SAP Sourcing/CLM Webcast Series

SAP Sourcing/CLM Center of Excellence

Dec 18, 2013

SAP Sourcing/CLM Webcast Series

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SAP Sourcing / CLM 2013 Webcast Series

Goal

• Spread the knowledge about SAP Sourcing

• Build and leverage the SAP Sourcing community

Audience

• SAP Consulting and Field Services

• Partner Consulting

• SAP Sourcing Customers

Upcoming Webcasts

• Award Scenarios / Optimizer

• SAP Sourcing 10.0 I – Features & Functions

• SAP Sourcing 10.0 II – Technical Overview


SAP Sourcing/CLM Upcoming Trainings

Functional Training

• When: Feb, 17 – 21 2014

• Where: Cambridge, MA

• Who: Armin Fakouhi

How to sign up ?

• www.training.sap.com

• Search for TSO100/150/180

• Contact: [email protected]


What inspired today’s topic?


Agenda

11 Simple Questions about SAP Sourcing

How to log on to Service Marketplace?

Where do I find new installations?

How do I look for versions out of maintenance?

Where is all the documentation?

What do all the different Support Packages mean?

How do I know about the fixes in the SP?

How do I know about supported configurations, languages, DB/OS etc?

I ran into a problem during installation, configuration, deployment

Are there any training videos on SAP Sourcing?

Where can I find more trainings on SAP Sourcing?

Is this webcast going to be available to the audience?


Question 1: How do I log in to SAP Service Marketplace?

There is all this great stuff on

this SAP Service Marketplace

but how do I get there? Go to www.service.sap.com

http://www.service.sap.com/



What now ?

DANG



Where is my password?

I don’t even have a password

for this site…where do I find it?

Option 1: System Admin Contact your system administrator

Option 2: Request User Go to www.service.sap.com/request-user

You will need customer or installation

number (partner number for SAP Partners)

Option 3: Certification

During SAP certification, you will be

assigned SAP S-User (or you can request

it)

http://www.service.sap.com/request-user




Question 2: Where do I find new installations?

I finally managed to log in but

where can I find all this

SAP Sourcing stuff?



So many options to click…

Ok, I’m on the Software

Download Center…What do I do

now ?


Go to Installations and

Upgrades A-Z Index

Installation and Upgrades

S

SAP SOURCING/CLM


How do I navigate closer to the product I’m looking for



You have arrived at you destination

SAP Sourcing/CLM 9.0

SAP Sourcing/CLM 7.0 1

AIX

HP-UX

LINUX

WINDOWS

SOLARIS

2


Question 3: How do I look for versions out of

maintenance?

So, we never upgraded to 7.0 or

9.0…where do we find the

downloads for those?

Go to Installations and

Upgrades A-Z Index

Archive for SP & Patches

S

SAP SOURCING/CLM


Question 3: How do I look for versions out of

maintenance?

Ok thanks….


Question 4: Where is all the documentation?

Where can I find the right

documentation for my problem

at hand?

Now go to

www.service.sap.com/eso,

scroll down and choose

SAP Sourcing On-Premise

http://www.service.sap.com/eso



Where do I start?

What is my starting point? What is my starting point?

Where are the hardware

requirements

What about the databases?

How to go about integration to

backend systems ?



Which guide for what?

Start with Installation Guide

Continue with Configuration Guide to finalize

with the setup of the application

Make sure to choose the right guide for the

right database (DB2 vs. ORACLE)

Choose the Integration Guide for any

integrations to ECC or SRM

For Monitoring and Operations, choose the

Solution Operations Guide

For implementing workflows, pick the Workflow

Guide

For the different hard- and software

requirements, look up the Master Guide


Question 5: What do all the different Support Packages

mean?

I can see all the different

support packages, but which

one do I download for what?


Question 5: What do all the different Support Packages

mean?

• SOURCING ENT. CONTR. GEN 9.0: This will be

the component for fixes on the contract generation

side and it is OS independent (i.e. can be applied

on every operating system)

• SOURCING SRM JSERVER OP 9.0: This will be

the component containing the main fixes on SAP

Sourcing/CLM product, make sure that you

download the appropriate file for your operating

system

• XI CONTENT SRMJSRV 9.0 This component is

used for the mappings on the SAP Sourcing side

when integrating to SAP ERP.

• XI CONTENT ESO SRM INT 9.0: This component

is used for the mappings on the SAP Sourcing side

when integrating to SAP SRM

Nice of you to ask …

let me explain


Question 6: How do I know about the fixes in the SP?

I had one specific problem

which was raised, how do I

know if it was fixed.

2 Magic words…Release Notes


Question 7: How do I know about supported

configurations, languages, DB/OS?

My company infrastructure is

running on e.g. SuSe Linux /

ORCL 11.2. How do I know if

SAP Sourcing supports that?

We have this information at

www.service.sap.com/PAM

http://www.service.sap.com/PAM


How does the database setup

work in SAP Sourcing?

Scripting problems in

SAP Sourcing

Does CLM support Sales

Side Contracts?

How do formulas really

work in SAP Sourcing?

How do we use the NW

Debug Log for SAP

Sourcing?

Question 8: I ran into a problem during installation,

configuration, deployment


Answer 8: Just Google it


Answer 8: All paths lead to … SAP Community Network


Question 9:Are there any training videos on SAP

Sourcing?

Are there any short

YouTube‘ish videos for

SAP Sourcing?

Yes, there are. And you can see

them on the SAP Procurement

YouTube Channel


Question 9:Are there any training videos on SAP

Sourcing?

They can also be accessed from

the application itself


Question 10: Where can I find more trainings on SAP

Sourcing?

Go to www.trainings.sap.com or

search for SAP Sourcing trainings in

Google

On the SAP training website, search

for:

“TSO100” (Functional)

“TSO150” (Technical)

“TSO180” (Integration)

http://www.trainings.sap.com/


Question 10: Where can I find more trainings on SAP

Sourcing?

I have tried this but there are no

trainings available near my

location or tailored for my

needs.

Contact SAP Education for a

customized training in your location

Contract SAP Sourcing Center of

Excellence Team to discuss your

options

© 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.

Thank you

Contact information:

Armin Fakouhi

Program Manager, SAP Sourcing

Center of Excellence

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