Name: Using SAP S/4HANA - An Introduction for Business Users
Brand: SAP
SKU: BOOK-SAPPRESS-EBOOK-2022-9781493219575

Using SAP S/4HANA - An Introduction for Business Users

Language

🇺🇸 English

Publisher SAP PRESS

Year / Edition 2022 / 1

Pages 420

Authors Wolfgang Fitznar, Dennis Fitznar

Using SAP S/4HANA

Get to work in SAP S/4HANA with this introductory guide! Learn how to navigate your user interface, manage and report on your data, customize your reports, and tailor the system to your preferences. Then walk through daily tasks for several key lines of business: procurement, sales, and finance. This is the complete guide to your SAP S/4HANA workday!

Get to know SAP S/4HANA from a user’s perspective
Log in, display and edit your data, and create reports in SAP S/4HANA
Personalize your user interface, whether it’s SAP Fiori or SAP GUI

You'll learn about:

User Operations:
Get started in your new system! Learn how to log in, navigate, and display, maintain, and report on your company’s data.
Customization Options:
Use SAP S/4HANA according to your specifications and preferences! Adapt your reporting settings and personalize your user interface so that it works for you, whether you’re using the new UI (SAP Fiori) or the classic look of SAP GUI.
Business Processes:
See how to complete day-to-day tasks in key lines of business. Perform procurement activities in materials management, ordering and invoicing in sales, and business transactions in finance such as displaying open items or a balance sheet.

Key Highlights:

Logon and navigation
Reporting
Personalization
Procurement
Sales
Financial accounting
SAP Fiori applications
SAP GUI transactions

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Foreword
Preface
- Target Groups
- Objectives and Parts of the Book
- How to Work with This Book
- Data for Training in the System
- Test Access for SAP Fiori
- Acknowledgments
Introduction
- What Does SAP S/4HANA Have to Offer?
  - The Three Letters: SAP
  - Business Process: Purchase to Pay
  - Business Process: Order to Cash
  - Components of SAP S/4HANA
- SAP GUI and SAP Fiori User Interfaces
  - Old and Trusted: SAP GUI
  - New and Modern: SAP Fiori
- Company Structure in the SAP System
  - Organizational Structure and Organizational Units
  - Client and Company Code
  - Plant
  - Purchasing Organization
  - Sales Organization
- Master Data and Documents in the SAP System
- Summary
Using SAP GUI
1 First Steps with SAP GUI
- 1.1 Log On and Off of SAP GUI
  - 1.1.1 Log On
  - 1.1.2 Change Your Password
  - 1.1.3 No Multiple Logons
  - 1.1.4 Log Off
- 1.2 Select Display Themes and Colors
- 1.3 Explore the SAP GUI Screen Elements
  - 1.3.1 Top Bar
  - 1.3.2 Title Bar
  - 1.3.3 Header Line
  - 1.3.4 More Menu in the Header Line
  - 1.3.5 Screen Area: Favorites and SAP Menu
  - 1.3.6 Footer Line
- 1.4 Display Transaction Codes
  - 1.4.1 Display Transaction Codes in the SAP Menu
  - 1.4.2 Display the Current Transaction Code
- 1.5 Create a Favorites Menu
  - 1.5.1 If You Know the Transaction Code
  - 1.5.2 If You Don’t Know the Transaction Code
- 1.6 Set User Data Appropriately
- 1.7 Summary
2 Displaying and Maintaining Data with SAP GUI Transactions
- 2.1 Start a Transaction
  - 2.1.1 Transactions and Transaction Codes
  - 2.1.2 Quick Start with the Commands /n or /o
- 2.2 Navigate in a Transaction
  - 2.2.1 Perform a Change Transaction
  - 2.2.2 Lock Records
  - 2.2.3 Find the Locking User
- 2.3 Record Data
  - 2.3.1 Keys for Data Entry and Modification
  - 2.3.2 Perform a Recording Transaction
  - 2.3.3 Interpret Messages Correctly
- 2.4 Use Value Help to Show Input Options
  - 2.4.1 Transfer a Value from the Value List
  - 2.4.2 Search the Value List
  - 2.4.3 Sort the Value List
  - 2.4.4 Other Functions in the Value List
- 2.5 Use Search Help to Find Documents and Master Data
  - 2.5.1 Find a Data Set with the Search Help
  - 2.5.2 Wildcards
  - 2.5.3 Multiple Selection
- 2.6 Use the Field Help
  - 2.6.1 Field Help
  - 2.6.2 Transaction Help
- 2.7 Work with Multiple Windows
  - 2.7.1 Open a New Window
  - 2.7.2 Switch between Windows
  - 2.7.3 Close Windows
- 2.8 Summary
3 Reporting with SAP GUI
- 3.1 Find and Call Reports
  - 3.1.1 Start a Report from the Information System
  - 3.1.2 Add a Report to the Favorites
- 3.2 Find the Right Data by Selection
  - 3.2.1 Selection and Output Formats
  - 3.2.2 Use Dynamic Selections
  - 3.2.3 Change and Delete Dynamic Selections
- 3.3 Working with Lists: Find and Filter Data
  - 3.3.1 Find Records
  - 3.3.2 Filter Records
- 3.4 Print Lists or Save as PDF Files
- 3.5 Download Lists
  - 3.5.1 Download Functions in the Context Menu
  - 3.5.2 Download Functions in the More Menu
- 3.6 Summary
4 Changing SAP GUI Reports
- 4.1 Save Default Values in a Report Variant
  - 4.1.1 Start the Report and Define a Selection
  - 4.1.2 Save the Report Variant
- 4.2 Call Up a Report Variant
- 4.3 Maintain Report Variants
  - 4.3.1 Change a Report Variant
  - 4.3.2 Change the Variant Name
  - 4.3.3 Delete a Report Variant
- 4.4 Get Creative: Design the Layout
  - 4.4.1 Design the Layout
  - 4.4.2 Sort by Columns
  - 4.4.3 Move Columns
  - 4.4.4 Change the Column Width
  - 4.4.5 Hide Columns
  - 4.4.6 Show Columns
- 4.5 Save a Layout
  - 4.5.1 Save the Layout
  - 4.5.2 Create a Second Layout
  - 4.5.3 Save a Global Layout
- 4.6 Call a Layout
- 4.7 Maintain Layouts
  - 4.7.1 Change the Default Layout
  - 4.7.2 Change a Layout
  - 4.7.3 Change the Layout Name
  - 4.7.4 Delete a Layout
  - 4.7.5 Overview of the SAP List Viewer Functions
- 4.8 Summary
5 Personalizing and Optimizing SAP GUI
- 5.1 Optimize the Favorites Menu
  - 5.1.1 Create Folder
  - 5.1.2 Move Favorites and Folders
  - 5.1.3 Rename Favorites and Folders
  - 5.1.4 Create Web Addresses and Files as Favorites
  - 5.1.5 Delete Favorites and Folders
  - 5.1.6 Functions of the Favorites List
- 5.2 Save Typing with Default Values (User Parameters)
  - 5.2.1 Define Default Values
  - 5.2.2 Test Default Values
  - 5.2.3 Find Parameter IDs with the Technical Info
- 5.3 Personal Value Lists
  - 5.3.1 Compile a List of Values
  - 5.3.2 Display the Personal Value List
- 5.4 Summary
Using SAP Fiori
6 First Steps with SAP Fiori
- 6.1 Log On and Off with SAP Fiori
  - 6.1.1 Log On from SAP GUI
  - 6.1.2 Log On from Microsoft Windows
  - 6.1.3 Change Your Password
  - 6.1.4 Log Off
- 6.2 Customize the Appearance
  - 6.2.1 Select Themes
  - 6.2.2 Display Settings
- 6.3 Your New Home: The SAP Fiori Launchpad
  - 6.3.1 SAP Fiori Launchpad Start Page
  - 6.3.2 Tiles
  - 6.3.3 Tile Groups and Group Selection Bar
  - 6.3.4 Links
  - 6.3.5 Shell Bar
  - 6.3.6 User Menu
  - 6.3.7 Footer Toolbar
- 6.4 Find and Run SAP Fiori Apps
- 6.5 Add and Remove SAP Fiori Apps
  - 6.5.1 Add an SAP Fiori App from the App Finder
  - 6.5.2 Move Tiles
  - 6.5.3 Remove Tiles with the App Finder
- 6.6 Summary
7 Displaying and Maintaining Data with SAP Fiori Apps
- 7.1 Legacy Apps and Real SAP Fiori Apps
  - 7.1.1 Navigate in a Legacy App
  - 7.1.2 Use the About Command to Check the Type of App
- 7.2 Launch and Navigate an SAP Fiori App Faster
  - 7.2.1 Recently Used SAP Fiori Apps
  - 7.2.2 Frequently Used SAP Fiori Apps
- 7.3 Navigate in a Transactional SAP Fiori App
  - 7.3.1 The Stations of Your Journey
  - 7.3.2 Navigate in the Form
  - 7.3.3 Tab Bar and Tabs
- 7.4 Make a Change
- 7.5 Create Data
- 7.6 Find Field Values with Value Help
- 7.7 Find Master Data and Documents
  - 7.7.1 Use the Automatic List
  - 7.7.2 Determine the Optimal Search Template
- 7.8 Enterprise Search for Global Search
  - 7.8.1 Search without Object Type
  - 7.8.2 Search with Object Type
- 7.9 Help for Self-Help
  - 7.9.1 Help for a Field
  - 7.9.2 Help with an SAP Fiori App
- 7.10 Work Optimally with the Browser
  - 7.10.1 Open a New SAP Fiori Tab
  - 7.10.2 Convert a Tab into a Window
- 7.11 Summary
8 Reporting with SAP Fiori Apps
- 8.1 Find and Launch SAP Fiori Apps with Tables
- 8.2 Filter Tables in Header
  - 8.2.1 Filter with Multiple Elements and Fields
  - 8.2.2 Filter with Additional Fields
- 8.3 Print Tables or Save Them as PDF Files
- 8.4 Download Tables
- 8.5 Visualize Data with Analytical SAP Fiori Apps
  - 8.5.1 Charts and Measures in Tiles
  - 8.5.2 Launch an Analytical App
  - 8.5.3 Switch between Views
  - 8.5.4 Change Settings for the Chart
  - 8.5.5 Functions in the Chart View
  - 8.5.6 Mini Charts
- 8.6 Summary
9 Customizing SAP Fiori Reports
- 9.1 Views for Filters
  - 9.1.1 Save Filter as View
  - 9.1.2 Call Up a View
  - 9.1.3 Change Filter for a View
  - 9.1.4 Change the Name of a View
  - 9.1.5 Show/Hide View
  - 9.1.6 Delete View
  - 9.1.7 Functions Overview
- 9.2 Customize Tables in Transactional Apps
  - 9.2.1 Move Columns
  - 9.2.2 Show and Hide Columns
  - 9.2.3 Sort
  - 9.2.4 Group
  - 9.2.5 Save and Manage Table Settings
- 9.3 Customize Tables in Analytical SAP Fiori Apps
  - 9.3.1 Move Columns
  - 9.3.2 Adjust Column Width
  - 9.3.3 Sort Columns
  - 9.3.4 Group
- 9.4 Create Your Own SAP Fiori Apps
- 9.5 Summary
10 Personalizing and Optimizing SAP Fiori
- 10.1 Optimize the Homepage with Tile Groups
  - 10.1.1 Create a Group
  - 10.1.2 Rename a Group
  - 10.1.3 Move a Group
  - 10.1.4 Delete a Group
  - 10.1.5 Reset a Group
- 10.2 Edit Tiles
  - 10.2.1 Add a Tile in Edit Mode
  - 10.2.2 Convert Tiles to Links
  - 10.2.3 Rename Tiles and Links
  - 10.2.4 Move Tiles and Links
  - 10.2.5 Delete Tiles and Links
- 10.3 Set Default Values for Real SAP Fiori Apps
  - 10.3.1 Define Default Values
  - 10.3.2 Use Default Values
- 10.4 Settings for Legacy Apps
- 10.5 Summary
Running Core Business Processes
11 Materials Management: Coordinating Procurement
- 11.1 Purchase-to-Pay Process
- 11.2 Organizational Units for Procurement
  - 11.2.1 Plant
  - 11.2.2 Purchasing Organization
  - 11.2.3 Storage Location
- 11.3 Presets and Training Data
  - 11.3.1 Set Default Values for Real SAP Fiori Apps
  - 11.3.2 Training Data
  - 11.3.3 When Things Get Stuck
- 11.4 Supplier as a Business Partner
  - 11.4.1 Structure of a Business Partner Master Record
  - 11.4.2 Three Ways to Business Partner Master Data
  - 11.4.3 Display and Change Supplier Master Data
- 11.5 Display Purchasing Data in the Material Master
  - 11.5.1 Three Ways to Material Data
  - 11.5.2 Display Material Data with Enterprise Search
  - 11.5.3 Structure of the Material Master
  - 11.5.4 Display Material Data with a Legacy App
  - 11.5.5 Call Up Material Data with the Manage Product Master Data App
- 11.6 Display the Material Stock
- 11.7 Create an Order
- 11.8 Display the Order and Output It as a PDF
- 11.9 Enter a Goods Receipt
- 11.10 Enter a Supplier Invoice
- 11.11 Display a Supplier Invoice
- 11.12 Summary
12 Sales and Distribution: From the Order to the Invoice
- 12.1 The Order-to-Cash Process
- 12.2 Organizational Units
  - 12.2.1 Distribution Channel
  - 12.2.2 Division
  - 12.2.3 Sales Area
- 12.3 Preferences
  - 12.3.1 Show the Command Field
  - 12.3.2 Set Default Values for Legacy Apps
- 12.4 Customer as a Business Partner
  - 12.4.1 Show Customer Data in the Object Page
  - 12.4.2 View and Modify Customer Data with a Legacy App
  - 12.4.3 View and Modify Customer Data via the List
- 12.5 Display Sales Data in the Material Master
- 12.6 Create a Sales Order
- 12.7 Show Order List and Order Confirmation
- 12.8 Create an Outbound Delivery
- 12.9 Confirm Picking and Post Goods Issue
- 12.10 Create the Outgoing Invoice
- 12.11 Display the Invoice and Output It as a PDF
- 12.12 Summary
13 Financial Accounting: Posting and Evaluating Business Transactions
- 13.1 Organizational Units
  - 13.1.1 Company Code
  - 13.1.2 Controlling Area
  - 13.1.3 Operating Concern
  - 13.1.4 Profit Center
- 13.2 Components of the Financial System
- 13.3 Default Settings for Financial Accounting and Controlling
- 13.4 General Ledger
  - 13.4.1 Show Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss
  - 13.4.2 Reconciliation Accounts
  - 13.4.3 Display General Ledger Accounts in Chart of Accounts
- 13.5 Business Partner in Finance
- 13.6 Accounts Receivable
  - 13.6.1 Display an Item List
  - 13.6.2 Documents and Journal Entry Types
  - 13.6.3 Post an Accounts Receivable Invoice
  - 13.6.4 Process Receivables
  - 13.6.5 Enter an Incoming Payment
- 13.7 Accounts Payable
  - 13.7.1 Post an Incoming Invoice
  - 13.7.2 Account Assignment Objects
  - 13.7.3 Journal Entry Types and Document Numbers
- 13.8 Summary
The Authors
Index

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