This was a SAP user group webinar from yesterday.
Interesting developments are planned next year for 1809 in terms of system conversion; read below.
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Separate product line
S4 is “next generation” digital core
Main release – one per year
5 years maintenance of release
Release strategy
Approaches
3 layers on the right for user interface, database
Implement business practice on new platform
Data load via integration cockpit
Suite on HANA customers need to update database to SAP HANA 2 and then do system conversion
Going from S4 to S4
Read the SAP Notes listed
With HANA 2 need two step to get to S/4HANA
More on the landscape transformation
System Conversion
Left includes tools for the planning phase for S/4HANA
Readiness Check
Free for SAP Maintenance Agreement and need S-user
See SAP Note for readiness check
How the readiness check looks, how to review
Plans for 2019
Simplification Check
Search for it
Checks are done before conversion to bring system in a consistent state.
Migration cockpit
Included in license for S/4HANA
Able to add customer specific files
Next year, plan to transfer directly from SAP Source system
Preview of 1809 FPS01; transfer data directly from source system
All notes in one slide for SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit
Tool list by phase
The ability to transfer from source system (ECC) will be very interesting for next year; what do you think?