System Conversion:

Get Firsthand Experience with the Tools

CAA261
PUBLIC
Speakers

Las Vegas
September 24–27, 2019

Iwan Kostin
Boris Rubarth

Barcelona
October 8-10, 2019

Mathias Klein
Boris Rubarth

Bangalore
November 13-15, 2019

Sougato Chakraborty
Samrat Bhandula

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SAP S/4HANA system conversion
Overview technical process steps

Preparation phase Realization phase

Ex 1 Ex 4
System Maintenance Software Update Application specific
Application specific
SI checks Custom
Custom code
code preparation
preparation
requirements planner Manager (SUM) follow-up activities
follow-up activities

Ex 5
Cross-application & application specific preparation activities

Simplification list
Ex 2
SAP S/4HANA
Readiness Check

Ex 3
Simplification
item catalog

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CAA261 system conversion: exercise landscape overview

User
S0003778336
Maintenance Planner SI catalog
Readiness Check 2.0 Ex 2 Ex 3
Ex 1

Ex 5 SUM

EHP 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

Ex 4 SID: ABA
Local
SI Checks
Front End SAP ASE
Remote Desktop Connection
WTS
(RDP)
Windows OS Linux OS

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SAP Readiness Check 2.0 for SAP S/4HANA

Preparation phase Realization phase

System Maintenance Software Update Application specific
Pre checks Custom code preparation
requirements planner Manager (SUM) follow-up activities

Unicode Database migration

conversion
SAP Readiness Check 2.0 Software update

Data conversion

▪ A holistic system analysis is the foundation for

further planning steps toward a successful and
smooth SAP S/4HANA system transition.

▪ The SAP Readiness Check 2.0 for SAP S/4HANA

summarizes the most important aspects of the
conversion in an easily consumable way.

CAA105

SAP Help Portal: SAP Readiness Check, SAP Notes 2758146

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 How does SAP Readiness Check work
Workflow Process 1. Implement SAP Notes in their SAP ERP system
The SAP Notes describe how to perform the data collection and which data
1. Setup would be collected (PS: No personal data will be included).
2. Create the data zip file in their SAP ERP system
SAP strongly recommends our customers to open and review the data which is
2. Export data
human readable in their work environment before sending to SAP.
Customers’ network (PS: Collected data is transparent to customers )

Internet 3. Launch the SAP Readiness Check online with customers’ S-user
Customer SAP Readiness Check is as of standard support free of charge.
3. Logon with S User 4. Accept the disclaimer, term of use etc. and upload the data
zip file into SAP Readiness Check
4. Upload
5. Open the analysis to see the result when it is ready
5. Open result It takes a few minutes to perform the calculation by the machine
6. Share the analysis with SAP and partners who are working
6. Share on the S/4HANA project and with SAP support in case of issues
7. Update or delete All S users assigned to the same customer number can access by default.
Customer can decide who is allowed to access in addition. By maintaining the
email addresses to one analysis, customer enables SAP employees (D/I) and
partners (P/C) users to access. But no email notification will be sent.
7. Update the result with further data zip file or delete completely
SAP / Partner Customer could delete the analysis. But the data will be continuously used in the statistics
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CAA261 system conversion: exercise 1

User
S0003778336
Maintenance Planner SI catalog
Readiness Check 2.0

Ex 1

SUM

EHP 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

SID: ABA
Local
Front End SAP ASE
Remote Desktop Connection
WTS
(RDP)
Windows OS Linux OS

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 SAP S/4HANA
Maintenance Planner for system conversion

▪ The planning tool (successor for MOpz)

for update, upgrade, migration, conversion, installation
http://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp

▪ Preparations for conversion: check and plan

▪ Checking source system

concerning add-ons, business functions
License for SAP S/4HANA not required for check

▪ Planning for conversion

Provides software archives & stack.xml
Backend and front-end server (FIORI) are considered

▪ Un-installation of add-ons can be planned;

3rd party add-ons to be checked in time!

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CAA261 system conversion: exercise 2

User
S0003778336
Maintenance Planner SI catalog
Readiness Check 2.0 Ex 2

SUM

EHP 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

SID: ABA
Local
Front End SAP ASE
Remote Desktop Connection
WTS
(RDP)
Windows OS Linux OS

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SAP S/4HANA system conversion
Simplification list

The simplification list is a collection of simplification items.

▪ A simplification item documents differences in application
functionality (changed, replaced, removed) between SAP ERP 6.0
and SAP S/4HANA.
▪ A simplification item provides information about the potential impact
of this change for the customer.
▪ The simplification list provides this information per SAP S/4HANA
On-Premise release as part of the SAP S/4HANA documentation.
▪ The SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA, the SAP ABAP
custom code analysis, as well as the simplification item checks are
based on the information in the simplification items.

Access simplification items via the simplification item catalog:

▪ https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/sic/
▪ SAP S/4HANA on the SAP Help Portal: Most current version of the
» As of SAP S/4HANA 1909 there are
~600 simplification items, but For a
SAP S/4HANA simplification list as PDF given customer system only approx.
40 - 80 simplification items are typically
▪ SAP Blog: SAP S/4HANA Simplification Item Check – How to do it right‘
relevant and require attention!
▪ SAP Blog: The TOP Simplification List Items

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CAA261 system conversion: exercise 3

User
S0003778336
Maintenance Planner SI catalog
Readiness Check 2.0 Ex 3

SUM

EHP 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

SID: ABA
Local
Front End SAP ASE
Remote Desktop Connection
WTS
(RDP)
Windows OS Linux OS

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SAP CAL solution hosted on Microsoft Azure
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SAP S/4HANA system conversion
Simplification item checks

▪ Simplification item (‘SI’) checks are shipped as SAP TCI Notes.

▪ SI-checks are executed on the (SAP Business Suite) start system (preparation phase)
to determine relevant simplification items and mandatory application specific preparation steps.
▪ Check if serious issues exist in the system which could cause the system conversion/upgrade to fail.
▪ Support not only system conversions to SAP S/4HANA, but also upgrades within SAP S/4HANA
▪ SI-Checks are executed again as step in the Software Update Manager (SUM). In case dedicated simplification items require mandatory
preparation steps the conversion procedure can stop to ensure a consistent system conversion.

Relevance check: Consistency check:

• Identifies probably
relevant simplification
items based on an vs.
.
analysis of the data in
the system.
• For informational
purpose, so customers
know which
simplification items and
related SAP notes to
have a closer look at.
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• Identify critical issues
which could prevent a
successful system
conversion and where
an action is required.
• Open critical errors will
prevent Software
Update Manager from
going into the
downtime
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CAA261 system conversion: exercise 4

User
S0003778336
Maintenance Planner SI catalog
Readiness Check 2.0

SUM

EHP 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

Ex 4 SID: ABA
Local
SI Checks
Front End SAP ASE
Remote Desktop Connection
WTS
(RDP)
Windows OS Linux OS

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 Planning Preparation Realization
System Maintenance SI Custom Follow-on
SUM
requirements planner Checks Code prep activities
SAP S/4HANA
System conversion: technical conversion by Software Update Manager (SUM)

▪ Conversion tasks for SUM:

– Software update PAS Host
Provide new applications and new tables
SUM
– Data conversion
Conversion of table content to new data model
– Database migration
Migrate to SAP HANA database (if required) Source = Target DB Host

PAS Host

SUM

Any
DB

Source DB Host Target DB Host

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SUM prerequisite check provided with SUM 2.0

Allows quick and non-invasive check

for requirements, e.g.:

▪ Source OS version

▪ Source database version

▪ SPAM patch level

New with SUM 2.0 SP 06 (and higher):

▪ Unique URL for all scenarios

sumabap used for
precheck, conversion, benchmarking, …

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CAA261 system conversion: exercise 5

User
S0003778336
Maintenance Planner SI catalog
Readiness Check 2.0

Ex 5 SUM

EHP 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

SID: ABA
Local
Front End SAP ASE
Remote Desktop Connection
WTS
(RDP)
Windows OS Linux OS

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