Solution Manager SP12 - Just the lekker bits

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Tony de ThomasisSAPWORKS

SAP Solution Manager SP12 -Just the lekker bits

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1. Dashboard Factory

2. UI5 Roadmaps

3. Portfolio and Project Management integration

4. EEMon/Voyager

5. E2E Trace

6. Scope and Effort analyzer

What we will cover


• Rich graphical content based on SAP Best Practices

• Simple and easy customisation model

• SAP to provide continuous enhancement to content

• First release based on Max Attention co-innovation project– Strategic Dashboard

– Tactical dashboard

– Service Level Dashboard

– Operational Dashboard

• Released Q1 2015

• SAP Note 2080080• http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/UDC/Unified+Dashboard+Center+Home

Dashboard Factory

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/UDC/Unified+Dashboard+Center+Home


Dashboard Factory


• New UI5 App to display roadmap content

• Suitable for all browsers or mobile devices

• Activate Gateway services (AI_ROADMAP*)

• Role SAP_RMMAIN_DIS required

• Build your own roadmaps

• Download latest deployment content– service.sap.com/dbp4hana

UI5 Roadmaps


UI5 Roadmaps


• Generate a PPM Project directly from a Roadmap

• Manage resources, time and project phases

• Record times and changes for reporting back to PMO

• Supports Agile Development Methodology

• RMMAIN Create PPM Project

• RAI_SMCP_RM_XML_DOWNLOAD

Portfolio and Project Management


Portfolio and Project Management


• Record end user activity

• Collect Trace

• Understand request flow

• Analyse trace in detail

• UI5 Screens For increased readability

• Trace across ERP-SLT-HANA-BOBJ-LUMIRA

• ABAP Based t-code to activate trace /$gui_e2e_trace

End to End trace analysis






• Measure end user experience across different Store Locations

• Verifying response time after project changes

• Important business process scripted for remote playback

• Robots rolled out to key sites to facilitate playback

• “Control” Robot deployed in Data Centre

• Direct access to SAP Solution Manager E2E Trace Analysis

• Reliable synthetic load using EEMon Scripting Engine

• Low cost Voyager EEMon robots– Low profile Linux based

– Wired or wireless

– Small footprint, less heat

– 32x or 64x Diagnostic Agent

– Locally assembled and supported by BluePencil

EEMon Voyager


EEMon Voyager

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• Provides reliable project estimation for adjustment and testing

• Only test what matters – reduced test scope and effort

• Visibility into the impact on custom code and business process

• Reliably calculate testing effort

• Calculate ABAP remediation effort required

• What custom code and modifications are being used

• service.sap.com/sea

• SAP Note 2061626 – set up ACH Blueprint

• SAP Note 1955847 –activate UPL

Scope and Effort Analyzer


Scope and Effort Analyzer


Bonus Slide – Get me to SP12

• Before the upgrade– Update SPAM to version 53 or higher– Update ST-ICC to version 200 – Update SLD CR Content as per SAP Note1625376– Clear all SNOTE, SPAU, SPAU_ENH and SPDD conflicts– Release all open transports– Switch off CUA– Ensure sufficient space at database /sapmnt and /usr/sap/trans– Read the “What’s New In Solution Manager SP12”– https://support.sap.com/content/dam/library/SAP%20Support%20Portal/support-programs-services/solution-manager/WhatsNewinSAPSolutionManager-SP12.pdf

– http://scn.sap.com/community/it-management/alm/solution-manager

• After the upgrade– Apply central Note 1952282– Update UISAPUI5 100 and UI_INFRA 100 to version 8 or higher– Update ST-A/PI to latest version– Apply latest SNOTE update as per SAP Note 875986– Apply SAP Note 195740 and 2055455 to prevent EWA errors– Update SAPUI5 to latest version SAP Note 1994413– Patches for SOLMAN_SETUP 2025584– Solution Manager Basic Functions SAP Note 1969109– Solution Manager SP12 recommended corrections SAP Note 2020219– Subscribe to Solution Manager Top KBA - http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-61348– http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SM/How+to+create+an+Ad+Hoc+EWA+report+in+Solution+Manager+7.1

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https://support.sap.com/content/dam/library/SAP Support Portal/support-programs-services/solution-manager/WhatsNewinSAPSolutionManager-SP12.pdf

http://scn.sap.com/community/it-management/alm/solution-manager

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-61348

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SM/How+to+create+an+Ad+Hoc+EWA+report+in+Solution+Manager+7.1


Bonus Slide – Get me to 7.2

• Solution Manager 7.1 has maintenance until 2017• Solution Manager 7.2 Ramp Up June 2015• Solution Manager 7.2 Generally Available December 2015• Highlights of the new release

– Less IT and more Business– Simplified Business UX– Business Process Management– Cloud Adoption (hybrid landscape support)– In Memory Technology (included in Enterprise Support entitlements)– PowerDesigner integration– Public Cloud performance management– Reports from HANA Live (not BI/BW)– No new CRM version, but J2EE stack is still required

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Bonus Slide – Solution Manager 7.2 first impression

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