FI CO Master Data

1) Go to transaction SQVI: In the section ‘Quickviews for …’ you may see some prepared reports already. Since you are new to this it is likely to be empty. Since we are going to create a new report enter a name for the report in the Quickview name field and press < Create>.

2) In the selection window enter descriptions and choose ‘Table join’ as ‘Data source’. This means we are going to connect and use multiple tables. Press <Enter> to continue.

3) In the screen ‘Choose data source’ press the ‘Insert table’ button. In the window that pops up enter the name of the table that you need.

4) Repeat the previous step for all required tables. Your screen will now look like below:

5) Press ‘F3′ to go to the configuration screen. In the left side of the screen you can select per table which fields are for selection and/or list purpose. E.g. if you only select a field as ‘List field’ it will show up in the report results, but will not appear in the selection screen of the report as a filter criterium. For the header I choose: document number, doc date, sales organization, distribution channel and sold-to party (all list and selection). On item level I select: Material Number and Reason for rejection (to be able to exclude rejected lines). Both List and Selection. For Schedule I pick: Item, Schedule Line, Schedule line category, Schedule line date and Confirmed qty. Only Schedule line category and date both List and Selection. The others only List. Now your screen will look like below.

6) Now it’s time to test drive your report! Press <Execute>. It takes a short time for SAP to build te report. You are taken to the selection screen of the report. Now it is important that you have an idea of what data you are going to find. Enter filter criteria based on this idea. I mention this because you need to validate the data you will be presented in the report. Do not just accept the quantities. Analyze the results and if the numbers are off find out why and adjust your report’s  filter criteria and/or add extra filters to remove redundant data.

7) If you are satisfied with the quality of the report save it for future use. It is possible to link it to a transaction code and make it accesible for users through authorization. I will post a guide on this in the future.

By: SAP Mental Notes

Some of the standard reports for SD & its configuration guide is as under:
Standard SAP SD Reports:=

Statistic Group:
Purpose – To capture data for Standard Reports, we require to activate Statistic Group as under:
–> Item category (Configuration)
–> Sales document type (Configuration)
–> Customer (Maintain in Master data)
–> Material (Maintain in Master data)
When you generate statistics in the logistics information system, the system uses the combination of specified statistics groups to determine the appropriate update sequence. The update sequence in turn determines for exactly which fields the statistics are generated.

Configuration:
IMG –> Logistics Information System (LIS) –> Logistics Data Warehouse –> Updating –> Updating Control –> Settings: Sales –> Statistics Groups –>
1. Maintain Statistics Groups for Customers
2. Maintain Statistics Groups for Material
3. Maintain Statistics Groups for Sales Documents
4. Assign Statistics Groups for Each Sales Document Type
5. Assign Statistics Groups for each Sales Document Item Type…..

All Standard Reports which are available are as under:
SAP Easy Access: Information Systems -> Logistics -> Sales and distribution ->
1. Customer -> Incoming orders / Returns / Sales / Credit memos / Sales activities / Customer master / Conditions / Credit Master Sheet
2. Material -> Incoming orders / Returns / Sales / Credit memos / Material master / …
3. Sales organization -> Sales organization / Sales office / Sales employee
4. Shipping point -> Deliveries / Returns
5. SD documents -> Orders / Deliveries / Billing documents …
& so on.

Sales summary – VC/2
Display Customer Hierarchy – VDH2
Display Condition record report – V/I6
Pricing Report – V/LD
Create Net Price List – V_NL
List customer material info – VD59
List of sales order – VA05
List of Billing documents – VF05
Inquiries list – VA15
Quotation List – VA25
Incomplete Sales orders – V.02
Backorders – V.15
Outbound Delivery Monitor – VL06o
Incomplete delivery – V_UC
Customer Returns-Analysis – MC+A
Customer Analysis- Sales – MC+E
Customer Analysis- Cr. Memo – MC+I
Deliveries-Due list – VL04
Billing due list – VF04
Incomplete Billing documents – MCV9
Customer Analysis-Basic List – MCTA
Material Analysis(SIS) – MCTC
Sales org analysis – MCTE
Sales org analysis-Invoiced sales – MC+2
Material Analysis-Incoming orders – MC(E
General- List of Outbound deliveries – VL06f
Material Returns-Analysis – MC+M
Material Analysis- Invoiced Sales – MC+Q
Variant configuration Analysis – MC(B
Sales org analysis-Incoming orders – MC(I
Sales org analysis-Returns – MC+Y
Sales office Analysis- Invoiced Sales – MC-E
Sales office Analysis- Returns – MC-A
Shipping point Analysis – MC(U
Shipping point Analysis-Returns – MC-O
Blocked orders – V.14
Order Within time period – SD01
Duplicate Sales orders in period – SDD1

Sometimes,  we need to validate some inputs from users that are inserted by external sources (like files).

For this purpose, we found very useful function modules like CONVERT_DATE_TO_INTERNAL and CONVERT_TIME_INPUT to validate external dates formats and external times formats (ex: dates like ’24.06.1978′ or times like ’11:00:00′)

This functions are also very useful to convert the external information to internal information.

If you need more conversions of this kind, take a look at utility class CL_ABAP_DATFM.

Check if is helpful for you too, or if you have any other suggestions feel free to share with us!

For that, a report HRBCI_ATTRIBUTES_BUFFER_UPDATE should be scheduled to run every night. But be careful, this report should only run after midnight for buffering the current day. If not, organizational data may be not available, and inconsistencies may occur.

When sending one email, sometimes you use SY-UNAME as reference so this is the desired select:

select single usrid usrid_long  from pa0105
where pernr eq SY-UNAME
and subty eq 9003 (ASK HR Manager)
and begda le sy-datum
and endda ge sy-datum.

if usrid is empty use usrid_long

endselect.

And it’s this,

any doubts just post

When processing loads of iDocs, use program RBDAPP01 to process in parallel.

Be careful with locks, has they can occur, when processing concurrent records.

Example

Let us consider a simple business workflow example – “Application of leave”. It consists of the following activities.

1. Employee submits a leave application form to his manager. (He fills in details like the FROM and TO dates of leave, the reason for taking leave, his contact number etc)
2. Manager checks the details of the application
3. In case, he finds that the reason for taking leave is not specified/detailed properly, he may reject the leave application.
4. Now, the employee has to correct the leave aplication, specifying the leave reason properly and submit the application again.
5. The manager finally approves the leave application.

Please note that there can be many variations of the business process. A simple case is discussed here to give your understanding of workflow, a good start. The procedures can be complex involving many persons, decisions and approvals.

Disadvantages of Traditional Paper Based Workflow Management

There are many disadvantages to the traditional paper-based flow of work in a typical office environment. Let us discuss a few of them.

1. Lack of transparency: There is no easy way to know the status of the leave application. We probably have to inquire the manager personally whether he has approved the leave application or not. There is no system recorded status that we can glance at, to track the application.
2. Long lead times: Bases on customer feedback survey, it is found that a traditional paper based approch involving three people typically takes seven days to complete.
3. Lack of deadline monitoring: Who knows? The manager might just be sitting on the task for too long. There is no mechanism in place to ensure that the persons perform tasks within planned time period.
4. High costs: Paper based workflows are very costly to support as a result of manual document processing and archival.

How does SAP Workflow Help ?

SAP workflow is a cross application tool that automates the business processes like the “leave application approval” procedure that we have discussed. Cross application tool means the tool can be used across various modules of SAP.

By: magnatraining.com

SAP CRM consists of 3 core modules.

* Marketing – ( Pre-Sales )
* Sales
* Service – ( Post-Sales )

Marketing : Marketing module helps the marketing department with customer acquisition. This includes one or more of the following activities

* Campaign management – This includes different campaigns like e-mail, phone and other forms of customer engagement programs.
* Trade Promotion Management -
* Segmentation – Segmentation is the process of segregating your customers/leads/opportunities into different segments. This is used to effectively use the available time and resources on a targeted marketing plan.

Sales : Sales involves the OTC Cycle ( Order to Cash ) cycle excluding the logistics part. So this effectively includes

* Order Management – This includes order management, contracts management, quotation management and other sales related activities.
* Billing – This includes the billing of the orders created. Billing can either be done in ECC or in CRM. SAP CRM is specifically suited for Service related Billing.

Service : Service Module involves most activities that are involved in SAP ECC’s SM & PM Modules. They include

* Service Order Management
* Repairs & Returns Management
* Service Contracts Management
* Equipment and Installed Base Management

Channel Management : There are many ways through which these services can reach the customer. In SAP CRM terminology, these “ways” are called CHANNELS . And managing these channels is called Channel Management. Examples of channels include Internet, e-mail, Field Applications, e-Commerce, CIC etc.

* Field Applications – Examples of field applications includes applications specifically designed for devices like PDA, mobiles and other devices that can be directly used in the field. For example, Coca-cola uses a field application on a special mobile-based ordering device that scans stock and orders straight from the device and interacts with the in-house CRM server. Similarly, Seven-11 uses a field application that scans the stock at the site and depending on certain presets, places orders directly the next time the device is hooked on to the internet.
* e-Commerce – Depending on the situation, there could be B2B or B2C kind of e-commerce ( Now Called the Web Channel ) applications providing sales to the customers.
* Customer Interaction Center – SAP CRM has a very sophisticated call-center management system called the Customer Interaction Center or simply IC. In earlier versions of CRM, there used to be a separate SAP client used for this called the Win Client. The latest versions ( including CRM 2006, 2007 ) use IC WebClient – A completely web-based software that is used for Call Center Management. This software interacts with SAP CTI ( Computer Telephony Integration ) module for managing inbound and outbound calls.

Analytics : Coupled with an SAP BW system, statistics and key figures in CRM can be extracted and is called SAP CRM Analytics module.
Using a combination of core modules ( Sales, Marketing, Service ) , Channel Management ( Different Channels ) & Analytics, you would probably hear multiple variants like

* e-Commerce Marketing ( Marketing using the Web Channel )
* e-Commerce Sales
* Mobile Sales ( Sales using the mobile Channel )
* Mobile Analytics
* IC Sales
* IC Service ( Service using the Call Center Channel )
* IC Analytics
* and many more

SAP CRM Versions : Please refer to the release notes for the difference between the different versions.

* SAP CRM 3.0
* SAP CRM 4.0
* SAP CRM 5.0
* SAP CRM 6.0 ( 2007 )
* SAP CRM 7.0 ( 2008 )

By: magnatraining.com