SAP S/4 HANA - What You Need To Know (Enterprise Management)

Choose between the SAP trail and a provider for access, with R/3 offering affordable base ERP for beginners and S/4 HANA offering newer features via remote desktop.

Sign up for the SAP S/4HANA trial on AWS or Azure with an SAP user account, then create and connect to your VM, choosing a region and password.

Explore how to find and evaluate SAP service providers using remote SAP IDs, compare access options for SAP S/4 HANA, and select a plan that fits your learning needs.

Access SAP via the SAP GUI on your desktop with the application server, instance number, and system ID. Connect through a remote desktop to reach S4 Hana and log in.

Explore the SAP system by examining the configuration and enterprise structure, review sales document types, and test end-to-end processes using existing documents and billing records.

Market update for 2025 shows S/4HANA migrations, with upgrades, transformations, and mix of projects driven by mergers and acquisitions, creating opportunities in SAP SEM and OTC skills, plus cloud adoption.

Differentiate the Hana database from the S/4 Hana application stack and explain how S/4 Hana runs on the Hana database, including on premise and cloud flavors with floral.

Leverage the SAP HANA database, an in-memory, column-oriented system developed by SAP, to store and retrieve data quickly, run ERP or any application, and perform advanced analytics with ETL capabilities.

Explore the SE16H in S/4HANA to query purchase document headers, use outer join definition and selection parameters, and group results by company code without exporting to Excel.

demonstrates using c16h outer join to combine ekpo and ekko tables, displaying purchase document details and filtering by company code, enabling joined fields without Excel vlookup.

Explore the new transaction SE16H in SAP S/4HANA, showing how to use database connections, layouts, outer joins with text fields, and perform grouping, sorting, and aggregation on sales orders.

Discover why HANA is fast and uses smaller memory by moving repeated fields into a data dictionary, enabling in-memory storage and faster sales order lookups with multiple indexes.

See how SAP HANA speeds S/4 by simplifying tables, removing index and aggregate tables, merging status into core tables, and guiding developers to use cds views for pricing and documents.

Learn how CDS views in the code data service create fast, aggregated, reusable data libraries by joining tables, enabling real-time BW-style reporting in SAP Hana.

Discover the simplification list in SAP S/4 HANA, track delta changes by version, and assess retired or obsolete transactions while planning upgrades and training updates.

Learn how S/4HANA speeds MRP 4–10x with application mode or live native SQL, using MRP areas and subcontracting areas, with quota lists replacing source lists.

ATP cycles in S/4HANA run faster, enabling rescheduling multiple times daily and earlier deliveries for high-priority orders. Maximize benefits by using order prioritization; otherwise frequent ATP runs have limited value.

Learn how SAP S/4HANA enhances back order processing with a five-bucket ATP allocation system, enabling prioritized rescheduling from win to lose and cross-bucket allocations.

Demonstrates running back order processing, scheduling a BOP run, and reviewing allocations moving between buckets via ATP; assess on-time and in-full confirmations, and understand redistribution.

Explore the material management, procurement, and sourcing roadmap in SAP S/4HANA, including inbound deliveries, integration with transportation management, and the move from SRM to Ariba.

S/4 HANA speeds up ATP and MRP with a better UI and MRP live, enabling frequent runs, backorder processing, and immediate action to resolve with deliveries or purchase orders.

See how Fiori accesses SAP data through a web browser using JavaScript and the UI5 library, delivering JSON or XML via web services to mobile and web apps.

Experience a web-based SAP Fiori demo, logging in, using tiles to launch transactions, and processing sales orders, with notes on web versus the standard SEC six interface.

Learn to add a new group and tiles in a Fiori app, assign them to a user, and use the catalog to launch a transaction like an incomplete PSD document.

Discover how SAP Fiori Launchpad groups multiple apps per transaction and assigns them to users via business roles, using PFCG, SU01, SE93, and tile refresh.

Debug a Flurry app by inspecting both the web app and SAP data service. Use Chrome dev tools to verify fields and SAP service responses.

Learn how to debug a Fiori app by using the CWG service builder to inspect data models, runtime artifacts, and breakpoints, tracing data from CDS views to the browser.

Compare NAS and BRF+ outputs: NAS uses an access sequence to trigger multiple outputs per event by shipping point; BRF+ uses one output per event with all values set upfront.

Explore BRF+ maintenance in OPD by applying general rules, avoiding wildcards, and ensuring complete, deliverable messages. Configure a purchase order output with DE language and a selected form template.