SAP S/4HANA Migration
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Simplification Items
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2790427 - S4TWL - Billing Document Output Management Target Release
LoB : Sales
Business process : SAP S/4HANA output control 2021
What is the impact to Client? What are possible solutions?
What is changing? Pre-Migration Activities
• There is a new customizing activity NA
• The following forms are delivered
• In SAP S/4HANA, a new output "Manage Application Object Type
by SAP and can be adapted:
management approach has Activation" where the active During Migration Activities
• - SDBIL_CI_STANDARD_... used framework can be maintained. NA
been implemented but the old
for standard customer invoices
NAST technique is set as • Transaction SPRO
default.. • - SDBIL_CI_PROF_SRV_... used Post Migration Activities
SAP Reference IMG -> Cross-
for professional service invoices
Application Components -> Output NA
• - SDBIL_CM_STANDARD_... used
Control -> Manage Application
for credit memos
Object Type Activation
• - SDBIL_IL_STANDARD_... used
for invoice lists Complexity(Micro/small/Medium/Rollout)
Choose "Application Active" if you Medium
• Because the forms may differ from want to switch to new output
country to country, there is a management for SAP S/4HANA. Other Inputs :
separate form for each country. • This note is relevant for you when your start
release for the system conversion is an ERP
release.
• The new output management for SAP S/4HANA,
Business Benefits Word of Caution called SAP S/4HANA output control, only supports
• SAP S/4HANA output control includes cloud qualities such • This note is only relevant for SAP S/4HANA till 1709, if you are the "pure" output channels, while the NAST-based
implementing SAP S/4HANA 1809 or younger, please read referenced output can also be used for several kinds of post-
as extensibility enablement, multi- tenancy enablement, and note 2790427. processing.
modification-free configuration.
• Please switch back to NAST-based output management for the • This also applies for migrated billing documents.
• Therefore, the entire configuration differs from the following.
• For technical and implementation details, please
configuration that is used when output management is • 8 Special function/ 9 Events (SAP Business Workflow)/A Distribution refer to simplification item “Output Management”
based on NAST. (ALE)/ T Tasks (SAP Business Workflow). (SAP Note 2228611).
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• The main characteristics of SAP S/4HANA output control are:
Offers a unified solution for all output-related tasks across the product (Apply to SAP
S/4HANA Output Management).
Can be natively integrated into SAP Fiori apps (and SAPGUI apps).
Provides a new option for form templates (separation of static layout & content).
Supports ready-to-use output scenarios (pre-delivered configuration) (Apply to SAP
S/4HANA Output Management).
Supports standard extensibility for configuration & documents (form & email templates)
(Apply to SAP S/4HANA Output Management).
Provides central monitoring tools (Apply to SAP S/4HANA Output Management).
Runs in a cloud or on-premise (Apply to SAP S/4HANA Output Management).
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An overview of existing features and functions of the new output control
Supported channels •Printer – Using the spool
•Email – Allows flexible configuration of sender and recipient(s) as well as use of email templates
•XML – Integration with the Ariba Network
•IDoc (limited support only; for more information, see below)
Supported UI technologies •Fiori
•SAP GUI and SAP GUI for HTML
Supported form technologies •PDF-based print forms with fragments (default)
•PDF-based print forms
•Smart Forms
•SAPscript
Master form templates A master form template defines a universally valid layout and features reuseable parts of a form, such as header, footer, or logo
(only available for PDF-based print forms with fragments). This allows you to maintain general content and application-specific
content separately. If you make changes in the general content (master form), the application forms will be updated accordingly.
Determination of master form templates Master form templates can be determined based on preconfigured parameters, such as company, sender country, or channel.
This makes it easy to define separate logos or footer texts per company.
Output parameter determination via BRFplus All output parameters can be automatically determined via a configuration activity based on BRFplus. The benefits are:
•You can send multiple messages to multiple recipients using multiple channels at the same time.
•You can configure anything without the need for ABAP exits.
•You can base each determination step on application-specific fields that can be extended.
•You can use predelivered content/determination rules to simply run output control out of the box.
•Extensibility via CDS is supported.
Dispatch time Immediately or scheduled via batch job (application-specific)
Application log The system creates one application log per output request instance. In addition, you can filter messages by output request item.
You can display the log in the business application or via transaction SLG1 once an output item has been processed.
Used frameworks/services •BOPF
•BRFplus
•KPro
•Gateway Services
•Fiori
•Web Dynpro
•SAP GUI
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