SAP Sizing Request Form
Dell | SAP Competence Center
Version: September 2004
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Contact Information.........................................................................................................................5
SAP Sizing Data within SAP’s Quick Sizer....................................................................................6
SAP Installation and Infrastructure Information..............................................................................7
Sizing Enterprise Portals..................................................................................................................9
Sizing SAP R/3, mySAP ERP, and R/3 Enterprise.......................................................................10
User-Based Sizing .....................................................................................................................10
Transactional-Based Sizing.......................................................................................................11
Sizing mySAP Supply Chain Management (APO).......................................................................14
Sizing mySAP BW (Business Intelligence Warehouse)................................................................17
Sizing mySAP Customer Relationship Management...................................................................18
Sizing mySAP Supplier Relationship Management......................................................................20
Sizing Industry-Based Solutions....................................................................................................21
Sizing mySAP Insurance – Collections and Disbursement.......................................................21
Sizing mySAP Utilities..............................................................................................................23
Sizing Strategic Enterprise Management – Business Planning & Simulation...............................25
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Introduction
Sizing the architecture for a SAP implementation is vital to the success of a
SAP implementation. Sizing is an iterative process and should be revisited as
you make discoveries through the phases of your implementation.
There are two types of sizing that can be performed - a User-Based Sizing or
a Transactional-Based sizing. It is best to provide both user information as
well as transactional information to get the most accurate sizing result.
A user-Based sizing is typical in the beginning of a project, with the mix and
usage of modules and users. Although a user-based sizing can be reflective
of what will be seen by production go-live, it is best to re-visit the sizing with
any updated information to verify that the original planned architecture is
still valid. Once transaction information and other particulars are discovered
through the various phases of the implementation, the sizing should be
checked to determine if any of these discoveries require any changes in the
architecture design.
The sizing information requested in this document is based on the most
current SAP solutions and sizing methodology, as captured from SAP’s
Quicksizer Tool. Customers that require a sizing for any other solution
based on solutions not covered in this SAP Sizing Request Form should
contact their Dell representative or send an email to
sap_sizing@dell.com to get further information.
Dell thanks you for the opportunity to size an SAP environment to meet
your needs based on the information provided above. Once you have
had the opportunity to enter the relevant data on this form, please
forward it to your Dell representative in order to get the requested
sizing completed.
Should you not yet have a Dell contact, please attach this filled out
sizing request form to an email and send it to the following email
address for your region:
Americas: sap_sizing@dell.com
Europe, Middle East and Africa: sap_cc_walldorf@dell.com
Japan: JP_sap_sizing@dell.com
Asia Pacific Region: sap_sizing@dell.com
China : china_sap_sizing@dell.com
After receipt of your sizing request, a sizing will be performed and a
sizing result sheet generated with the recommended hardware
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configuration for this environment. Please provide your contact
information below in case any discussion needs to occur to architect the
optimal solution.
Should any questions arise with regard to your SAP sizing request,
please refer to the following websites for more information:
http://www.dell.com/sap
http://service.sap.com
Alternatively, please contact your Dell representative or send an email
to the regional address above.
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Contact Information
(How can we contact you?)
Company Name
Company
Address
City, State, & Zip
Phone Number
Fax Number
Contact Name
Primary Contact
Contact Title
Primary Phone #
Email Address
Contact Name
Secondary Contact
Contact Title
Primary Phone #
Email Address
Systems Integrator/Implementation Partner Information
(Who’s helping you with the implementation?)
Systems Integrator/
Implementation
Partner
Primary
Contact Name
Primary
Contact Title
Primary Phone #
Secondary Phone #
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SAP Sizing Data within SAP’s Quick Sizer
(If you have already done a sizing using SAP’s Quick Sizer, you can provide us the customer number and project
name to save yourself time on completing the solution sections of this SAP sizing request form)
SAP Customer Number
Quick Sizer Project
Name
If you have access to SAP’s Service Marketplace and have a S-User, you
should be able to utilize SAP’s Quick Sizer tool. Completing the a Quick Sizer
project is the most efficient manner in providing the necessary sizing input
since it will allow you to have online help as well as always have the latest
information from SAP.
You can access SAP’s Quick Sizer via http://service.sap.com/quicksizer
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SAP Installation and Infrastructure Information
(What are your implementation specifics?)
Operating System?
(Windows2000, Windows2003,
RedHat Linux, SuSe Linux,
Heterogeneous with UNIX
backend)
Database? (Oracle, SQL Server,
DB2, Informix, MaxDB.)
Will you be implementing
Unicode (Yes/No)?
SAP Project Start Date?
SAP “Go-Live” Date?
3 System Landscape (PRD, QAS,
and DEV) or
2 System Landscape (PRD and
combined DEV/QAS)?
Also list any optional
environments (Training,
Staging, other)
Number of Workdays per year?
Hours of Operation?
Current SAP Database size?
Legacy data to import? How
much?
Interested in Fiber Channel or
SCSI storage? Direct attach or
SAN?
Interested in Database
Clustering technology? (Yes/No)
Interested in Load Balancing
technology? (Yes/No)
Interested in Complete Highly
Available Solution? (Yes/No)
Interested in maximum
redundancy and fault
tolerance? (e.g., RAID 1+0,
dual components, etc.)?
Interested in a Centralized Tape
Backup Solution? (Yes/No)
Backup and Restore Window?
Interested in Dell-SAP Services?
(Yes/No)
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Current Dell customer? If yes,
name of Dell sales
representative? (Yes/No)
Number of employees?
(Overall)
Should sizing take into
consideration ‘add-on’ products
(e.g., ITS, ESS, etc.)? If yes,
comments (user counts, # of
hits, etc.)?
Other, general comments?
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Sizing Enterprise Portals
Version (i.e. EP5, EP6)
Logon Phase
Highest number of users who log on in parallel
Usage
Highest number of concurrent portal users per hour
Content Management
How many clicks (in %) access Content Management
Highest number of search requests per hour
Enter any kind of additional
information with regard to this
project here.
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Sizing SAP R/3, mySAP ERP, and R/3 Enterprise
Solution/Version (i.e. R/3 4.6C; R/3 Enterprise with
WAS 6.x; mySAP ERP CC 5)
User-Based Sizing
The users listed below should be CONCURRENT (active) users, not NAMED users. Not all active users have the
same activity pattern, and are typically distributed across low, medium and high use for each of the modules.
SAP Application Module Low Users Medium Users High Users
FI Financial Accounting
FI-AA Asset Accounting
TR Treasury
CO Controlling
EC Enterprise Controlling
SD Sales and Distribution
MM Materials Management
LE-WM Warehouse Management
QM Quality Management
PM Plant Maintenance
CS Customer Service
PP Production Planning
PS Project System
PA Personnel Administration
and Payroll Accounting
PA-PD Personnel Development
BC Basis Components
Totals by Type of User
Total Number of Users
Low User (Occasional User)
An Occasional User is a user of the R/3 system who is logged-on to the system and consumes system resources. On
average typically around 400 dialog steps (screen changes) are executed per week, which is equivalent to ten
dialog steps an hour (assuming a work week of 40 hours) or every six minutes. This type of user should be used if
the user accesses the system from time to time. Typically this type of user definition fits to information users or
executives.
Medium User (Accountant / Clerk)
A Medium User is a user of the R/3 System who is logged-on to the system and consumes system resources. On
average typically around 4800 dialog steps (screen changes) are executed per week that is equivalent to 120 dialog
steps an hour (assuming a work week of 40 hours) or every 30 seconds. This type of user should be used if the
user accesses the system permanently and is working with the system on a regular basis. Typically this type of user
definition fits to accountants, clerks or office personnel.
High User (Data Entry User / Telesales User / Power User)
A High User is a user of the R/3 system who is logged-on to the system and consumes system resources. On
average typically around 14400 dialog steps (screen changes) are executed per week that is equivalent to 360
dialog steps an hour (assuming a work week of 40 hours) or every 10 seconds. This type of user should be used if
the user accesses the system permanently and is heavily and intensively working with the system on a regular
base. Typically, this type of user definition fits to users working in the telesales environment, data entry users or
power users such as application developers.
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Transactional-Based Sizing
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Component and Object Number Sub-Object Average Retentio HIGHLOAD PHASE Object Object
of Objects of the Number of n Period Number Executio Change Displa
Created Object Sub- [Months of n Period s (%) y (%)
per Year Objects ] Objects [hh:00-
(Natural Created hh:00]
#’s Only) per Day
FI Documents Line Items
FI-TV Receipts Line Items
TR Postings
CO Documents Line Items
CO-PA
(Orders transferred from SD-
SL)
CO-PA
(Billings transferred from SD-
BIL)
CO-PA
(Documents transferred from
FI)
EC Reports Lines
EC-PCA Documents Lines
SD Customer Inquiries Line items
SD-SLS Line items
Sales Order
SD-BIL Invoices Line items
SD-POS-IN Sales Data/ Line items
IDOCS
MM-PUR Purchase Orders Line Items
MM-IM Material Movements Line Items
LE-WM Transfer Orders Line Items
LE-SHP Line items
Delivery Notes & Goods Issue
QM Inspections Inspection
Characteristi
cs
PM Orders Components
CS Orders Components
PP-SOP Planned Orders Components
PP-SFC Production Orders Components
PS Projects WBS
Elements
PS Networks
PS Activities
PT Time Data
BC Printed Documents
BWP Business Workplace Sub-Objects
BWP Internal Emails
BWP External Emails
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Transactional Data (Batch Only)
Maximum Execution Time
No. of Period [hh:00-
Component and Description Objects hh:00]
Object
FI-AA Assets Number of Assets
Depreciation
CO-OM-OPA Order Number of Orders Allocated per Period
Settlement
CO-OM-OPA Overhead Number of Orders per Period with Overhead
Rate Rates
CO-OM Assessment Number of Sender-Receiver Relations for All
Cycles
PA Employees Number of Employees
PT Time Evaluation Number of Processed Time Pairs
PY Payroll Average Number of Retro-Calculations per
Payroll
MM Period Closer Number of Materials
(until release 4.0)
MRP Object Number of Planned Orders per Day
MRP Object Average Number of Components per BOM
MRP Object Number of Purchase Order Line Items for
Reorder-Point Driven Materials per Day
MRP Object Number of Purchase Order Line Items/Schedule
Lines for Non Reorder-Point Driven Materials per
Day
MRP Object Size of Planning Horizon in Days
MRP Object Number of BOM Structure Changes per Day in %
MRP Object Variant Configuration: Average Number of BOM
Components with Object Dependencies in %
MRP Object How many orders use Lead Time Scheduling in
%
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Sizing mySAP Supply Chain Management (APO)
Version (i.e. 4.0)
DEMAND PLANNING Planning Planning Planning Planning
Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4
Number of characteristics combinations
Number of key figures in planning horizon
Number of periods in planning horizon
Number of key figures in the historical horizon
Number of periods in the historical horizon
Total Number of key figures in entire horizon
Total Number of periods in entire horizon
Compression Index (0 = pessimistic – 10 =
optimistic)
Number of compressed time series (optional)
Listed as percentage
Number of periods in the compressed time series
(optional)
Number of planning versions in the InfoCube
Number of planning versions in the LiveCache
Characteristic combinations used for planning run
in % of question 1 above
Execution period of planning run [hh:00-hh:00]
Users of Demand Planning
Users of Demand Planning – Working Hours [hh:00-
hh:00]
MASTER DATA
Number of location products
Total number of resources
Number of warehouse stocks
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORDERS OR REQUISITIONS USED FOR PLANNING
Average Number of Objects in the Planning
Horizon Average Number of Subcomponents per Object
Sales Order Delivery Schedules
Purchase orders or Delivery Schedules
purchase requisitions
Transfer orders Products (materials)
Forecast orders Time buckets
Planned orders with SNP Components
production process
models (PPMs)
Operations
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Operation steps
(activities) per operation
Average number of Components
planned orders and
manufacturing orders
with PP-PPMs Operations
Operation steps
(activities) per operation
Alternative resources per
activity
Parallel capacity
requirements per
operation step
SUPPLY NETWORK PLANNING AND PRODUCTION PLANNING
Time Series Livecache In SNP
Number of location products
No. of key figures
No. of time buckets
Supply Network Planning
Number of location products planned in heuristic
planning run
Execution period of the planning runs [hh:00-hh:00]
Users of Supply Network Planning
Users of Supply Network Planning – Working hours
[hh:00-hh:00]
Production Planning – Detailed Scheduling
Users of Planning Table (as additional load)
Users of Planning Table – Working hours
[hh:00-hh:00]
Number of objects displayed by graphical planning
board
Number if planning board calls per user in the
execution period
Available To Promise (ATP) Objects Highload Phase
Number of Objects [hh:00-hh:00]
Number of ATP requests against warehouse stocks
Number of rule-based ATP requests per hour
Number of CTP requests per hour
Integration to SAP R/3 (integration of orders Number of Number of Highload Phase
transferred to and from APO) Objects Line Items [hh:00-hh:00]
Number of sales orders
Number of manufacturing orders
Number of purchase requisitions
Number of stock values
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INVENTORY COLLABORATION HUB (ICH)
Message Avg. Number Avg. Number
Type of Products of Periods per Retentio Highest
Number of per Message Product n Period No. of Execution
Messages (natural (natural in Objects per Period [hh:00-
per year numbers) numbers) Months Day hh:00]
Product
Activity
Delivery
Schedule
Advanced
Shipment
Goods
Receipt
ICH
Users Working hours [hh:00 –
hh:00]
Miscellaneous
Number of planning versions (including active
version)
Other, general comments?
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Sizing mySAP BW (Business Intelligence Warehouse)
Version (i.e. 3.5)
User Activity Executive
Info Consumer (Medium Power user
(Low Activity ) activity) (High Activity)
Enter the number of Business Warehouse users by
type
Query Distribution
Query Type Reporting View OLAP Analysis Data Exploration Total
(in Percentage) (in Percentage) (in Percentage) (in
Percentage)
Info Consumer
(low activity)
80 20 0 100
Executive User
(medium activity)
50 50 0 100
Power User
(high activity)
0 0 100 100
Data Upload
Number of uploaded objects Mark, if upload runs
(taken from periodic runs below) Upload period in hours parallel to queries
INFOCUBE
Name Type Dimensions Key Figures Initial Load Periodic No. of
Load Periods
ODS OBJECTS
Name No. of No. of Initial Load Periodic Load No. of
Numeric Fields Character Periods
Fields
Other, general comments?
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Sizing mySAP Customer Relationship Management
Version (i.e. 4.0)
Users Low Users Medium Users High Users
CRM Online - Sales orders
Low Users Medium Users High Users
CRM Online - Service transactions
Low Users Medium Users High Users
CRM Online - Opportunity Management
Low Users Medium Users High Users
CRM Online - Activity Management
Low Users Medium Users High Users
Enter below how many of the above users enter objects such as customer orders or opportunities using the
Customer Interaction Center
CRM Online - Customer Interaction Center
Low Users Medium Users High Users
Filling
Catalog Shopping Cart
Browsing & Ordering
Internet Sales users per hour
I Users Low Users Medium Users
Parallel
Logons
Mobile Sales
I Users Low Users
Mobile Service
I Users Low Users
Component and Object Number Sub- Average Retentio HIGHLOAD PHASE Object Object
of Objects Object of Number of n Period Max Executio Change Display
Created the Sub- [Months] Number n Period s (%) (%)
per Year Object Objects of [hh:00-
(Natural Objects hh:00]
#’s Only) Created
per Day
Internet Sales Orders Line Items
Mobile Sales Orders Line Items
Customer Orders Line Items
Service orders Line Items
Customer Interaction Center
Calls
Opportunity Management
Opportunities
Activity Management
Activities
Other, general comments?
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Sizing mySAP Supplier Relationship Management
Version (i.e. 2.0)
Component and Object Number Sub- Average Retentio HIGHLOAD PHASE Object Object
of Objects Object of Number of n Period Max Executio Change Display
Created the Sub- [Months] Number n Period s (%) (%)
per Year Object Objects of [hh:00-
(Natural Objects hh:00]
#’s Only) Created
per Day
Classic Procurement Line Items
Orders
Extended Classic Line Items
Procurement & Standalone
Procurement Orders
Plan-Driven Procurement Line Items
Orders
Supplier Enablement – Line Items
MM Orders
Supplier Enablement – Line Items
EBP Orders
Strategic Sourcing Line Items
Bid Invitations
Bid Responses
Other, general comments?
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Sizing Industry-Based Solutions
Sizing mySAP Insurance – Collections and Disbursement
Release (i.e. 4.70)
Master Data
Total Number of Business Partners
Number of contract accounts
Number of insurance objects
Number of brokers
Avg. number of customers assigned to a broker
Sub-ledger Documents
Component and Object Number Sub- Average Number Retentio
of Objects Object of of n Period
Created the Object Sub-Objects [Months]
per Year (Natural #’s
Only)
BP Line
Sub-ledger document Items
postings
GL Line
Items
GL Line
Sub-ledger document Items
payments
Batch Processes
Component and Object Number Sub- Average Retentio HIGHLOAD PHASE Object Object
of Objects Object of Number of n Period Max Executio Change Display
Created the Sub- [Months] Number n Period s (%) (%)
per Year Object Objects of [hh:00-
(Natural Objects hh:00]
#’s Only) Created
per Day
Payment Plan Transfer
Payment Plan Execution
Payment Run
Payment Lot
Dunning Line Items
Broker Report item
(transfer/post)
Insurance Invoices Line Items
Account Statement Lines
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Online Processes
Transaction Number of
objects in Execution
Highload Period
Phase [hh:00 – hh:00]
Display Account Balance
Other, general comments?
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Sizing mySAP Utilities
Release (i.e. 4.72)
DIALOG PART ONE – Disk Sizing
Total number of business partners
Users
Total number of contracts
Users
Number of contract accounts
Users
Number of budget billings per year
Users
Number of billing cycles per year
Users
Enter either budget billing amounts or partial
billings per year
Average number of billing lines per bill
Users
Average number of print lines per bill
Users
Number of overdue notices per year
Total number of cash security deposits
Number of meters in the network
Number of customer contacts per year
Posting relevant line items on a partial bill per
contract
Posting relevant line items on a consumption bill
per contract
Additional lines of information on a consumption
bill per contract
Number of different taxed per contract
Retention period for the above objects in months
Users
DIALOG PART TWO
Object Average number Created during
created per year highload phase
Customer-Overviews
Users
Customer contacts
Users
Move-in
Users
Move-out
Users
Duration of highload phase for the above objects;
mandatory, if you entered values for the highload
phase
Users
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BATCH
No. of business partners (equal to dialog input)
Users
Minimum no. of days to complete one batch cycle
Users
Batch processing interval
Users
Other, general comments?
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Sizing Strategic Enterprise Management – Business
Planning & Simulation
Version (i.e. BPS 3.1)
User Group Definition Highload Phase of One Hour
Maximum no. Avg. no of No. of planning Max no. of Max no. of
of concurrent data records steps per user data records data records
users by manipulated manipulated a user works
group by one single by one single with
planning step planning step simultaneous
ly
Group A 30000 06 60000 200000
Group B 15000 12 30000 100000
Group C 5000 30 10000 25000
Other, general comments?
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