Unit 4: Integration Principles for the Intelligent

Enterprise with SAP S/4HANA

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Integrated end-to-end business processes for the entire value chain

X
DATA

Seamless Customer & Employee Experience

Intelligent Enterprise

Back Office HR
Front Office
Finance Manufacturing &
Sales Spend
Service & Supply Chain
Management
Support
Marketing

O
DATA

Lead-to-Cash
Source-to-Pay
Total Workforce Management
Design to Operate
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SAP integration DNA – Adoption of architecture standards* along key end-to-end processes

Lead-to-Cash Source-to-Pay Total Workforce Design-to-Operate

Customer Spend People Manufacturing &
Experience Management Engagement Digital Supply Chain

C/4 S/4 S/4

… …
IBP

… …
S/4 S/4
AIN DMC

Reference Core Integration Application Lifecycle Security & Identity Experience Analytics
Architecture Management Management

Architecture Standards
* Architecture standards used within SAP to form a consistent Intelligent Suite
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Reference architecture: end-to-end process models – Descriptive & linked to runtime artifacts

Objective
▪ Provide a consistent overview on E2E processes
supported by the Intelligent Suite
▪ Describe how the software products collaborate with
each other

Use Cases for Enterprise Architects

Example: Total Workforce Management (Hire to Retire)
▪ Explore how E2E scenarios break down into
applications, modules, business services, technologies
and integrations
▪ Map out the roadmap to adopt the solution and
transition from current solution landscape to target
▪ Implement E2E scenarios which are connected with
runtime artifacts
▪ Link to runtime-relevant artifacts like APIs, integration
flows …

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Core integration: out-of-the-box integration based on harmonized APIs and domain models

Objective
▪ Simplify SAP-to-SAP integrations for the Intelligent
Suite by aligned domain models and common
integration patterns

Approach
▪ Semantic alignment of domain models across SAP
applications will result in aligned APIs in SAP API
Business Hub
▪ Central master data services on SAP Cloud Platform to
simplify the synchronization of master data across SAP
applications
▪ Simplified, pre-packaged integrations based on
https://api.sap.com standardized integration patterns

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Intelligent sharing of master data in the cloud – Example: workforce

Approach
▪ SAP Cloud Platform Master Data for workforce delivers consistent people data to enable digital end-to-end business processes across
solutions in the Intelligent Enterprise.
▪ Designed as a centralized service on SAP Cloud Platform, it is a key part of our Intelligent Enterprise software architecture that
enables comprehensive integration and drives the employee experience.
▪ SAP Cloud Platform Master Data for workforce provides a subset of employee master data for integration which is commonly
required by (primarily non-HRIS) applications such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fieldglass, SAP Concur, and other (non-HRIS) future SAP
Cloud Platform applications.

Master data owner Modular service repository Master data consumer

3rd Party ... SAP S/4HANA

Master data services

SAP Fieldglass
Employee Workforce Bus. partners sols.
Central 1
Products ...
SAP ...
SAP Cloud Platform

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Application lifecycle management: optimized and harmonized across the Intelligent Suite
Example: Cloud Integration Automation Service
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Application
Lifecycle
Management
Objective
▪ Provide a consistent application provisioning and
operations approach across the Intelligent Suite
▪ Ensures reliable data exchange processes at
application level in cloud-only and hybrid scenarios
Approach
▪ Automated provisioning of SAP applications and
automated setup of integration scenarios
▪ Centralized integration monitoring infrastructure
▪ Harmonized release and maintenance schedules
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Integration Principles for the Intelligent Enterprise with SAP S/4HANA Management
SAP Cloud ALM for operations – Integration monitoring and alerting

Monitoring Alerting
What is the status of my integration scenario? Are there any integration scenario-related issues?

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Simplify integration by artificial intelligence – SAP Cloud Platform Integration Advisor

B2B/A2A Proposal Service for Proposal Service for

Libraries Interface Customizing Interface Mapping

Leverage machine learning and crowd sourcing to reduce integration development efforts by 60% or more.
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Identity
Integration Principles for the Intelligent Enterprise with SAP S/4HANA Management
Enable central identity provisioning and authentication across the Intelligent Suite

Objective
▪ Enable a seamless and consistent identity provisioning
and authentication procedure for the Intelligent Suite

Approach
John Smith ▪ Single sign-on for business users to execute all steps
end-to-end for a specific business process
▪ Define which users have access to which applications
in a single place
▪ Ensure compliance by changing or revoking user
access centrally

Single-Sign-On Experience for the Intelligent Suite

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Consistent user experience across the Intelligent Suite – Example: central workflow inbox

Federation from Navigation into My Tasks app for Public APIs for 3rd Planned as service
tasks across the target applications use with central party integration for SAP Cloud
Intelligent Suite Fiori launchpad Platform

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Analytics – One technology for dashboards and reporting across the Intelligent Enterprise

Objective
▪ Provide one consistent approach for all analytical use
cases of the Intelligent Suite with SAP Analytics Cloud

Approach
▪ Embedded analytics: Users can get analytical insights
on the outcomes and progress of business transactions
from within the applications.
▪ Cross-application analytics: Get insights/data from
multiple applications, aggregating across process steps
and regional organizations.

SAP Analytics Cloud

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Embedded analytics across the Intelligent Suite – Outlook and examples

SAP C/4HANA SAP C/4HANA

Marketing Cloud Sales Cloud
Future Direction
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SAP S/4HANA embedded SAC analytics – Offering for the business user
Smart Business KPIs
▪ KPI monitoring on the SAP Fiori launchpad
▪ Drill down into further analytical or transactional apps
▪ Save personal variants
Analysis Path Framework
▪ Interactive drilldown to explore data and influencing factors
▪ Create sequences of analytics steps with charts or tables
▪ Save personal variants
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Overview Pages
▪ Consolidated view on a certain domain, e.g. Purchasing
▪ Information presented in analytical tables and charts
▪ Take action in the same place or navigate to other apps
▪ Save personal variants
Multidimensional Reports
▪ Embedded data analyzer
▪ Analyze and visualize data from multiple dimensions
▪ Display PivotTable or chart or a combination
▪ Save personal variants
Analytics
Analytical List Page
▪ Generic approach to mix analytical and transactional activities
▪ Display table or chart or a combination
▪ Take action directly in the same app or navigate to other apps
▪ Save personal variants
Dashboards
▪ Optional, additional content for SAP S/4HANA
▪ Stories/dashboards (S/4 data only) are shipped via SAC
content repository
▪ Queries supplying the data are shipped with SAP S/4HANA
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▪ Used as templates, customers will copy and adapt
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Summary: integrated business processes – Total workforce management

Total Workforce Management

Integration Hire-to-Retire Travel-to-Reimburse External Workforce

Unified User Experience

SAP Analytics Cloud

LoB Business Applications

SAP SuccessFactors SAP S/4HANA SAP Fieldglass SAP Concur

SAP Cloud Platform – Technical Services

Workflow SSO Cloud Platform Integration Identity Access Governance

SAP Cloud Platform – Business Services

Master Data Service for Workforce Cost Center Service Timesheet Service

Provisioning Customer Setup & Configuration Integration Qualities & Operations

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