Download - Simple Finance
20th Oct 2015
Simple Finance – SAP S/4 HANA
Agenda
A quick overview Simple Finance, SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA, Central Journal Scenario
Single Source of Truth Architecture of SAP Accounting powered by HANA Reporting Architecture Real Time Revolution Prerequisite to Deploy sFIN Current & Future Design Architecture Benefits for Customers
– Over the years, growth in transactional databases and other data sources as well their associated systems have complicated enterprise applications and infrastructure
– SAP S/4HANA is the short form for SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA. It brings the next big wave of SAP innovation to our customers, similar to the transition from SAP R/2 to SAP R/3.
Simple Finance aka sFIN aka SAP S/4 HANA
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SAP S/4HANA is running on SAP HANA for massive simplifications (simplified data model: no indexes, no aggregates, no redundancies) and innovations (for example, open in-memory platform for advanced applications predicting, recommending, and simulating)
SAP S/4HANA is natively designed with SAP Fiori UX, offering an integrated user experience with modern usability and instant insight on any device (role-based, three steps max to get the job done, mobile-first, consistent experience across lines of business)
SAP S/4HANA is natively connected to the Internet of Things and business networks for real-time collaboration (planned: machine-to-machine, Ariba Network, Concur) in the networked economy
SAP S/4HANA is natively engineered for providing choice of deployment (on premise, cloud and hybrid)
SAP S/4HANA is natively born for easy adoption (guided, configuration, and easy onboarding, from the discovery of the solution through cloud trials to deployment with preconfigured best practices)
Simple Finance Contd…
SAP HANA Enables a single source of Truth
Separation of transactions, Analysis and Accelerated reporting
One Data instance as common basis for transactions, Analysis and accelerated reporting
• Various copies of data in different data models
• Serial processing to ensure data quality
• Reconciliation process to validate the data between R/3 and BW
• A single data copy in shared data models
• From serial processes to even driven collaboration
• Aggregation of elementary records in real time
Architecture of SAP Accounting Powered by HANA
FI Document
CO Document
Table & IndicesManagement Account.
Table & IndicesFinancial Accounting Processing
Analytics
Pre-defined Aggregates
FI Document
CODocument
Processing
Analytics
Aggregation on the Fly
Via HANA Views
Logistic Document
Logistic Document
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Customer Benefits Higher flexibility
in reporting Significantly
reduced memory consumption
Central journal for heterogeneous system landscape
Stability Flexibility
Stability Flexibility
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What is Universal Journal??
• Universal journal is a structure of single source of truth for both FI and CO modules business transaction postings
• Simply speaking universal journal is a one line item table of all the dimensions from FI, CO, AA and material ledger
• The new universal journal entry replaces the FI document and the controlling document with a universal document
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Reporting Architecture
Web Dynpro Fiori Apps Business
Objects BI
Embedded BW (Queries)
SAP HANA Live (Virtual Data Model – Logical Documents
Physical Documents
FI CO CO-PA Master Data
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Real Time Process Revolution
• Month end closing activities• Real time reporting for all the business users without any latency• Elimination of monitoring
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Choice of Deployment and Prerequisite to Deploy S/4 HANA aka sFIN
Choice of Deployment
• Cloud - where differentiation is not essential but a high standardization is required, it would be ideal for customers The Road to SAP S/4HANA 4 to adopt the industry best practices. The SAP S/4HANA, cloud edition is the ideal choice in this case because it provides best practices right from the start
• On-premise – Its an environment where customers require the maximum amount of flexibility, have all configuration possibilities and modify SAP business logic according to their needs
Technical Prerequisites and Software Products
• Technically the SAP Simple Finance, on-premise edition 1503 is based on: SAP enhancement package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0 SAP NetWeaver 7.40 SAP HANA database
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Adoption - Current Design Architecture
• A transactional BW option also doesn’t allow for central transaction execution, shared use of data between transaction processing, planning, consolidation and reporting or process optimization
ERP BWReporting
Business Transaction
Process Optimization
Shared data
Source System (s) Central BW System
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Central Journal – Future Design
• Central transaction execution, shared use of data between transaction processing, planning, consolidation and reporting or process optimization with central journal
ERP Reporting
Business Transaction
Process Optimization
Shared data
Plan
Con
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ate,
Rep
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Add-Ons
Suite on HANA
SAP HANAPlatform
Central Journal InstanceSource System (s)
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Benefits for Customer
Business Benefits:
• All the aggregates and Index tables are removed and are calculated on the fly• Data model made very simple• OLTP and OLAP in a single system• Rich user experience through Fiori• Instant Access to any financial insight on any device• Easy deployment option - Cloud, on-premise or hybrid deployment options
IT Value Perspective:
• Opportunities to simplify the landscape and help reduce total cost of ownership (TCO)• Enterprises can now reduce their data footprint and work with larger data sets in one system
(for example, ERP, CRM, SRM, SCM, PLM co-deployed) to save hardware costs, operational costs, and time
• Faster analytics and reporting• New SAP Fiori UX for any device (mobile, desktop, tablet)
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Thank You…!!!
Questions…??