:
● Create Purchase Order - Advanced● Change Purchase Order - Advanced
Technical Details
Table 689:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component MM-PUR-PO
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Sourcing and Procurement for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana <Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud release> Product Assistance .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 589
13.2.5.7 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 610].
13.2.6 Integration
13.2.6.1 Master Data Replication
13.2.6.2 SAP Best Practices Content
13.2.6.2.1 Mass Maintenance for Business Partner
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Mass maintenance for business partner relationships● Technical mechanisms to avoid concurrent changes within the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system
Technical Details
Table 690:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RK
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
590 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.6.2.2 Mass Maintenance for Product
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Technical mechanisms to avoid concurrent changes within the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system
Technical Details
Table 691:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RM
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.7 Cross Components
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 591
13.2.7.1 Product Master
13.2.7.1.1 Create Alternate UoM for Product
Create Alternate UoM for Product using SAP CoPilot
Use
You can use the SAP CoPilot app to create alternate unit of measure (UoM) for an existing product from anywhere within the Fiori launchpad. This gives the user the benefit of creating alternate UoM's for a product without navigating to the Product Master app. To create alternate UoM for an existing product, you must mandatorily specify values such as product number, conversion factor for the alternate UoM, and the numeric value for the base UoM.
You can perform this task if you have the business catalog role SAP_CMD_BC_PR_MAINT_PC:
Technical Details
Table 692:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Create Alternate UoM for Product, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708Product Assistance Master Data Product Master Create Alternate UoM for Product
592 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.7.1.2 CoPilot: Product Quick View
CoPilot App for Product Quick View
Use
You can use the SAP CoPilot app for a quick view of a specified product. Using this feature, a user can view the basic details about a product (Product Number, Product Type, Product Category, Product Group, and Base Unit of Measure). You can perform the task if you have the business catalog SAP_CMD_BC_PR_MAINT_PC.
Technical Details
Table 693:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-MM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Quick View see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product AssistanceMaster Data Product Master CoPilot: Product Quick View
13.2.7.2 Business Partner, Customer, and Supplier
13.2.7.2.1 Payment Hub Integration
With Payment Hub integration, you can maintain payment card master data in Customer Master. You can add, edit and delete Payment Cards by using Payments Cards facet.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 593
Technical Details
Table 694:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP-CM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the this feature, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product AssistanceMaster Data Business Partner Customer Master .
13.2.7.2.2 Compressed Create
When you create a customer or supplier master data, you will be presented with a dialog box that contains a set of mandatory fields for ease of creation. This saves your time in creating new master records. You can maintain the details of the customer master or supplier master on the details page.
Technical Details
Table 695:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.7.2.3 OData for Business Partner
The OData service for Business Partner (API_BUSINESS_PARTNER) supports extensibility. You can extend certain entities by using the app Custom Fields and Logic (available on SAP Fiori Launchpad). It is also possible to perform mass processing in multiple change-set requests.
594 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 696:
Technical Name of Product Feature
Product Feature is
Country Dependency
Application Component
Availability
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
Effects on Data Transfer
Effects on System Administration
Effects on Customizing
See Also
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 595
13.2.7.2.4 Search Terms
Search Term 1 and Search Term 2 denote the terms that you define for a business partner, and via which you can restrict the search for a business partner in the search, or in the locator. You can enable search terms in Customer Master and Supplier Master using Adapt Filters General Information - Name .
Technical Details
Table 697:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component LO-MD-BP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.7.3 Mass Maintenance of Master Data
This feature enables you to use mass maintenance for business partner relationships. You can do this with the relationships of business partners that are already in the system.
Technical Details
Table 698:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197366
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component CA-MDG-CMP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.7.4 Analytics
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13.2.7.5 Custom CDS Views
● Standard fields added by extensibility can be used in the custom CDS view app.● Queries are not displayed in the CDS view list.● Status Released is displayed for SAP views.● Cardinality of on-condition can be overwritten manually.● Comparison operators can be used in the on-condition.● The alias of the primary data source can be changed.● Custom CDS views without a key can be created.
Technical Details
Table 699:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-GKE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
● Queries are not displayed in the CDS view list.● Status Released is displayed for SAP views.
See Also
For more information, look for the section Custom CDS Views for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708: Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User
Extensibility .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 597
13.2.7.6 Custom Analytical Queries
Use
● Support for unit and currency conversion● Display status of ICF node● Integration with View Browser application.
Technical Details
Table 700:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1572_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-AQD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
● Activation of ICF node takes sometime. Hence the updated status is now displayed on the UI.● Added a new option under Display section to Add Converted Measure for supporting unit and currency
conversions for the required fields.● You can now open, create, and copy analytical queries from View Browser application.
See Also
For more information about details to be aware of when and how to use these fields, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1611 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User ExtensibilityCustom Analytical Queries Configuring Fields of the Query
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13.2.7.7 Custom Fields and Logic
Technical Details
Table 701:
Technical Name of Product Feature F1481_S4CE
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-FLD
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Effects on Existing Data
The app has been enhanced with the new Data Source Extensions tab. With this tab, users can now create their own data source extensions to retrieve the values of additional standard fields in data sources delivered by SAP.
The app has also been enhanced with the new field type Association to Business Object. When creating a new field, you can now use this field type to assign your field to an existing business object. When making this field visible in the runtime UI, value help is provided, allowing you to select from the existing business object instances. If the runtime UI switches to Display mode, the field becomes a link and allows forward navigation to the runtime UI of the associated business object instance. By clicking on the business object link in the editing screen for your field, you can open the associated business object in the Custom Business Objects app.
Effects on Data Transfer
None
Effects on System Administration
None
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 599
Effects on Customizing
None
See Also
For more information, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic InformationGeneral Functions for the Key User Extensibility Custom Fields and Logic How to Create Data Source Extensions
13.2.7.8 Extensibility Inventory
This app enables you to display an overview of your extensibility items and to view associations or dependencies between various extensibility items. You can thus gauge how importing or exporting a given extensibility item would affect other extensibility items.
Technical Details
Table 702:
Technical Name of Product Feature F2587
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-EXT-SL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Extensibility Inventory for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key UserExtensibility Extensibility Inventory
600 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.7.9 Business Role Templates
This app provides an overview of the business role templates delivered by SAP. You can see at a glance if any templates have changed, which roles are based on these templates and whether you need to update them accordingly.
Technical Details
Table 703:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component BC-SRV-APS-IAM
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Business Role Templates for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708: Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User
Identity and Acess Management .
13.2.7.10 SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting
13.2.7.10.1 Run Advanced Compliance Reports
Name of app changed from Run Statutory Reports to Run Advanced Compliance Reports.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 601
Technical Details
Table 704:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-LOC-SRF-RUN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
The Run Advanced Compliance Reports app is built on an extensive feature-rich framework that can support the compliance reporting requirements of several countries. Here is the list of new features enabled in Run Advanced Compliance Reports app:
● Flexible Reporting LevelsSAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allows you to submit tax reports at different reporting levels via the use of organizational units. The reporting levels currently supported in advanced compliance reporting, for both classic and enhanced modes, are - company code, business place, jurisdiction code, and section code. This feature allows you to use the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app to submit reports for countries that require reporting at these additional levels. For example, Canada tax authorities require tax reporting at company code and tax jurisdiction levels. You can set values for the reporting levels while configuring the reporting entity. The assigned values get defaulted when you run the reports. You can assign the organizational units to the report categories in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app.
● Data PreviewSAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting supports generation of multiple output formats, such as, XML, XBRL, TXT, and so on. The data preview option in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app allows you to visualize and interpret complex output formats in a user-friendly and consistent manner. With data preview feature, you can -○ View repeatable elements in a table format, and non-repeatable elements in a form layout. If a repeatable
element in a table has child nodes, the child node is displayed as a link. You can use the link to view the child node details in a separate view.
○ Mouse-over on labels, and view the documentation for the respective elements. Note, that you can view documentation for an element only if the relevant information is available in the schema.
○ View element attributes as links. You can see the attribute names and values using the available links.● Manual Adjustment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allows you can make manual changes to the document data after the document has been generated. With the manual adjustment feature, you can -○ Manually adjust the legal files before submitting it to the authorities. After the manual changes, you can
regenerate the output format.○ View a detailed log of all the changes made. You can use the change log for audit trail purposes.○ Easily identify the changed elements as the updated elements appear highlighted.○ Mouse over the changed elements to view details such as - last changed by, last changed value, and the
original value.
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Previous Cloud Editions
○ At any point go back to the original version of the document, by choosing the Reset option.
NoteAs you can manually adjust data only at the file level, we recommend that you do manual adjustment of data only in scenarios where you cannot modify data in the system, or if the data is not available in the system.
See Also
For more information about this app, see the product assistance of SAP S/4HANA 1708 Cloud at http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 under Generic Information Advanced Compliance Reporting .
13.2.7.10.2 Define Advanced Compliance Reports
Name of app changed from Define Statutory Reports to Define Advanced Compliance Reports.
Technical Details
Table 705:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Application Component FI-LOC-SRF-DEF
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
Here is the list of new features enabled for the Define Advanced Compliance Reports are:
● Create Report CategoriesThe Define Advanced Compliance Reports app provides you with preconfigured report categories. You can choose to use the existing report categories, or create new report categories based on your business requirements. You can set properties, rules, and assign organizational units to the report category.
● Reference Report DefinitionsReference report definitions in SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced compliance reporting allow you to extend an existing report definition, both SAP standard as well as the ones created in your namespace. You can extend a report definition by assigning a reference report definition to it. Extending a report definition allows you to
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 603
reuse and modify the existing report definitions based on your own requirements, and also consistently get the out-of-the-box changes delivered by SAP.When you create a new report definition, you can choose to create a report with reference. The new report definition inherits the properties, parameters, queries, document definitions, correspondence definitions, events, and so on of the reference report definition. The inheritance status for each of the inherited attributes can be Inherited, Redefined, Not Inheritable, or New.○ Inherited: Indicates that the attribute has been inherited as is from the reference report definition. Any
change made in the inherited attribute in the reference report definition, gets reflected in the new report definition.
○ Redefined: Indicates that the attribute's inherited value has been changed in the new report definition. You can no longer inherit the values from the reference report definition, but you can change the status to Inherited anytime to inherit the values from the reference report definition.
○ Not Inheritable: Indicates that the attribute cannot be further inherited by any report definitions that extend this report definition. However, you can change the status to Inherited anytime to inherit the values from the reference report definition.
○ New: Indicates that the attribute has been created new in the new report definition.● Upload and Download Report Definitions
When you want to use your report definitions across multiple systems, you can use the upload and download feature of the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app. You can also use the download feature to create a backup of your report definition..
● Enable Data Preview ModeYou can configure your output documents to be viewed in a user-friendly and consistent format by using the Visualization Mode option. You can enable the data preview mode by setting the Visualization Mode as Read-Only in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app. You can enter labels for elements and attributes while performing the mapping for a report definition. The labels appear in the data preview mode in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports. Note that you can currently provide labels only in English.
● Enable Manual AdjustmentYou can configure your output documents to be manually editable in the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app by using the Visualization Mode option. You can enable manual adjustment by setting the Visualization Mode as Editable in the Define Advanced Compliance Reports app.
See Also
For more information, go to the product assistance of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 under Generic InformationAdvanced Compliance Reporting .
13.2.7.11 SAP Best Practices Content
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13.2.7.11.1 Output Management
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Extend or customize email form templates for SAP S/4HANA output management● Set up print queues in the Cloud● Use print queues in the output management business rule framework (BRF+)
Technical Details
Table 706:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1LQ
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.7.11.2 Key User Extensibility
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Add custom field to Web GUI for HTML● Translate custom field into another language● Code list● Create code list for reuse in business object
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 605
● Assign custom code list to custom business object● Add custom node list to custom business object● Add and enable Core Data Services (CDS) view for use in custom analytic query● Create custom query with custom CDS view as a data view● Transport custom extensions to a production system
Technical Details
Table 707:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1N9
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.7.11.3 Integration with SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud
Use
The integration with SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud allows the automatic process of bills originating from SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud sent to SAP S/4HANA SD Billing as an external billing document request (EBDR).
Technical Details
Table 708:
Technical Name of Scope Item 2AP
Scope Item is New
606 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.7.11.4 Side-by-Side Extensibility for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● Display and write data through a whitelisted API● Develop and deploy Java application in SAP Cloud Platform
Technical Details
Table 709:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1RW
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 607
13.2.7.11.5 Integration between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
Use
Configure integration between SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning to SAP S/4HANA in the Public Cloud.
Technical Details
Table 710:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1YB
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.7.11.6 Responsibility Determination
Use
This scope item covers the process of determining the correct contact for various contexts to address tasks and activities along the working structure defined via Tasks, Activities, Workplaces, Location, Production Lines or other Enterprise Structure types.
608 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 711:
Technical Name of Scope Item 1NJ
Scope Item is New
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Customizing
The following changes apply for the configuration apps:
● Define Function Profiles (New)● Define Functions (New)● Define Team Categories (New)● Define Team Types (New)
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.7.11.7 Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA from File
Use
The scope item now includes the following:
● New migration objects● Better documentation● Increased tool capabilities
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 609
Technical Details
Table 712:
Technical Name of Scope Item BH5
Scope Item is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for all countries
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See also
For more information about this scope item and additional deliverables, refer to the fact sheet .
13.2.7.12 Country Specifics
For countryspecific changes, please see Country Specifics [page 610].
13.2.8 Country Specifics
13.2.8.1 China
13.2.8.1.1 Finance
13.2.8.1.1.1 Configuration for Cash Flow Statements
With this feature, you can make settings in the following self-service configuration apps for the Cash Flow Statements in China. These self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
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Previous Cloud Editions
● Define Sequence for Sorting Line Items by G/L Account NumberSpecify in which order the Cash Flow Statements app sorts the complex accounting document line items (by G/L account).
● Use Non-Leading Ledger for Offsetting Account DeterminationDefine and activate a non-leading ledger for offsetting account determination and other related reports.
Technical Details
Table 713:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for China
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-CN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.2.8.1.1.2 Configuration for Official Document Numbering
With this feature, you can make settings in the following self-service configuration apps for the Official Document Numbering in China. These self-service configuration apps have been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
● Activate Document Numbering for Company CodeActivate the function of generating official document numbers for a company code.
● Maintain Settings for Clearing Documents Without Line ItemsMaintain settings so that the system does not generate official document for clearing accounting documents without line items.
● Maintain Number GroupsDefine number groups in order to maintain your official document number ranges in the system.
● Maintain Document ClassesMaintain settings so that the system numbers the Financial Accounting (FI) documents with an official document number from a year-dependent number range.
● Assign Number Group to Company CodeMaintain settings so that when you assign number range intervals to one or more document classes, the system issues official document numbers in accordance with the Chinese requirements.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 611
● Assign Document Classes to Document TypesAssign each document class to the appropriate accounting document types.
Technical Details
Table 714:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for China
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-CN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information General Functions for the Key User Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.2.8.2 Hungary
13.2.8.2.1 Finance
13.2.8.2.1.1 Configuration for Domestic Sales and Purchases List
This feature enables you to make settings in the Define Percentages for Sales Tax Codes self-service configuration app for the domestic sales and purchases list in Hungary. This self-service configuration app has been added to the Manage Your Solution app.
612 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 715:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Additional Details
You can define proportional values in percentage for each sales tax code for the Domestic Sales and Purchases List app. You can make your entries in the Configure Your Solution app within the Manage Your Solution app.
See Also
For more information about the Manage Your Solution app, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Generic Information Implementation Tools Manage Your Solution .
13.2.8.2.1.2 Calculate Exchange Rate for Cash Journal
With this feature, you can calculate a weighted average of exchange rate every working day for your cash journals. This calculated weighted average of exchange rate is used for the currency translation when posting your outgoing payments on the following working day.
Technical Details
Table 716:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197287
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 613
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for Calculate Exchange Rates for Cash Journals under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the product assistance, in section Country-Specific Functions Hungary .
13.2.8.2.1.3 Display Historical Data of Exchange Rates
With this feature you can display the exchange rates calculated and stored in the past for each posting date.
Technical Details
Table 717:
Technical Name of Product Feature FEAT_197288
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Hungary
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-HU
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Display Historical Data of Exchange Rates for Cash Journals under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 in the product assistance, in section Country-Specific Functions Hungary .
13.2.8.3 Ireland
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Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.8.3.1 Finance
13.2.8.3.1.1 EC Sales List
Technical Details
Table 718:
Technical Name of Product Feature IE_ECSL_DCL
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component XX-CSC-IE-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.3.1.2 VAT Return
Technical Details
Table 719:
Technical Name of Product Feature IE_VAT_DCL
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component XX-CSC-IE-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 615
13.2.8.3.1.3 Payment Formats and Bank Statements for Ireland
With this feature you can create and download the payment formats and you can import bank statements. The following countryspecific payment formats and bank statements are available for Ireland:
● IE_CGI_XML_CT (payment format)● IE_CGI_XML_DD (payment format)● IE_MT101 (payment format)● CAMT.053 (bank statement)● MT940 (bank statement)
Technical Details
Table 720:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Ireland
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Manage Payment Media app has been enabled for the download of payment formats.
The Manage Incoming Payment Files app has been enabled for a manual import of bank statements.
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Ireland Payment Formats and Bank Statements (IE) .
13.2.8.4 Italy
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Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.8.4.1 Finance
13.2.8.4.1.1 Print Self Invoices
With this feature you can generate self invoices, create a list of all self invoices and print self invoices, for example, if you have acquired goods or services from countries outside the European Union (EU), according to the Italian regulations.
Technical Details
Table 721:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid only for Italy
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IT
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Country-Specific Functions → Italy for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce1708 → Product Assistance
13.2.8.4.1.2 Payment-Related Updates
This feature enables you to use the following updates regarding payments in Italy:
● A new payment format, IT_CBI_RIB_001 is available for incoming payments (RIBA).● You can import the payment rejection (pain.002) files.● You can display bills of exchange presentation document based on the bills of exchange document.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 617
Technical Details
Table 722:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-IT
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Italy Payment Formats and Bank Statements (IT) .
13.2.8.4.1.3 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Italy.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Italy app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Italy app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Italy app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Italy app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
618 P U B L I CWhat's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 723:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.4.1.4 Extended BoE List - Italy
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Italy app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 724:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Italy
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.5 Japan
13.2.8.5.1 Finance
13.2.8.5.1.1 Manage Journal Entries - Japan
With this feature, you can analyze your journal entries and create reversals in order to make adjustments. Filtering and selection criteria enable you to quickly find journal entries. The information provided includes the G/L
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 619
accounts posted, other account assignment objects, and any sales or purchase taxes. You can create new journal entries based on other journal entries. You can enter notes or add attachments to explain the posting. Information is shown on any related documents. Amounts can be displayed in different currencies, such as local currency or transaction currency. You can also split accounting data if an invoice in foreign currency is to be split into more than one but no more than three accounting line items.
Technical Details
Table 725:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-JP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Manage Journal Entries - Japan for the relevant cloud edition under http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 > Product Assistance.
13.2.8.5.1.2 Update Electronic BoE with EMC Number - Japan
With this feature, you can update the electronic bills of exchange (BoE) with the electronic monetary claim (EMC) numbers available in the XML file (notice_ACR.ASG.DIV) that you receive from the EMC organization.
Technical Details
Table 726:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-JP
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
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Previous Cloud Editions
13.2.8.5.1.3 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Japan.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Japan app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Japan app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Japan app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Japan app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
Technical Details
Table 727:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.5.1.4 Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Japan
With this feature, you can use the Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Japan app to post the payment when the due date of a bill of exchange is reached and when your bank pays the bill of exchange.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 621
Technical Details
Table 728:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AP-AP-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.5.1.5 Extended BoE List - Japan
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Japan app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 729:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.5.1.6 Withholding Tax using Blue Return (Invoice - Based)
You can use the Run Advanced Compliance Reports app to generate the withholding tax reports using blue return (invoice -based) system, that fulfills the requirements of the government in Japan.
Technical Details
Table 730:
Product Feature is New
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Previous Cloud Editions
Country Dependency Valid for Japan
Application Component FI-AP-AP-Q1
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.6 Netherlands
13.2.8.6.1 Finance
13.2.8.6.1.1 Update in Payment Formats
The NL_SEPA_CT and NL_SEPA_DD payment formats have been replaced by the NL_CGI_XML_CT and the NL_CGI_XML DD payment formats.
Technical Details
Table 731:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for the Netherlands
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-NL
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Netherlands Payment Formats and Bank Statements (NL) .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 623
13.2.8.7 New Zealand
13.2.8.7.1 Finance
13.2.8.7.1.1 New Payment Format Available
The NZ_MT101 new payment format is available for New Zealand. This payment format is used for requests for transfers.
Technical Details
Table 732:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for New Zealand
Application Component FI-LOC-FI
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions New Zealand Payment Formats and Bank Statements (NZ) .
13.2.8.8 Spain
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13.2.8.8.1 Finance
13.2.8.8.1.1 Form 340: Informative VAT Return of Operations
With this feature you can extract data and generate a file in accordance with the Spanish Requirements (Modelo 340).
Technical Details
Table 733:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid only for Spain
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-ES
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information, look for the section Country-Specific Functions for the relevant cloud edition under http:// help.sap.com/s4hana → Product Assistance
13.2.8.8.1.2 Payment-Related Updates
This feature enables you to use the following updates regarding payments in Spain:
● A new bank statement, Cuaderno is available.● You can import the payment rejection (pain.002) files.● You can display bills of exchange presentation document based on the bills of exchange document.
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 625
Technical Details
Table 734:
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-ES
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Spain Payment Formats and Bank Statements (ES) .
13.2.8.8.1.3 Bills of Exchange Receivable
With this feature, you can use the following apps for the purpose of processing bills of exchange receivable in Spain.
● Receive Bills of ExchangeYou use the Receive Bills of Exchange - Spain app to post bills of exchange and clear their invoices.
● DiscountingYou use the Discounting - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for discounting manually.
● CollectionYou use the Collection - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange for collection manually.
● BoE PresentationYou use the BoE Presentation - Spain app to present bills of exchange at your bank and post the bills of exchange usage in mass and automatically
● Reverse BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Reverse BoE Liabilities - Spain app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities after the expiration date or after the countryspecific protest period expires.
● Maintain BoE LiabilitiesYou use the Maintain BoE Liabilities - Spain app to reverse bill of exchange liabilities in mass.
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Previous Cloud Editions
Technical Details
Table 735:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-AR-AR-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.8.1.4 Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Spain
With this feature, you can use the Returned Bills of Exchange Payable - Spain app to post the payment when the due date of a bill of exchange is reached and when your bank pays the bill of exchange.
Technical Details
Table 736:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
Application Component FI-AP-AP-BE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.8.1.5 Extended BoE List - Spain
With this feature, you can use the Extended BoE List - Spain app to list all the bills of exchange receivable and payable with all the essential data.
Technical Details
Table 737:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Spain
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 627
Application Component FI-GL-IS
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.9 Sweden
13.2.8.9.1 Finance
13.2.8.9.1.1 EC Sales List
Technical Details
Table 738:
Technical Name of Product Feature SE_ECSL_DLC
Product Feature is Changed
Country Dependency Valid for Sweden
Application Component XX-CSC-SE
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.9.1.2 Payment Formats and Bank Statements for Sweden
With this feature you can create and download the payment formats and you can import bank statements. The following countryspecific payment formats and bank statements are available for Sweden:
● SE_CGI_XML_CT (payment format)● SE_A_AUTOGIRO (payment format)
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Previous Cloud Editions
● SE_BANKGIRO (payment format)● SE_MT101 (payment format)● CAMT.053 (bank statement)● MT940 (bank statement)
Technical Details
Table 739:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Sweden
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-SCN
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
Effects on Existing Data
The Manage Payment Media app has been enabled for the download of payment formats.
The Manage Incoming Payment Files app has been enabled for a manual import of bank statements.
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions Sweden Payment Formats and Bank Statements (SE) .
13.2.8.10 Taiwan
13.2.8.10.1 Finance
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 629
13.2.8.10.1.1 Reversed/Cancelled Documents in DMEE File in VAT Declaration
With this feature, no matter whether the reversal and cancellation is happened in the same period or not, items in the electronic text file will be deleted for all the input tax invoice types and output tax invoice types 33, 34, and 36, rather than marked as deleted. And for output tax invoice types 31, 32, and 35, items in the electronic text file will be marked as deleted in case of reversal or cancellation.
Technical Details
Table 740:
Product Feature is New
Country Dependency Valid for Taiwan
Application Component FI-LOC
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
13.2.8.11 United Kingdom
13.2.8.11.1 Finance
13.2.8.11.1.1 Update in Payment Formats
The GB_SEPA_CT and GB_SEPA_DD payment formats have been replaced by the GB_CGI_XML_CT and the GB_CGI_XML_ DD payment formats. The SEPA payment formats are no longer supported.
Technical Details
Table 741:
Product Feature is Changed
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Previous Cloud Editions
Country Dependency Valid for the United Kingdom
Application Component FI-LOC-FI-GB
Availability SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708
See Also
For more information about the payment formats and bank statements for Ireland, see http://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1708 Product Assistance Country-Specific Functions United Kingdom Payment Formats and Bank Statements (UK) .
What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708Previous Cloud Editions P U B L I C 631
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